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and beliefs that hinder their enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms and their
participation in society on an equal basis with others;
(d)
To continue to report annually to the Human Rights Council, and to report also
to the General Assembly, starting from its seventy-sixth session;
3.
Calls upon all States to cooperate with the Special Rapporteur in the discharge
of the mandate, including by providing all information requested, to give serious
consideration to responding favourably to the requests of the Special Rapporteur to visit their
countries, and to consider implementing the recommendations made in the reports of the
mandate holder;
4.
Encourages all relevant stakeholders, including United Nations bodies,
specialized agencies, funds and programmes, other international organizations, regional
human rights mechanisms, national human rights institutions and non-governmental
organizations to cooperate fully with the Special Rapporteur to enable him or her to fulfil the
mandate;
5.
Requests the Secretary-General and the United Nations High Commissioner
for Human Rights to provide the Special Rapporteur with all the human, technical and
financial resources necessary for the effective fulfilment of the mandate;
6.
Encourages the High Commissioner and the Special Rapporteur, in
collaboration with States and with relevant international organizations, such as the World
Health Organization, as well as concerned non-governmental organizations, to continue
consultations with different stakeholders aimed at eliminating leprosy-related discrimination,
including by widely disseminating the principles and guidelines and deepening the
understanding of them among States and all other concerned stakeholders, with the
meaningful participation of persons affected by leprosy and their family members;
7.
Encourages States, all relevant stakeholders, including United Nations bodies,
specialized agencies, funds and programmes, such as the World Health Organization, the
special procedures, other international organizations, regional human rights mechanisms,
national human rights institutions and non-governmental organizations, to participate in the
consultations;
8.
Decides to remain seized of the matter.
27th meeting
16 July 2020
[Adopted without a vote.]
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