34th Meeting - 15th Regular Session of Human Rights…

15:00 - 18:00 - 34th Plenary Meeting

Statement on behalf of the Human Rights Council in regard to the events in Ecuador

• Mr. Sihasak Phuangketkeow, President of the Human Rights Council
• Ecuador (Country Concerned), Mr. Mauricio Montalvo

Consideration of draft Resolutions continued

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/15/L.11 "Human rights and unilateral coercive measures" - submitted by Egypt (on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement) – ADOPTED (YES 32 ¦ NO 14 ¦ 0 ABSTENTIONS)

• Egypt (on behalf of NAM), Mr. Ahmed Ihab Gamaleldin (Introduction)
• Mr. Kyle Ward, Chief of OHCHR Programme Support and Management Services
• United States of America, Ms. Eileen Chamberlain Donahoe
• Mr. Sihasak Phuangketkeow, President of the Human Rights Council (Adoption)

Vote on Draft Resolution A/HRC/15/L.12 "The right to development" - submitted by Egypt (on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement) – ADOPTED (YES 45 ¦ NO 0 ¦ 1 ABSTENTIONS)

• Egypt (on behalf of NAM), Mr. Ahmed Ihab Gamaleldin (Introduction)
• United States of America, Ms. Eileen Chamberlain Donahoe
• Belgium (on behalf of the EU), Mr. Alex Van Meeuwen
• Mr. Sihasak Phuangketkeow, President of the Human Rights Council (Adoption)

Vote on Draft Resolution A/HRC/15/L.22 "Open-ended intergovernmental working group on the elaboration of a legally binding instrument on the regulation, monitoring and oversight of the impact of the activities of private military and security companies on the enjoyment of human rights" - submitted by South Africa (on behalf of African Group) – ADOPTED (YES 32 ¦ NO 12 ¦ 3 ABSTENTIONS)

• Nigeria (on behalf of the African Group), Mr. Ositadinma Anaedu (Introduction)
• Mr. Kyle Ward, Chief of OHCHR Programme Support and Management Services
• United States of America, Ms. Eileen Chamberlain Donahoe
• Belgium (on behalf of the EU), Mr. Alex Van Meeuwen
• United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Mr. Peter Gooderham
• Norway, Ms. Bente Angell-Hansen
• Argentina, Mr. Alberto J. Dumont
• Mr. Sihasak Phuangketkeow, President of the Human Rights Council (Adoption)  

General comments and explanations of the vote after the vote under Item 3: Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development

• Switzerland, Mr. Dante Martinelli
• Japan, Mr. Kenichi Suganuma
• Saudi Arabia, Mr. Abdulwahab Attar
• Norway, Ms. Bente Angell-Hansen
• Nigeria (on behalf of the African Group), Mr. Ositadinma Anaedu
• Uruguay, Ms. Laura Dupuy Lasserre

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

Vote on Draft Resolution A/HRC/15/L.3 "The situation of human rights in the Sudan" - submitted by Nigeria (on behalf of the African Group) – ADOPTED (YES 25 ¦ NO 18 ¦ 3 ABSTENTIONS)

A/HRC/15/L.35 - Amendment to L.3 submitted by the United States of America – ADOPTED (YES 25 ¦ NO 19 ¦ 3 ABSTENTIONS)

• Nigeria (on behalf of the African Group), Mr. Ositadinma Anaedu (Introduction L.3)
• United States of America, Ms. Eileen Chamberlain Donahoe (Introduction L.35)
• Norway, Ms. Bente Angell-Hansen
• China, Mr. Qian Bo
• Uganda, Mr. Justinian Muhwezi Kateera
• Cuba, Mr. Rodolfo Reyes Rodríguez
• Mauritania, Mr. Cheikh Ahmed Ould Zahaf
• Pakistan (on behalf of the OIC), Mr. Aftab Ahmad Khokher
• Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Mr. Ibrahim Aldredi
• Sudan (Country Concerned), Mr. John Ukec Lueth Ukec
• Brazil, Ms. Maria Nazareth Farani Azevêdo
• Belgium (on behalf of the EU), Mr. Alex Van Meeuwen
• Nigeria (on behalf of the African Group), Mr. Ositadinma Anaedu
• Mr. Sihasak Phuangketkeow, President of the Human Rights Council (Vote on L.35 - ADOPTED)
• Belgium (on behalf of the EU), Mr. Alex Van Meeuwen
• Cuba, Mr. Rodolfo Reyes Rodríguez
• China, Mr. Qian Bo
• Nigeria (on behalf of the African Group), Mr. Ositadinma Anaedu
• Mr. Sihasak Phuangketkeow, President of the Human Rights Council (Adoption)  

General comments and explanations of the vote after the vote under Item 4: Human rights situations that require the Council's attention

• Thailand, Mr. Vijavat Isarabhakdi
• Maldives, Ms. Livsha Zahir

Item 9: Racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related forms of intolerance: follow-up to and implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action

Vote on Draft Resolution A/HRC/15/L.21 "Nelson Mandela International Day" - submitted by Nigeria (on behalf of the African Group) and Australia – ADOPTED WITHOUT A VOTE

• South Africa (on behalf of the African Group), Mr. Jerry Matthews Matjila (Introduction)
• Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Mr. Ibrahim Aldredi
• United States of America, Ms. Eileen Chamberlain Donahoe
• Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Mr. Ibrahim Aldredi
• Mr. Sihasak Phuangketkeow, President of the Human Rights Council (Adoption)  

Item 10: Technical assistance and capacity–building

Vote on Draft Resolution A/HRC/15/L.2 "Assistance to Somalia 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)
• Somalia (Country Concerned), Mr. Yusuf Mohamed Ismail
• Mr. Sihasak Phuangketkeow, President of the Human Rights Council (Adoption)  

General comments and explanations of the vote after the vote under Item 10: Technical assistance and capacity–building

• United States of America, Ms. Eileen Chamberlain Donahoe

Item 1: Organizational and procedural matters

• Mr. Sihasak Phuangketkeow, President of the Human Rights Council (Draft statement has been adopted)

General comments and explanations of the vote after the vote under Item 1: Organizational and procedural matters

• Cuba, Mr. Rodolfo Reyes Rodríguez (A/HRC/15/L.30 WITHDRAWN)
• Belgium (on behalf of the EU), Mr. Alex Van Meeuwen
• Nigeria (on behalf of the African Group), Mr. Ositadinma Anaedu
• United States of America, Ms. Eileen Chamberlain Donahoe

General remarks:             

• Egypt, Mr. Ahmed Ihab Gamaleldin
• Malta, Ms. Nicole Miller
• Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Ms. Maysa Ureña Menacho
• Algeria, Mr. Idriss Jazaïry
• South Africa, Mr. Jerry Matthews Matjila
• Sudan, Mr. John Ukec Lueth Ukec

Adoption of the Draft Report of the 15th Session of the Council

The Draft Report of the 15th session has been Adopted ad Referendum

General remarks on the 15th Session of the Human Rights Council:

• North-South XXI
• Indian Council of South America (CISA)
• Mouvement contre le racisme et pour l'amitie entre les peuples (MRAP)
• International Service for Human Rights
• Mr. Sihasak Phuangketkeow, President of the Human Rights Council (Closing Remarks)