A/HRC/18/2 technical and/or financial assistance to help Papua New Guinea to meet its human rightsrelated development goals. 658. The Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network welcomed Papua New Guinea’s commitment to equality and non-discrimination, and its endorsement for a review by the Constitutional and Law Reform Commission of existing laws governing sexual offences. It was disappointed that Papua New Guinea had not accepted the recommendations to repeal laws criminalizing sexual activity between consenting adults and to ensure protection from discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity. The Network recalled the positions of the Human Rights Committee and of the High Commissioner on these issues, and welcomed the ongoing national consultations in Papua New Guinea in this regard. 659. Amnesty International shared the concerns raised by 18 States on discrimination and violence against women, and welcomed Papua New Guinea’s support for recommendations to eliminate this violence and to extend the legal framework to prevent it. It referred to the killing of persons accused of sorcery and a case that occurred in 2009. Amnesty International urged Papua New Guinea to review its law on sorcery and to investigate all sorcery-related killings. In 2009, Amnesty International had investigated circumstances surrounding forced evictions in Porgera, where the police had violated both domestic and international human rights. It called on Papua New Guinea to implement the recommendation to increase scrutiny of extractive and logging industries and to investigate forced evictions in Porgera. Amnesty International also regretted the rejection of the recommendation on the total abolition of the death penalty. B. General debate on agenda item 6 660. At its 25th meeting, on 23 September 2011, the Human Rights Council held a general debate on agenda item 6, during which the following made statements: (a) Representatives of States Members of the Human Rights Council: Austria, China, Cuba, Poland (on behalf of the European Union, Albania, Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Georgia, Iceland, Montenegro, the Republic of Moldova, Serbia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Turkey and Ukraine), Republic of Moldova, Romania, Spain; (b) Representative of an observer State: Republic of Korea; (c) Observer for a national human rights institution: Human Rights Commission of Malaysia; (d) Observers for the following non-governmental organizations: Amnesty International, Indian Movement Tupaj Amaru. C. Consideration of and action on draft proposals Belgium 661. At its 18th meeting, on 21 September 2011, the Human Rights Council adopted draft decision 18/101 without a vote (for the text as adopted, see part one, chapter II). Denmark 662. At its 18th meeting, on 21 September 2011, the Human Rights Council adopted draft decision 18/102 without a vote (for the text as adopted, see part one, chapter II). GE.12-17756 177