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41st Meeting - 60th Session of Human Rights Council…

41st Meeting - 60th Session of Human Rights Council

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60th regular session of the Human Rights Council (08 September – 08 October 2025)
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- Decisions and conclusions

SPEAKER:

  • Mr. Jürg Lauber, President of the Human Rights Council


- ITEM 1: Vote on Draft Resolution A/HRC/60/L.7 - "Reports of the Advisory Committee (President's statement)" - Submitted by the President of the Human Rights Council - ADOPTED without a vote

SPEAKER:

  • Mr. Jürg Lauber, President of the Human Rights Council (Adoption)

- ITEM 2: Vote on Draft Resolution A/HRC/60/L.1/Rev.1 - "Promoting reconciliation, accountability and Human Rights in Sri Lanka" - Submitted by United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Canada, Malawi, Montenegro, North Macedonia - ADOPTED without a vote

SPEAKERS:

  • United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Mr. Kumar Yver (Introduction)
  • China, Mr. Seong Deok Yun
  • Republic of Korea, Mr. Seong Deok Yun
  • Japan, Mr. Atsuyuki Oike
  • Kuwait, Mr. Naser Abdullah H. M. Alhayen
  • Ethiopia, Mr. Haileselassie Subba Gebru
  • Cyprus, Ms. Olympia Neocleous
  • Costa Rica, Mr. Christian Guillermet Fernández
  • Bangladesh, Mr. Abdullah Bin Mahabub
  • Maldives, Ms. Salma Rasheed
  • Dominican Republic, Mr. Iván Emilio de Jesús Ogando Lora
  • Sri Lanka (Country concerned), Ms. Himalee Subhashini Arunatilaka
  • Cuba, Mr. Rodolfo Benítez Version (Explanation of vote before the vote)
  • Mr. Jürg Lauber, President of the Human Rights Council (Adoption)
 
 
- ITEM 2: Vote on Draft Resolution A/HRC/60/L.9 - "Situation of Human Rights in Afghanistan" - Submitted by Denmark (on behalf of the European Union) - ADOPTED without a vote

SPEAKERS:

  • Denmark, Mr. Ib Petersen (Introduction)
  • Mexico , Ms. Francisca Méndez Escobar
  • France, Ms. Claire Thuaudet
  • Iceland, Mr. Einar Gunnarsson
  • Japan, Mr. Ishii Yoshizane
  • Colombia, Mr. Gustavo Gallón
  • Chile, Ms. Claudia Fuentes Julio
  • South Africa, Mr. Mxolisi Nkosi
  • Dominican Republic, Mr. Iván Emilio de Jesús Ogando Lora
  • Afghanistan (Country concerned), Mr. Nasir Ahmad Andisha
  • Mr. Benny Soejono, Secretariat of the Human Rights Council
  • China, Mr. Wang Nian (Explanation of vote before the vote)
  • Mr. Jürg Lauber, President of the Human Rights Council (Adoption)
 
 
- ITEM 2: Vote on Draft Resolution A/HRC/60/L.18 - "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 (24 YES ¦ 11 NO ¦12 ABSTENTIONS)

SPEAKERS:

  • United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Mr. Kumar Yver (Introduction)
  • Japan, Mr. Ishii Yoshizane
  • Cyprus, Ms. Olympia Neocleous
  • Sudan (Country concerned), Mr. Hassan Hamid Hassan
  • China, Mr. Wang Nian
  • Qatar, Ms. Hend Abdalrahman Al-Muftah    
  • Netherlands, Ms. Erica Schouten
  • Costa Rica, Mr. Christian Guillermet Fernández
  • Switzerland, Ms. Charlotte Day
  • Germany, Ms. Antje Leendertse
  • Algeria, Mr. Rachid Bladehane
  • Kenya, Ms. Fancy Chepkemoi Too
  • Belgium, Mr. Christophe Payot (Explanation of vote before the vote)
  • Brazil, Mr. André Simas Magalhães (Explanation of vote before the vote)
  • Kyrgyzstan, Mr. Omar Sultanov (Explanation of vote before the vote)
  • Mr. Jürg Lauber, President of the Human Rights Council (Adoption)
  • Indonesia, Mr. Achsanul Habi (Explanation of vote after the vote on all ITEMS 2)  
  • Sudan (Country concerned), Mr. Hassan Hamid Hassan (Explanation of vote after the vote on all ITEMS 2)  


- ITEM 3: Vote on Draft Resolution A/HRC/60/L.2 - "Human Rights and Indigenous Peoples: mandate of Special Rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous Peoples" - Submitted by Mexico, Guatemala - ADOPTED without a vote

SPEAKERS:

  • Guatemala, Mr. Francisco Calí Tzay (Introduction)
  • Chile, Ms. Claudia Fuentes Julio
  • Bolivia, Ms. Maira Macdonal
  • Dominican Republic, Mr. Iván Emilio de Jesús Ogando Lora
  • Mr. Jürg Lauber, President of the Human Rights Council (Adoption)


- ITEM 3: Vote on Draft Resolution A/HRC/60/L.3 - "Mandate of the Working Group on the 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 (28 YES ¦ 17 NO ¦2 ABSTENTIONS)

SPEAKERS:

  • Cuba, Mr. Rodolfo Benítez Verson (Introduction)
  • Colombia, Mr. Gustavo Gallón
  • Kenya, Ms. Fancy Chepkemoi Too
  • South Africa, Mr. Mxolisi Nkosi
  • Sudan, Mr. Omar Shareef Hamad Eisa
  • Algeria, Mr. Rachid Bladehane
  • Cyprus, Ms. Olympia Neocleous (Explanation of vote before the vote)
  • Bolivia, Mr. Olmer Torrejón Alcoba (Explanation of vote before the vote)
  • China, Ms. Li Xinda (Explanation of vote before the vote)
  • Japan, Mr. Ishii Yoshizane (Explanation of vote before the vote)
  • Mr. Jürg Lauber, President of the Human Rights Council (Adoption)

 

- ITEM 3: Vote on Draft Resolution A/HRC/60/L.4 - "Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order" - Submitted by Cuba - ADOPTED (24 YES ¦ 17 NO ¦6 ABSTENTIONS)

SPEAKERS:

  • Cuba, Mr. Rodolfo Benítez Verson (Introduction)
  • Ethiopia, Mr. Andualem Yalelet Tessema
  • Kenya, Ms. Fancy Chepkemoi Too
  • China, Mr. Wang Nian
  • South Africa, Mr. Mxolisi Nkosi
  • Japan, Mr. Ishii Yoshizane
  • Qatar, Ms. Hend Abdalrahman Al-Muftah
  • Bolivia, Ms. Maira Macdonal
  • Cyprus, Ms. Olympia Neocleous        
  • Mr. Jürg Lauber, President of the Human Rights Council (Adoption)


- ITEM 3: Vote on Draft Resolution A/HRC/60/L.5 - "The right to development" – Submitted by Uganda (on behalf of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries) 

SPEAKERS:

  • Uganda, Mr. Arthur Sewankambo Kafeero (Introduction)
  • Cuba, Mr. Rodolfo Benítez Version
  • Ethiopia, Mr. Haileselassie Subba Gebru
  • Algeria, Mr. Rachid Bladehane
  • South Africa, Ms. Glenda Tsholofelo Tsheole
  • Sudan, Mr. Omar Shareef Hamad Eisa
  • Gambia, Mr. Cherno Marenah
  • Kenya, Ms. Fancy Chepkemoi Too
  • Bolivia, Ms. Maira Macdonal
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