27/L.49 Human rights, sexual orientation and gender identity

GE.14-17310 (E)

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Human Rights Council Twenty-seventh session

Agenda item 8

Follow-up to and implementation of the Vienna Declaration

and Programme of Action

Bahrain,Non-member State of the Human Rights Council. Congo, Djibouti,Non-member State of the Human Rights Council. Egypt,Non-member State of the Human Rights Council. Malaysia,Non-member State of the Human Rights Council. Nigeria,Non-member State of the Human Rights Council. South Sudan,Non-member State of the Human Rights Council. Sudan,Non-member State of the Human Rights Council.

Uganda,Non-member State of the Human Rights Council. United Arab Emirates: amendment to draft resolution

A/HRC/27/L.27/Rev.1

27/… Human rights, sexual orientation and gender identity

Below the eighth preambular paragraph, insert a new paragraph reading

Reaffirming the sovereign right of each country, consistent with national laws and

development priorities, with full respect for the various religious and ethical values and

cultural backgrounds of its people, and in conformity with universally recognized

international human rights,