37th Meeting - 56th Regular Session of Human Rights…

- ITEM 1: Decisions and conclusions

SPEAKER:

• Mr. Omar Zniber, President of the Human Rights Council

- Vote on Draft Resolution A/HRC/56/L.13 and Amendments L.27, L.29, L.30, L.31, L.32, L.33, L.34 - "Human rights in the context of HIV and AIDS" - Submitted by Brazil, Colombia, Portugal, Thailand -                 

A/HRC/56/L.13, Amendment L.29 - REJECTED (YES 9 ¦ NO 23 ¦ 13 ABSTENTIONS)

A/HRC/56/L.13, Amendment L.30 - REJECTED (YES 11 ¦ NO 25 ¦ 9 ABSTENTIONS)

A/HRC/56/L.13, Amendment L.31 - REJECTED (YES 9 ¦ NO 23 ¦ 13 ABSTENTIONS)

A/HRC/56/L.13, Amendment L.32 - REJECTED (YES 11 ¦ NO 23 ¦ 11 ABSTENTIONS)

A/HRC/56/L.13, Amendment L.33 - REJECTED (YES 12 ¦ NO 25 ¦ 8 ABSTENTIONS)

A/HRC/56/L.13, Amendment L.34 - REJECTED (YES 6 ¦ NO 15 ¦ 24 ABSTENTIONS)

A/HRC/56/L.13 - ADOPTED without a vote

SPEAKERS:

• Brazil, Mr. Tovar Da Silva Nunes (Introduction)
• Eritrea, Ms. Nadja Micael (Introduction Amendment L.27)
• Russian Federation, Mr. Yaroslav Eremin (Introduction Amendment L.29, L.30, L.31, L.32, L.33, L.34)
• Brazil, Mr. Tovar Da Silva Nunes
• Belgium (on behalf of the European Union), Mr. Marc Pecsteen De Buytswerve
• South Africa, Mr. Mxolisi Nkosi
• Indonesia, Ms. Ellen Tambunan
• China, Mr. Chen Xu
• Costa Rica, Ms. Shara Duncan Villalobos
• Honduras, Ms. Marcela Arias Moncada
• Luxembourg, Ms. Marc Bichler (Explanation of vote before the vote for Amendment L.29)
• Finland, Ms. Heidi Schroderus-Fox (Explanation of vote before the vote for Amendment L.30)
• Belgium, Ms. Gaëlle Powis De Tenbossche (Explanation of vote before the vote for Amendment L.31)
• France, Mr. Jérôme Bonnafont (Explanation of vote before the vote for Amendment L.32)
• United States of America, Ms. Michèle Taylor (Explanation of vote before the vote for Amendment L.33)
• Chile, Ms. Claudia Fuentes Julio (Explanation of vote before the vote for Amendment L.33)
• United States of America, Ms. Michèle Taylor (Explanation of vote before the vote)
• Germany, Ms. Katharina Stasch (Explanation of vote before the vote)
• Somalia, Mr. Salah (Explanation of vote before the vote)
• Mr. Omar Zniber, President of the Human Rights Council (Adoption)

- Vote on Draft Resolution A/HRC/56/L.24 - "Accelerating progress towards preventing adolescent girls' pregnancy" - Submitted by Mauritius, Panama - ADOPTED without a vote

SPEAKERS:

• Panama, Ms. Carmen Inés Ávila Ortega (Introduction)
• Mauritius, Ms. Usha Dwarka-Canabady (Introduction)
• Netherlands, Mr. Paul Bekkers
• China, Ms. Li Xiaomei
• Dominican Republic, Mr. Héctor Virgilio Alcántara
• Mr. Omar Zniber, President of the Human Rights Council (Adoption)

- Vote on Draft Resolution A/HRC/56/L.25 and Amendments L.46, L.47, L.48, L.49, L.51 - "Elimination of all forms of discrimination against women and girls" - Submitted by Mexico, Chile -                 

A/HRC/56/L.24, Amendment L.46 - REJECTED (YES 19 ¦ NO 23 ¦ 3 ABSTENTIONS)

A/HRC/56/L.24, Amendment L.47 - REJECTED (YES 11 ¦ NO 23 ¦ 11 ABSTENTIONS)

A/HRC/56/L.24, Amendment L.48 - REJECTED (YES 12 ¦ NO  22¦ 11 ABSTENTIONS)

A/HRC/56/L.24, Amendment L.49 - REJECTED (YES  9¦ NO 25 ¦ 11 ABSTENTIONS)

A/HRC/56/L.24, Amendment L.51 - REJECTED (YES 6 ¦ NO 26 ¦ 13 ABSTENTIONS)

A/HRC/56/L.24 - ADOPTED without a vote

SPEAKERS:

• Mexico, Ms. Francisca Méndez (Introduction)
• Chile, Ms. Claudia Fuentes Julio (Introduction)
• Kuwait, Mr. Naser Abdullah H. M. Alhayen
• Russian Federation, Ms. Guzal Khusanova (Introduction Amendment L.47, L.48, L.49, L.51)
• Iran (Islamic Republic of), Ms. Somayeh Karimdoost (Introduction Amendment L.52)
• Chile, Ms. Claudia Fuentes Julio
• Qatar, Ms. Hend Abdalrahman Al-Muftah
• France, Mr. Jérôme Bonnafont
• United States of America, Ms. Michèle Taylor
• Japan, Mr. Honsei Kozo
• Kazakhstan, Ms. Dilnoza Minbayeva
• Costa Rica, Ms. Shara Duncan Villalobos
• Indonesia, Ms. Ellen Tambunan
• Belgium (on behalf of the European Union), Mr. Marc Pecsteen De Buytswerve
• Ghana, Mr. Emmanuel Kwame Asiedu Antwi
• Dominican Republic, Ms. Alfonsina Margarita Gonzalez Nicasio 
• Bulgaria, Mr. Yuri Sterk
• Honduras, Ms. Marcela Arias Moncada
• South Africa, Ms. Tsholofelo Tsheole
• Netherlands (Kingdom of the), Mr. Paul Bekkers (Explanation of vote before the vote for Amendment L.46)
• Chile, Ms. Claudia Fuentes Julio (Explanation of vote before the vote for Amendment L.46)
• Finland, Ms. Heidi Schroderus-Fox (Explanation of vote before the vote for Amendment L.47)
• Germany, Ms. Katharina Stasch (Explanation of vote before the vote for Amendment L.48)
• Chile, Ms. Claudia Fuentes Julio (Explanation of vote before the vote for Amendment L.48)
• Costa Rica, Ms. Shara Duncan Villalobos (Explanation of vote before the vote for Amendment L.49)
• Lithuania, Ms. Kristina Liutikaitė (Explanation of vote before the vote for Amendment L.49)
• Costa Rica, Ms. Shara Duncan Villalobos, (Explanation of vote before the vote for Amendment L.51)
• Kuwait, Mr. Abdullah Alkhubaizi (Explanation of vote before the vote)
• Paraguay, Ms. Ana Rolon Candía (Explanation of vote before the vote)
• Mr. Omar Zniber, President of the Human Rights Council (Adoption)