A/HRC/38/L.25 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: Limited 4 July 2018 Original: English Human Rights Council Thirty-eighth session 18 June–6 July 2018 Agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development Egypt, Russian Federation,* Saudi Arabia: amendment to draft resolution A/HRC/38/L.1/Rev.1 38/… Elimination of all forms of discrimination against women and girls Paragraph 7 should read 7. Urges States to promote and protect sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights, in accordance with the Beijing Platform for Action and the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development and the outcome documents of their review conferences, and to respect, protect and fulfil the right of every individual to have full control over and decide freely and responsibly on all matters relating to their sexual and reproductive health, free from discrimination, coercion and violence, including through the removal of legal barriers and the development and enforcement of policies, good practices and legal frameworks that guarantee universal access to sexual and reproductive health, services, evidence-based information and education, including for family planning, safe and effective methods of modern contraception, emergency contraception, prevention programmes for adolescent pregnancy, maternal health care, such as skilled birth assistance and emergency obstetric care, safe abortion in accordance with international human rights law and where not against national law, the prevention and treatment of reproductive tract infections, sexually transmitted infections, HIV and reproductive cancers and the integration of sexual and reproductive health into national health strategies and programmes; * State not a member of the Human Rights Council. GE.18-10952(E) 