2nd meeting (Part II) - Second cycle - Organizational…

12:30 - 13:00 (continued)

Implementation of General Assembly resolution 60/251 of 15 March 2006 entitled "Human Rights Council"

Draft resolutions and decisions submitted under item 2                 

Draft resolutions A/HRC/2/L.19; A/HRC/2/L.30 ; A/HRC/4/L.3 have been postponed                                                                                

Resolution A/HRC/5/L.4 "Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the follow-up to the report of the Commission of Inquiry on Lebanon" submitted by Pakistan (on behalf of the Organization of the Islamic Conference) and the Sudan (on behalf of the Arab League)

 SPEAKERS:

• Pakistan on behalf of the Organization of the Islamic, Ms. Tehmina Janjua

General Comments and explanations of the vote before the vote :

• Germany on behalf of the European Union, Ms. Birgitta Maria Siefker-Eberle

Result of the vote :

Draft resolution (A/HRC/5/L.4) has been adopted without vote.                                                                                                                           

Resolution A/HRC/5/L.5 "Human rights situation in the Occupied Palestian Territory: Follow-up to Human Rights Council resolutions S-1/1 and S-3/1" submitted by Pakistan (on behalf of the Organization of the Islamic Conference) and the Sudan (on behalf of the Arab League)

• Pakistan on behalf of the Organization of the Islamic, Ms. Tehmina Janjua

General Comments and explanations of the vote before the vote :

• Israel "as a concerned country", Mr. Itzhak Levanon
• Palestine "as a concerned country", Mr. Mohammad Abu-Koash

Result of the vote :

Draft resolution (A/HRC/5/L.5) has been adopted without vote

Explanations of the vote after the vote :

• Canada, Mr. Terry Cormier
• Germany (on behalf of the European Union), Ms. Birgitta Maria Siefker-Eberle  

Decision A/HRC/5/L.6  "Follow-up to the resolution A/HRC/4/8 of 30 March 2007 adopted by the Human Rights Council at its 4th session entitled "Follow-up to the decision of 13 December 2006 adopted by the Human Rights Council at its 4th special session entitled "Situation of human rights in Darfur (S-4/101)" submitted by Germany (on behalf of the European Union) and Egypt (on behalf of the African Group)

• Germany (on behalf of the European Union), Mr. Michael Steiner
• Egypt (on behalf of the African Group), Mr. Sameh Shoukry 

General Comments and explanations of the vote before the vote : 

• Sudan "as a concerned country", Mr. Ibrahim Margani Ibrahim Mohamed Kheir

Result of the vote : 

Draft decision (A/HRC/5/L.6) has been adopted without vote

Explanations of the vote after the vote: 

• Canada, Mr. Terry Cormier