34th Meeting - 17th Regular Session of Human Rights…

09:00 - 12:00 – 34th Plenary Meeting

Consideration of draft Resolutions continued

Item 1: Organizational and procedural matters continued

Vote on Draft Resolution A/HRC/17/L.1 "Follow up to the report of the independent international fact-finding mission on the humanitarian flotilla" - submitted by Pakistan (on behalf of the Organization of the Islamic Conference) and Palestine (on behalf of the Arab Group) – ADOPTED (YES 36 ¦ NO 1 ¦ 8 ABSTENTIONS)

• Pakistan (on behalf of the OIC), Ms. Mariam Aftab (Introduction)
• Palestine (Country Concerned) (on behalf of the Arab Group), Mr. Ibrahim Khraishi
• Turkey, Mr. Oğuz Demiralp
• United States of America, Ms. Eileen Chamberlain
• Mr. Sihasak Phuangketkeow, President of the Human Rights Council (Adoption)

Item 3: Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development continued

Vote on Draft Resolution A/HRC/17/L.6 "Accelerating efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women" - submitted by Canada – ADOPTED WITHOUT A VOTE

• Canada, Ms. Manon Boisclair (Introduction)
• Russian Federation, Ms. Natalia Zolotova
• Mr. Sihasak Phuangketkeow, President of the Human Rights Council (Adoption)

Vote on Draft Resolution A/HRC/17/L.12 "The Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants" - submitted by Mexico – ADOPTED WITHOUT A VOTE

• Mexico, Mr. Juan José Gómez Camacho (Introduction)
• Hungary (on behalf of the European Union), Mr. András Dékány
• Mr. Sihasak Phuangketkeow, President of the Human Rights Council (Adoption)

Vote on Draft Resolution A/HRC/17/L.15 "Extreme Poverty and Human Rights (renewal of the mandate)" - submitted by France – ADOPTED WITHOUT A VOTE

• France, Mr. Jean-Baptise Mattei (Introduction)
• Mr. Sihasak Phuangketkeow, President of the Human Rights Council (Adoption)

Vote on Draft Resolution A/HRC/17/L.16 "The Right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health" - submitted by Brazil, India, Egypt, South Africa – ADOPTED WITHOUT A VOTE

• Brazil, Ms. Maria Nazareth Farani Azevêdo (Introduction)
• Mr. Kyle Ward, Chief of OHCHR Programme Support and Management Services
• United States of America, Ms. Eileen Chamberlain
• Japan, Mr. Kenichi Suganuma
• Cuba, Mr. Rodolfo Reyes Rodríguez
• Mr. Sihasak Phuangketkeow, President of the Human Rights Council (Adoption)
• Brazil, Ms. Maria Nazareth Farani Azevêdo

Vote on Draft Resolution A/HRC/17/L.22 "Promotion of the enjoyment of the cultural rights of everyone and respect for cultural diversity" - submitted by Cuba – ADOPTED WITHOUT A VOTE

• Cuba, Mr. Juan Antonio Quintanilla (Introduction)
• Hungary (on behalf of the European Union), Mr. András Dékány
• United States of America, Ms. Eileen Chamberlain
• Mr. Sihasak Phuangketkeow, President of the Human Rights Council (Adoption)

Vote on Draft Resolution A/HRC/17/L.23 "Promotion of the right of peoples to peace" - submitted by Cuba – ADOPTED (YES 32 ¦ NO 14 ¦ 0 ABSTENTIONS)

• Cuba, Mr. Juan Antonio Quintanilla (Introduction)
• Hungary (on behalf of the European Union), Mr. András Dékány
• United States of America, Ms. Eileen Chamberlain
• Mexico, Mr. Salvador Tinajero Esquivel
• Mr. Sihasak Phuangketkeow, President of the Human Rights Council (Adoption)

Item 4: Human rights situations that require the Council's attention

Vote on Draft Resolution A/HRC/17/L.3 "Human rights situation in the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya" - submitted by Jordan, Maldives, Qatar and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland – ADOPTED WITHOUT A VOTE

• Jordan, Mr. Mutaz Faleh Hyassat (Introduction)
• Mr. Kyle Ward, Chief of OHCHR Programme Support and Management Services
• Brazil (on behalf of BRIC), Ms. Maria Nazareth Farani Azevêdo
• Argentina, Mr. Héctor Raúl Peláez
• Cuba, Mr. Rodolfo Reyes Rodríguez
• Nigeria (on behalf of the African Group), Mr. Ositadinma Anaedu
• Ecuador, Mr. Mauricio Montalvo
• Mr. Sihasak Phuangketkeow, President of the Human Rights Council (Adoption)

Item 5: Human rights bodies and mechanisms

Vote on Draft Resolution A/HRC/17/L.8 "Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child" - submitted by Austria, Chile, Germany, Kenya, Maldives, Slovenia, Slovakia, Thailand and Uruguay – ADOPTED WITHOUT A VOTE

• Slovakia, Mr. Fedor Rosocha (Introduction)
• Japan, Mr. Kenichi Suganuma
• Russian Federation, Ms. Natalia Zolotova
• China, Mr. Xia Jingge
• Mr. Sihasak Phuangketkeow, President of the Human Rights Council (Adoption)

Item 8: Follow-up and implementation of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action continued

Vote on Draft Resolution A/HRC/17/L.9/Rev.1 "Human Rights, sexual orientation and gender identity" - submitted by South Africa and Brazil – ADOPTED (YES 23 ¦ NO 19 ¦ 3 ABSTENTIONS)

• South Africa, Mr. Jerry Matthews Matjila (Introduction)
• Brazil, Ms. Maria Nazareth Farani Azevêdo (Introduction)
• Pakistan (on behalf of the OIC), Mr. Shafqat Ali Khan
• Hungary (on behalf of the European Union), Mr. András Dékány
• Nigeria (on behalf of the African Group), Mr. Ositadinma Anaedu
• Saudi Arabia, Ms. Abdulwahab Abdulsalam Attar
• Bahrain, Ms. Muna Abbas Radhi
• Bangladesh, Ms. Nahida Sobhan
• Qatar, Mr. Khalid Fahad Al-Hajri
• Mexico, Mr. Juan José Gómez Camacho
• Mauritania, Mr. Cheikh Ahmed Ould Zahaf
• Mr. Sihasak Phuangketkeow, President of the Human Rights Council (Adoption)

General comments and explanations of the vote after the vote under Item 8: Follow-up and implementation of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action

• Argentina, Mr. Juan José Gómez Camacho
• United States of America, Ms. Eileen Chamberlain
• Mauritius, Ms. Sandrine Koa Wing
• Jordan, Mr. Mutaz Faleh Hyassat
• Nigeria (on behalf of the African Group), Mr. Ositadinma Anaedu
• Mauritania, Mr. Cheikh Ahmed Ould Zahaf

Item 10: Technical assistance and capacity-building

Vote on Draft Resolution A/HRC/17/L.5 "Technical assistance and cooperation on human rights for Kyrgyzstan" - submitted by Kyrgyzstan and the United States of America – ADOPTED WITHOUT A VOTE

• United States of America, Ms. Eileen Chamberlain (Introduction)
• Kyrgyzstan, Ms. Gulnara Iskakova (Introduction)
• Hungary (on behalf of the European Union), Mr. András Dékány
• Nigeria (on behalf of the African Group)
• United States of America
• Mr. Sihasak Phuangketkeow, President of the Human Rights Council (Adoption)

Vote on Draft Resolution A/HRC/17/L.27 "Assistance to Côte d'Ivoire in the field of human rights" - submitted by Nigeria (on behalf of the African Group) – ADOPTED WITHOUT A VOTE

• Nigeria (on behalf of the African Group), Mr. Ositadinma Anaedu (Introduction)
• Hungary (on behalf of the European Union), Mr. András Dékány
• Maldives, Ms. Iruthisham Adam
• France, Mr. Jean-Baptise Mattei
• Côte d'Ivoire (Country Concerned), Mr. Kouadio Adjoumani
• Mr. Sihasak Phuangketkeow, President of the Human Rights Council (Adoption)