31st Meeting - 15th Regular Session of Human Rights…

10:00 - 13:00 - 31st Plenary Meeting

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

Vote on Draft Resolution A/HRC/15/L.5 "Human Rights and Indigenous Peoples" - submitted by Guatemala and Mexico – ADOPTED WITHOUT A VOTE

• Guatemala, Mr. Carlos Ramiro Martínez Alvarado (Introduction)
• Mr. Sihasak Phuangketkeow, President of the Human Rights Council (Adoption)

Vote on Draft Resolution A/HRC/15/L.13 "Adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living" - submitted by Finland and Germany – ADOPTED WITHOUT A VOTE

• Finland, Mr. Hannu Himanen (Introduction)
• Germany, Mr. Reinhard Schweppe (Introduction)
• United States of America, Mr. Mark J. Cassayre
• Mr. Sihasak Phuangketkeow, President of the Human Rights Council (Adoption)

Vote on Draft Resolution A/HRC/15/L.14 "Human rights and access to safe drinking water and sanitation" - submitted by Spain and Germany – ADOPTED WITHOUT A VOTE

• Spain, Mr. Javier Garrigues (Introduction)
• Germany, Mr. Reinhard Schweppe (Introduction)
• France, Mr. Jean-Baptiste Mattéi
• Norway, Ms. Bente Angell-Hansen
• Mauritania, Mr. Cheikh Ahmed Ould Zahaf
• Ecuador, Mr. Santiago Chiriboga-Acosta
• Argentina, Mr. Héctor Raúl Peláez
• United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Mr. Peter Gooderham
• United States of America, Mr. Mark J. Cassayre
• Cuba, Mr. Rodolfo Reyes Rodríguez
• Guatemala, Mr. Carlos Ramiro Martínez Alvarado
• Mr. Sihasak Phuangketkeow, President of the Human Rights Council (Adoption)

Vote on Draft Resolution A/HRC/15/L.18 "Elimination of discrimination against persons affected by leprosy and their family members" - submitted by Japan – ADOPTED WITHOUT A VOTE

• Japan, Mr. Kenichi Suganuma (Introduction)
• Mr. Sihasak Phuangketkeow, President of the Human Rights Council (Adoption)

Vote on Draft Resolution A/HRC/15/L.26 "World Programme for Human Rights Education: adoption of the Plan of Action for the second phase" - submitted by Costa Rica – ADOPTED WITHOUT A VOTE

• Costa Rica, Mr. Manuel B. Dengo (Introduction)
• Mr. Sihasak Phuangketkeow, President of the Human Rights Council (Adoption)

Vote on Draft Resolution A/HRC/15/L.31 "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 (YES 31 ¦ NO 13 ¦ 2 ABSTENTIONS)

• Cuba, Mr. Juan Antonio Quintanilla (Introduction)
• Argentina, Mr. Héctor Raúl Peláez
• Belgium (on behalf of the European Union), Mr. Alex Van Meeuwen
• United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Mr. Peter Gooderham
• Mr. Sihasak Phuangketkeow, President of the Human Rights Council (Adoption)

• Cuba, Mr. Juan Antonio Quintanilla (Introduction)
• Belgium (on behalf of the European Union), Mr. Alex Van Meeuwen
• 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.4 "Assistance technique et renforcement des capacités pour Haïti" - submitted by the President of the Human Rights Council – ADOPTED WITHOUT A VOTE

• Mr. Sihasak Phuangketkeow, President of the Human Rights Council (Introduction)
• Haiti (Country Concerned), Mr. Jude Baptiste
• Uruguay, Ms. Laura Dupuy Lasserre
• Brazil, Ms. Maria Luisa Escorel de Moraes
• United States of America, Mr. Mark J. Cassayre
• France, Mr. Jean-Baptiste Mattéi
• Mr. Sihasak Phuangketkeow, President of the Human Rights Council (Adoption)

Item 3: Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development

Vote on Draft Resolution A/HRC/15/L.6 "Human rights and indigenous peoples: mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples" - submitted by Mexico – ADOPTED WITHOUT A VOTE

• Mexico, Mr. Juan José Gómez Camacho (Introduction)
• United States of America, Mr. Mark J. Cassayre
• United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Mr. Peter Gooderham
• Mr. Sihasak Phuangketkeow, President of the Human Rights Council (Adoption)    

Vote on Draft Resolution A/HRC/15/L.7 "Protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism: mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism" - submitted by Mexico – ADOPTED WITHOUT A VOTE

• Mexico, Mr. Juan José Gómez Camacho (Introduction)
• Mr. Kyle Ward, Chief of OHCHR Programme Support and Management Services
• Mr. Sihasak Phuangketkeow, President of the Human Rights Council (Adoption)    

Vote on Draft Resolution A/HRC/15/L.8/Rev.1 "Human rights of migrants" - submitted by Mexico – ADOPTED WITHOUT A VOTE

• Mexico, Mr. Juan José Gómez Camacho and Mr. Arturo Hernández Basave (Introduction)
• Mr. Sihasak Phuangketkeow, President of the Human Rights Council (Adoption)    

Vote on Draft Resolution A/HRC/15/L.27 "Preventable maternal mortality and morbidity and human rights: follow-up to resolution 11/8" - submitted by Burkina Faso, New Zealand and Colombia – ADOPTED WITHOUT A VOTE

• New Zealand (on behalf of Burkina Faso and Colombia), Ms. Wendy Hinton (Introduction)
• Pakistan (on behalf of the OIC), Ms. Mariam Aftab
• Burkina Faso, Ms. Clarisse Merindol Ouoba
• Mr. Sihasak Phuangketkeow, President of the Human Rights Council (Motion to Adjourn)
• Uganda
• Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
• Belgium
• Mexico
• Mr. Sihasak Phuangketkeow, President of the Human Rights Council (Motion to Adjourn - REJECTED)          
• Pakistan (on behalf of the OIC), Ms. Mariam Aftab
• Mr. Sihasak Phuangketkeow, President of the Human Rights Council (Adoption)