40th Meeting - 63rd Session of Human Rights Council…

- ITEM 2: Vote on Draft Resolution A/HRC/63/L.26 – " Responding to the human rights and humanitarian crisis caused by the ongoing armed conflict in the Sudan " - Submitted by United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands (Kingdom of the), Norway - ADOPTED (28 YES ¦ 10 NO ¦ 09 ABSTENTIONS) 

SPEAKERS: 

• Mr. Sidharto Reza Suryidipuro, President of the Human Rights Council (Opening) 
• United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Mr. Kumar Yver (Introduction) 
• North Macedonia, Mr. Dushko Uzunovski 
• Switzerland, Ms. Charlotte Day 
• Slovenia, Ms. Saša Ivanc 
• Japan, Mr. Nagase Kensuke 
• Kenya, Ms. Fancy Chepkemoi Too 
• Netherlands (Kingdom of the), Ms. Erica Schouten 
• South Africa, Mr. Zaheer Laher 
• Estonia, Ms. Riia Salsa-Audiffren 
• France, Ms. Claire Thuaudet 
• Sudan, Mr. Hassan Hamid Hassan 
• China, Mr. Mu Jianfeng 
• Pakistan, Mr. Muneeb Ahmed 
• Egypt, Mr. Alaa Hegazy 
• Qatar, Mr. Abdulrahman Fakhro 
• Iceland, Mr. Einar Gunnarsson 
• Brazil, Mr. Ricardo De Souza Monteiro 
• Indonesia, Ms. Mia Padmasari 
• Gambia, Mr. Cherno Marenah 
• United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Ms. Eleonor Sanders  
• (Explanation of vote after the vote)   
• Mr. Sidharto Reza Surydipuro, President of the Human Rights Council (Adoption) 

- ITEM 3: Vote on Draft Resolution A/HRC/63/L.1 – " The right to development " - Submitted by Uganda (on behalf of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries- ADOPTED - (28 YES ¦ 14 NO ¦ 05 ABSTENTIONS) 

SPEAKERS: 

• Uganda, Mr. Arthur Sewankambo Kafeero (Introduction) 
• Egypt, Mr. Alaa Hegazy 
• Cuba, Mr. Rodolfo Benítez Verson 
• Indonesia, Ms. Mia Padmasari 
• Ethiopia, Mr. Haileselassie Subba Gebru 
• Pakistan, Mr. Muneeb Ahmed 
• United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Mr. Christopher Davies (Explanation of vote before the vote)  
• Estonia, Ms. Riia Salsa-Audiffren (Explanation of vote before the vote)  
• Japan, Mr. Nagase Kensuke (Explanation of vote before the vote) 
• Iceland, Mr. Einar Gunnarsson (Explanation of vote before the vote) 
• Spain, Mr. Marcos Gómez Martínez (Explanation of vote before the vote) 
• China, Ms. Li Xiaomei (Explanation of vote before the vote) 
• Mr. Sidharto Reza Surydipuro, President of the Human Rights Council (Adoption) 

- ITEM 3: Vote on Draft Resolution A/HRC/63/L.2 – " Mandate of Special Rapporteur on the negative impact of unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights " - Submitted by Uganda (on behalf of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries- ADOPTED (27 YES ¦ 16 NO ¦ 04 ABSTENTIONS) 

SPEAKERS: 

• Uganda, Mr. Arthur Sewankambo Kafeero (Introduction) 
• Egypt, Mr. Shady Hesham Ibrahem Elsheha 
• Cuba, Mr. Rodolfo Benítez Verson 
• Ethiopia, Mr. Andualem Yalelet Tessema 
• Estonia, Ms. Riia Salsa-Audiffren (Explanation of vote before the vote)  
• Japan, Mr. Nagase Kensuke (Explanation of vote before the vote)  
• Iceland, Mr. Einar Gunnarsson (Explanation of vote before the vote)  
• United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Mr. Christopher Davies (Explanation of vote before the vote)  
• Chile, Mr. Fernando Cabezas (Explanation of vote before the vote) 
• Mr. Sidharto Reza Surydipuro, President of the Human Rights Council (Adoption) 

- ITEM 3: Vote on Draft Resolution A/HRC/63/L.3 – " Use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination " - Submitted by Cuba - ADOPTED (26 YES ¦ 17 NO ¦ 03 ABSTENTIONS)    

SPEAKERS:

• Cuba, Mr. Rodolfo Benítez Verson (Introduction) 
• Estonia, Ms. Riia Salsa-Audiffren (Explanation of vote before the vote)  
• Japan, Mr. Nagase Kensuke (Explanation of vote before the vote) 
• Mr. Sidharto Reza Surydipuro, President of the Human Rights Council (Adoption) 

- ITEM 3: Vote on Draft Resolution A/HRC/63/L.4 – " Mandate of Independent Expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order " - Submitted by Cuba - ADOPTED ( 26 YES ¦  16 NO ¦ 05 ABSTENTIONS)    

SPEAKERS: 

• Cuba, Mr. Rodolfo Benítez Verson (Introduction) 
• Egypt, Mr. Alaa Hegazy 
• Kenya, Ms. Fancy Chepkemoi Too 
• Ghana, Mr. Louis Dunu 
• Ethiopia, Mr. Andualem Yalelet Tessema 
• Japan, Mr. Nagase Kensuke (Explanation of vote before the vote)  
• Mr. Nagase Kensuke, President of the Human Rights Council (Opening) 
• Estonia, Ms. Riia Salsa-Audiffren (Explanation of vote before the vote) 
• Mr. Sidharto Reza Surydipuro, President of the Human Rights Council (Adoption) 

- ITEM 3: Vote on Draft Resolution A/HRC/63/L.6 – " Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence " - Submitted by Switzerland, Argentina, Morocco - ADOPTED without a vote 

SPEAKERS: 

• Switzerland, Ms. Barbara Fontana (Introduction) 
• Gambia, Mr. Cherno Marenah (Explanation of vote before the vote) 
• Cuba, Mr. Rodolfo Benítez Verson (Explanation of vote before the vote) 
• Mr. Sidharto Reza Surydipuro, President of the Human Rights Council (Adoption) 

- ITEM 3: Vote on Draft Resolution A/HRC/63/L.9 – " Youth and human rights " - Submitted by El Salvador, Côte d'Ivoire, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Morocco, Philippines, Portugal, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Tunisia, Uzbekistan - ADOPTED without a vote 

SPEAKERS: 

• El Salvador, Ms. Rosibel Menendez Espinoza (Introduction) 
• Egypt, Ms. Noran Mohamed Omar Atteya 
• Cuba, Mr. Rodolfo Benítez Verson 
• Iceland, Mr. Einar Gunnarsson 
• France, Ms. Claire Thuaudet 
• Slovenia, Ms. Jana Urh Lesjak 
• Japan, Mr. Nagase Kensuke 
• Mauritius, Ms. Alysee Espitalier-Noel 
• Pakistan, Mr. Abbas Sarwar 
• Mr. Sidharto Reza Surydipuro, President of the Human Rights Council (Adoption) 

- ITEM 3: Vote on Draft Resolution A/HRC/63/L.11 – " Countering cyberbullying " - Submitted by Argentina - ADOPTED without a vote 

SPEAKERS: 

- ITEM 3: Vote on Draft Resolution A/HRC/63/L.21 – " Promoting accessibility for the full enjoyment of all human rights by all " - Submitted by China, Burundi, Cameroon, Pakistan, Türkiye - ADOPTED without a vote 

SPEAKERS: 

• China, Mr. Guide Jia (Introduction) 
• Pakistan, Mr. Abbas Sarwar 
• Japan, Mr. Nagase Kensuke 
• Burundi, Ms. Elisa Nkerabirori 
• Gambia, Mr. Cherno Marenah 
• Cuba, Mr. Rodolfo Benítez Verson 
• Egypt, Mr. Alaa Hegazy 
• Mr. Sidharto Reza Surydipuro, President of the Human Rights Council (Adoption) 

- ITEM 3: Vote on Draft Resolution A/HRC/63/L.22 – " Working Group on the rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas " - Submitted by Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Cuba, Gambia, Indonesia, Luxembourg, South Africa - ADOPTED (33 YES ¦ 0 NO ¦ 14 ABSTENTIONS)    

SPEAKERS: 

• Bolivia, Mr. Olmer Torrejón Alcoba (Introduction) 
• Cuba, Mr. Rodolfo Benítez Verson 
• Brazil, Mr. Ricardo De Souza Monteiro 
• Egypt, Mr. Alaa Hegazy 
• Pakistan, Mr. Abbas Sarwar 
• Gambia, Mr. Cherno Marenah 
• United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Mr. Robert Last (Explanation of vote before the vote)   
• Mr. Sidharto Reza Surydipuro, President of the Human Rights Council (Adoption)