36/L.54 Cooperation with the United Nations, its representatives and mechanisms in the field of human rights
Document Type: Amendment Resolution
Date: 2017 Sep
Session: 36th Regular Session (2017 Sep)
Agenda Item: Item5: Human rights bodies and mechanisms
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- In Favour
Bangladesh
Bolivia, Plurinational State of
Burundi
China
Cuba
Ecuador
Egypt
Ethiopia
India
Indonesia
Kenya
Kyrgyzstan
Nigeria
Philippines
Saudi Arabia
South Africa
United Arab Emirates
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
- Abstaining
Congo
Côte d'Ivoire
El Salvador
Iraq
Qatar
Rwanda
Togo
Tunisia
GE.17-16895(E)
Human Rights Council Thirty-sixth session
11–29 September 2017
Agenda item 5
Human rights bodies and mechanisms
China, Egypt, India, Russian Federation,* Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of):
amendment to draft resolution A/HRC/36/L.26/Rev.1
36/… Cooperation with the United Nations, its representatives and mechanisms in the field of human rights
After the fourteenth preambular paragraph, insert a new paragraph reading
Aware of the lack of agreed and specific tools to verify whether allegations
received are credible, which may compromise the effectiveness and integrity of the process
of assessing those allegations, and underlining that continuous and constructive dialogue
and cooperation with the State concerned should always be the primary consideration in
this regard,
* State not a member of the Human Rights Council.