48th Meeting - 57th Regular Session of Human Rights…

- Decisions and conclusions (Cont'd)

- ITEM 3: Vote on Draft Resolution A/HRC/57/L.19 - "The right to development" - Submitted by Uganda (on behalf of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries) - ADOPTED (29 YES ¦ 14 NO ¦ 4 ABSTENTIONS)

SPEAKERS:

• Uganda, Mr. Arthur Sewankambo Kafeero (Introduction)
• Cuba, Mr. Juan Antonio Quintanilla
• Eritrea, Ms. Nadja Micael
• South Africa, Mr. Mxolisi Nkosi
• Sudan, Mr. Omar Shareef Hamad Eisa
• Honduras, Ms. Marcela Arías Moncada
• Benin, Mr. Angelo Dan
• United States of America, Ms. Michèle Taylor (Explanation of vote before the vote)
• Chile, Ms. Claudia Fuentes Julio (Explanation of vote before the vote)
• China, Ms. LI Xiaomei (Explanation of vote before the vote)
• Belgium (on behalf of the European Union), Mr. Christophe Payot (Explanation of vote before the vote)
• Argentina, Mr. Carlos Foradori (Explanation of vote before the vote)
• Costa Rica, Mr. Christian Guillermet Fernández (Explanation of vote before the vote)
• Mr. Omar Zniber, President of the Human Rights Council (Adoption)

- ITEM 4: Vote on Draft Resolution A/HRC/57/L.4 - "Situation of human rights in the Russian Federation" - Submitted by Luxembourg, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Netherlands (Kingdom of the), North Macedonia, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden - ADOPTED (20 YES ¦ 8 NO ¦ 19 ABSTENTIONS)

SPEAKERS:

• Luxembourg, Mr. Marc Bichler (Introduction)
• Bulgaria, Mr. Yury Sterk
• Montenegro, Ms. Slavica Milacic
• United States of America, Ms. Michèle Taylor
• Finland, Ms. Heidi Schroderus-Fox
• Germany, Ms. Nikola Gillhoff
• Japan, Mr. Atsuyuki Oike
• Lithuania, Mr. Darius Staniulis
• France, Mr. Jérôme Bonnafont
• Netherlands (Kingdom of the), Mr. Lars Tummers
• Cuba, Mr. Juan Antonio Quintanilla
• Eritrea, Mr. Habtom Zerai Ghirmai (Explanation of vote before the vote)
• China, Ms. LI Xiaomei (Explanation of vote before the vote)
• Mr. Omar Zniber, President of the Human Rights Council (Adoption)

- ITEM 4: Vote on Draft Resolution A/HRC/57/L.11 - "Situation of Human Rights in the Syrian Arab Republic" - Submitted by United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, France, Germany, Netherlands (Kingdom of the), Qatar, Türkiye, United States of America - ADOPTED (26 YES ¦ 4 NO ¦ 17 ABSTENTIONS)

SPEAKERS:

• United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Mr. Simon Manley (Introduction)
• Belgium (on behalf of the European Union), Mr. Christophe Payot
• Japan, Mr. Ishii Yoshizane
• France, Mr. Jérôme Bonnafont
• Syrian Arab Republic (Country concerned), Mr. Haydar Ali Ahmad
• Cuba, Mr. Juan Antonio Quintanilla (Explanation of vote before the vote)
• Eritrea, Mr. Natnael Yebio (Explanation of vote before the vote)
• Chile, Ms. Claudia Fuentes Julio (Explanation of vote before the vote)
• China, Mr. Jiang Han (Explanation of vote before the vote)
• Brazil, Mr. Tovar Da Silva (Explanation of vote before the vote)
• Mr. Omar Zniber, President of the Human Rights Council (Adoption)

- ITEM 4: Vote on Draft Resolution A/HRC/57/L.12 - "Situation of Human Rights in Burundi" - Submitted by Hungary (on behalf of the European Union) - ADOPTED (22 YES ¦ 10 NO ¦ 15 ABSTENTIONS)

SPEAKERS:

• Hungary (on behalf of the European Union), Mr. Zoltán Turbek (Introduction)
• Burundi (Country Concerned), Ms. Elisa Nkerabirori
• Eritrea, Mr. Natnael Yebio (Explanation of vote before the vote)
• China, Mr. Jiang Han (Explanation of vote before the vote)
• Mr. Omar Zniber, President of the Human Rights Council (Adoption)

- ITEM 8: Vote on Draft Resolution A/HRC/57/L.16 - "National Human Rights institutions" - Submitted by Australia, Timor-Leste - ADOPTED without a vote

SPEAKERS:

• Timor-Leste, Ms. Maria de Lurdes Bessa (Introduction)
• Australia, Ms. Emily Roper (Introduction)
• China, Mr. Jiang Han (Explanation of vote before the vote)
• Mr. Omar Zniber, President of the Human Rights Council (Adoption)

- ITEM 9: Vote on Draft Resolution A/HRC/57/L.25 - "Education as a tool to prevent racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance" - Submitted by Brazil, Colombia, Portugal, South Africa - ADOPTED without a vote

SPEAKERS:

• Brazil, Mr. Tovar Da Silva Nunes (Introduction)
• South Africa, Ms. Tsholofelo Tsheole
• United States of America, Ms. Michèle Taylor
• Algeria, Ms. Cylia Alouani Arrous
• Chile, Ms. Claudia Fuentes Julio
• Somalia, Mr. Osman Mohamed Gaal
• Mr. Omar Zniber, President of the Human Rights Council (Adoption)

- ITEM 9: Vote on Draft Resolution A/HRC/57/L.36/Rev.1 - "From rhetoric to reality: a global call for concrete action against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance" - Submitted by Gambia (on behalf of the Group of African States) - ADOPTED (30 YES ¦ 5 NO ¦ 12 ABSTENTIONS)

SPEAKERS:

• Gambia, Mr. Muhammadou Kah (Introduction)
• Paraguay, Mr. Víctor Alfredo Verdun Bitar               
• China, Mr. Jiang Han
• United States of America, Ms. Michèle Taylor
• Germany, Ms. Nikola Gillhoff
• Netherlands, Mr. Lars Tummers
• Gambia, Mr. Muhammadou Kah (Explanation of vote after the vote)
• Mr. Omar Zniber, President of the Human Rights Council (Adoption)

- ITEM 10: Vote on Draft Resolution A/HRC/57/L.14 - "Technical assistance and capacity building to address the Human Rights implications of the nuclear legacy in the Marshall Islands" - Submitted by Marshall Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Micronesia (Federated States of), Nauru, Samoa, Vanuatu - ADOPTED without a vote

SPEAKERS:

• Vanuatu, Mr. Sumbue Antas (Introduction)
• Kazakhstan, Mr. Yerlan Alimbayev
• India, Ms. Anupama Singh
• Germany, Ms. Nikola Gillhoff
• South Africa, Mr. Mxolisi Nkosi
• Indonesia, Ms. Erlina Widyaningsih
• Marshall Islands, Ms. Doreen Debrum
• United States of America, Mr. Theodore Kill
• Mr. Omar Zniber, President of the Human Rights Council (Adoption)

- ITEM 10: Vote on Draft Resolution A/HRC/57/L.15 - "Assistance to Somalia in the field of Human Rights" - Submitted by United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Somalia - ADOPTED without a vote

SPEAKERS:

• United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Mr. Simon Manley (Introduction)
• Somalia (Country concerned), Ms. Khadra Ahmed Dualeh
• United States of America, Ms. Kelly Billingsley
• Mr. Omar Zniber, President of the Human Rights Council (Adoption)