54th Meeting - 61st Session of Human Rights Council…

- Decisions and conclusions (Cont'd):

- ITEM 3: Vote on Draft Resolution A/HRC/61/L.28 – "Promotion and protection of human rights and the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development" - Submitted by Ecuador, Azerbaijan, Brazil, Chile, Fiji, Luxembourg, Portugal, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Thailand, Uruguay - ADOPTED without a vote

SPEAKERS:

• Mr. Sidharto Reza Surydipuro, President of the Human Rights Council (Opening)
• Ecuador, Mr. Marcelo Vazquez Bermudez (Introduction)
• Cyprus (on behalf of the European Union), Mr. Giorgos Samouel
• Ethiopia, Mr. Tsegab Kebebew Daka
• Egypt, Ms. Soha Mohamed Tharwat
• Thailand, Ms. Usana Berananda
• Cuba, Mr. Rodolfo Benítez Verson
• France, Ms. Claire Thuaudet
• India, Ms. Anupama Singh (Explanation of vote before the vote)
• Mr. Sidharto Reza Surydipuro, President of the Human Rights Council (Adoption)
• Switzerland, Ms. Barbara Fontana (Explanation of vote after the vote on all ITEMS 3)
• Kuwait (on behalf of GGC), Mr. Naser Abdullah H. M. Alhayen (Explanation of vote after the vote on all ITEMS 3)
• Spain, Ms. Clara Cabrera (Explanation of vote after the vote on all ITEMS 3)
• Egypt, Ms. Enas Faisal (Explanation of vote after the vote on all ITEMS 3)
• Indonesia, Mr. Achsanul Habib (Explanation of vote after the vote on all ITEMS 3)

- ITEM 4: Vote on Draft Resolution A/HRC/61/L.17 – "Situation of human rights in Ukraine stemming from the Russian aggression" - Submitted by Ukraine - ADOPTED (25 YES ¦ 4 NO ¦ 18 ABSTENTIONS)

SPEAKERS:

• Ukraine (Country concerned), Mr. Yevhenii Tsymbaliuk (Introduction)
• Cyprus, Ms. Olympia Neocleous
• Japan, Mr. Atsuyuki Oike
• Estonia, Ms. Riia Salsa-Audiffren
• United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Ms. Eleonor Sanders
• Switzerland, Mr. Antoine Perriard
• Iceland, Ms. Helen Inga von Ernst
• Netherlands (Kingdom of the), Ms. Erica Schouten
• China, Mr. Wang Nian (Explanation of vote before the vote)
• Colombia, Mr. Álvaro Ayala (Explanation of vote before the vote)
• Cuba, Mr. Rodolfo Benítez Verson (Explanation of vote before the vote)
• France, Ms. Claire Thuaudet (Explanation of vote before the vote)
• Brazil, Mr. Tovar Da Silva Nunes (Explanation of vote before the vote)
• Mr. Sidharto Reza Surydipuro, President of the Human Rights Council (Adoption)

- ITEM 4: Vote on Draft Resolution A/HRC/61/L.24/Rev.1 – "Situation of human rights in Myanmar" - Submitted by Cyprus (on behalf of the European Union) - ADOPTED without a vote

SPEAKERS:

• Cyprus, Mr. Giorgos Samouel (Introduction)
• United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Ms. Eleonor Sanders
• Thailand, Ms. Usana Berananda
• China, Ms. Bai Xiaohang (Explanation of vote before the vote)
• Mr. Sidharto Reza Surydipuro, President of the Human Rights Council (Adoption)

- ITEM 7: Vote on Draft Resolution A/HRC/61/L.8 – "Human rights in the occupied Syrian Golan" - Submitted by Pakistan (on behalf of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation) - ADOPTED (28 YES ¦ 3 NO ¦ 16 ABSTENTIONS)

SPEAKERS:

• Pakistan (on behalf of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation), Mr. Bilal Ahmad (Introduction)
• Iraq, Mr. Jaffer Mohammed Ali Abud Abud
• Syrian Arab Republic (Concerned country), Mr. Haydar Ali Ahmad
• North Macedonia, Mr. Dushko Uzunovski (Explanation of vote before the vote)
• Bulgaria, Ms. Boyana Trifonova (Explanation of vote before the vote)
• Cyprus, Mr. Giorgos Samouel (Explanation of vote before the vote)
• Mr. Sidharto Reza Surydipuro, President of the Human Rights Council (Adoption)

- ITEM 7: Vote on Draft Resolution A/HRC/61/L.36 – "Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan" - Submitted by Pakistan (on behalf of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, except Albania) - ADOPTED (34 YES ¦ 3 NO ¦ 10 ABSTENTIONS)

SPEAKERS:

• Pakistan (on behalf of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, except Albania), Mr. Bilal Ahmad (Introduction)
• Slovenia, Ms. Jana Urh Lesjak
• Indonesia, Mr. Achsanul Habib
• Iraq, Mr. Jaffer Mohammed Ali Abud Abud
• Cuba, Mr. Roberto Cabañas
• Spain, Ms. Clara Cabrera
• State of Palestine (Country concerned), Mr. Ibrahim Khraishi
• China, Mr. Wang Nian (Explanation of vote before the vote)
• Italy, Mr. Luigi Maria Vignali (Explanation of vote before the vote)
• Albania, Ms. Vasilika Hysi (Explanation of vote before the vote)
• Mr. Sidharto Reza Surydipuro, President of the Human Rights Council (Adoption)

- ITEM 7: Vote on Draft Resolution A/HRC/61/L.37 – "Right of the Palestinian people to self-determination" - Submitted by Pakistan (on behalf of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation) - ADOPTED (42 YES ¦ 0 NO ¦ 5 ABSTENTIONS)

• Pakistan (on behalf of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation), Mr. Bilal Ahmad (Introduction)
• South Africa, Mr. Mxolisi Nkosi
• Colombia, Mr. German Calderon
• Cuba, Mr. Roberto Cabañas
• Egypt, Mr. Alaa Hegazy
• France, Ms. Claire Thuaudet
• China, Ms. Bai Xiaohang
• Iraq, Mr. Jaffer Mohammed Ali Abud Abud
• Czechia, Mr. Václav Bálek (Explanation of vote before the vote)
• Mr. Sidharto Reza Surydipuro, President of the Human Rights Council (Adoption)
• Netherlands (Kingdom of the), Mr. Lars Tummers (Explanation of vote after the vote on all ITEMS 7)
• Japan, Mr. Atsuyuki Oike (Explanation of vote after the vote on all ITEMS 7)
• Egypt, Mr. Alaa Hegazy (Explanation of vote after the vote on all ITEMS 7)
• Albania, Ms. Vasilika Hysi (Explanation of vote after the vote on all ITEMS 7)
• Iraq, Mr. Jaffer Mohammed Ali Abud Abud (Explanation of vote after the vote on all ITEMS 7)
• United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Ms. Eleonor Sanders (Explanation of vote after the vote on all ITEMS 7)
• Iceland, Ms. Helen Inga von Ernst (Explanation of vote after the vote on all ITEMS 7)
• Kuwait, Mr. Naser Abdullah H. M. Alhayen (Explanation of vote after the vote on all ITEMS 7)

- ITEM 9: Vote on Draft Resolution A/HRC/61/L.6/Rev.1 – "Mandate of the Intergovernmental Working Group on the Effective Implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action" - Submitted by Kenya (on behalf of the Group of African States) - ADOPTED without a vote

SPEAKERS:

• Kenya (on behalf of the African group), Ms. Yvonne Murugi Kivuti (Introduction)
• Cyprus (on behalf of the European union), Ms. Olympia Neocleous
• Egypt, Ms. Soha Mohamed Tharwat
• Benin, Mr. Angelo Dan
• Cuba, Ms. Aimé Triana Sevajanes
• China, Ms. Zhu Yuejiangnan
• Mr. Sidharto Reza Surydipuro, President of the Human Rights Council (Adoption)