42nd Meeting - 60th Session of Human Rights Council…

- Decisions and conclusions (Cont'd)

- ITEM 3: Vote on Draft Resolution A/HRC/60/L.5 (Cont'd) - "The right to development" – Submitted by Uganda (on behalf of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries) - ADOPTED (28 YES ¦ 14 NO ¦5 ABSTENTIONS)

SPEAKERS:

• Mr. Jürg Lauber, President of the Human Rights Council
• Cyprus , Ms. Olympia Neocleous (Explanation of vote before the vote)
• Mexico , Ms. Francisca Méndez Escobar (Explanation of vote before the vote)
• Spain, Mr. Marcos Gómez Martínez (Explanation of vote before the vote)
• China, Ms. Li Xiaomei (Explanation of vote before the vote)
• Japan, Mr. Ishii Yoshizane (Explanation of vote before the vote)     
• Iceland, Mr. Einar Gunnarsson (Explanation of vote before the vote)
• Chile, Ms. Claudia Fuentes Julio (Explanation of vote before the vote)
• Marshall Islands, Mr. Samuel K. Lanwi Jr (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.6 - "Arbitrary detention" - Submitted by France - ADOPTED without a vote

SPEAKERS:

• France, Ms. Claire Thuaudet (Introduction)
• Spain, Mr. Marcos Gómez Martínez
• Cuba, Ms. Greisy Cordero
• South Africa, Ms. Frankye Bronwen Levy
• China, Ms. Li Xiaomei (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.10 - "The Human Rights to safe drinking water and sanitation" - Submitted by Germany, Spain - ADOPTED without a vote

SPEAKERS:

• Germany, Ms. Antje Leendertse (Introduction)
• Spain, Mr. Marcos Gómez Martínez (Introduction)
• Mexico, Ms. Francisca Méndez Escobar
• Benin, Mr. Angelo Dan
• Cuba, Ms. Greisy Cordero
• Costa Rica, Mr. Roberto Céspedes
• Kenya, Ms. Fancy Chepkemoi Too
• Dominican Republic, Ms. Alfonsina Margarita Gonzalez Nicasio
• Gambia, Mr. Cherno Marenah
• Bolivia, Mr. Olmer Torrejón Alcoba
• Mr. Jürg Lauber, President of the Human Rights Council (Adoption)

- ITEM 3: Vote on Draft Resolution A/HRC/60/L.19 - "The right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health" - Submitted by Brazil - ADOPTED without a vote

SPEAKERS:

• Brazil, Mr. André Simas Magalhães (Introduction)
• Cuba, Ms. Greisy Cordero
• Belgium, Ms. Gaëlle Powis de Tenbossche
• Costa Rica, Ms. Marcela Coen Moraga
• Ghana, Mr. Elikem Korsi Asafo
• Dominican Republic, Ms. Alfonsina Margarita Gonzalez Nicasio
• Mr. Jürg Lauber, President of the Human Rights Council (Adoption)

- ITEM 3: Vote on Draft Resolution A/HRC/60/L.15 - "The Human Rights of older persons" - Submitted by Argentina, Brazil, Gambia, Philippines, Slovenia - ADOPTED without a vote

SPEAKERS:

• Argentina, Mr. Carlos Foradori (Introduction)
• Mexico , Ms. Francisca Méndez Escobar
• Brazil, Mr. André Simas Magalhães
• Colombia, Mr. Gustavo Gallón
• Cuba, Mr. Rodolfo Benítez Verson
• Ethiopia, Mr. Andualem Yalelet Tessema
• Chile, Ms. Claudia Fuentes Julio        
• Gambia, Mr. Cherno Marenah
• Dominican Republic, Ms. Liyanna Pavon
• China, Ms. Li Xiaomei
• Mr. Jürg Lauber, President of the Human Rights Council (Adoption)

- ITEM 3: Vote on Draft Resolution A/HRC/60/L.21 - "The role of prevention in the promotion and protection of human rights: the rule of law and accountability" - Submitted by Ukraine, Australia, Hungary, Maldives, Morocco, Poland, Uruguay - ADOPTED without a vote

SPEAKERS:

• Ukraine, Mr. Yevhenii Tsymbaliuk (Introduction)
• Morocco, Mr. Abdeslam El Ouazzani
• Germany, Mr. Gunnar Berkemeier
• Chile, Ms. Claudia Fuentes Julio
• Kenya, Ms. Fancy Chepkemoi Too
• Mr. Jürg Lauber, President of the Human Rights Council (Adoption)

- ITEM 3: Vote on Draft Resolution A/HRC/60/L.24/Rev.1 - "Human Rights and Indigenous Peoples" - Submitted by Mexico, Guatemala - ADOPTED without a vote

SPEAKERS: 

• Mexico, Ms. Francisca Méndez Escobar (Introduction)
• Brazil, Mr. André Simas Magalhães
• Spain, Mr. Marcos Gómez Martínez
• Cuba, Mr. Rodolfo Benítez Verson
• Costa Rica, Mr. Roberto Céspedes
• Bolivia, Mr. Olmer Torrejón Alcoba
• Colombia, Mr. Gustavo Gallón (Explanation of vote before the vote)
• Algeria, Ms. Cylia Alouani Arrous (Explanation of vote before the vote)
• Japan, Mr. Ishii Yoshizane
• Mr. Jürg Lauber, President of the Human Rights Council (Adoption)

- ITEM 3: Vote on Draft Resolution A/HRC/60/L.27/Rev.1 - "Promoting and protecting economic, social and cultural rights within the context of addressing inequalities" - Submitted by China, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Egypt, Pakistan, South Africa - ADOPTED without a vote

SPEAKERS:

• China, Mr. Chen Xu (Introduction)
• Ethiopia, Mr. Andualem Yalelet Tessema
• Cuba, Mr. Rodolfo Benítez Verson
• Cyprus, Ms. Olympia Neocleous        
• Mexico , Ms. Francisca Méndez Escobar
• Gambia, Mr. Cherno Marenah
• Kenya, Ms. Fancy Chepkemoi Too
• South Africa, Ms. Frankye Bronwen Levy
• Sudan, Mr. Omar Shareef Hamad Eisa
• Bolivia, Mr. Olmer Torrejón Alcoba
• Dominican Republic, Ms. Liyanna Pavon
• Kyrgyzstan, Mr. Aidyn Seidkhmatov
• Japan, Mr. Atsuyuki  Oike (Explanation of vote before the vote)
• Mr. Jürg Lauber, President of the Human Rights Council (Adoption)

- ITEM 4: Vote on Draft Resolution A/HRC/60/L.13 - "Situation of human rights in Burundi" - Submitted by Denmark (on behalf of the European Union) - ADOPTED (23 YES ¦ 9 NO ¦15 ABSTENTIONS)

SPEAKERS:

• Denmark, Mr. Ib Petersen (Introduction)
• Albania, Ms. Vasilika Hysi
• Iceland, Mr. Einar Gunnarsson
• North Macedonia, Ms. Natasha Hroneska
• Burundi (Country concerned), Ms. Elisa Nkerabirori
• Mr. Jürg Lauber, President of the Human Rights Council (Adoption)

- ITEM 6: Vote on Draft Resolution A/HRC/60/L.62 - "Non-cooperation of a State under review with the universal periodic review mechanism (draft decision)" - Submitted by the President of the Human Rights Council - ADOPTED without a vote

SPEAKERS:

• China, Ms. Li Xiaomei
• Cuba, Mr. Rodolfo Benítez Verson
• China, Ms. Li Xiaomei
• Mr. Jürg Lauber, President of the Human Rights Council (Adoption)

- ITEM 9: Vote on Draft Resolution A/HRC/60/L.29/Rev.1 - "From rhetoric to reality: a global call for concrete action against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance" - Submitted by Ghana (on behalf of the Group of African States)

SPEAKERS:

• Ghana, Mr. Emmanuel Kwame Asiedu Antiwi (Introduction)
• China, Ms. Li Xiaomei
• Ethiopia, Mr. Andualem Yalelet Tessema
• Kenya, Ms. Fancy Chepkemoi Too
• Cuba, Mr. Rodolfo Benítez Verson
• Colombia, Mr. Gustavo Gallón
• Brazil, Mr. André Simas Magalhães