36/L.55 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
Brazil
Burundi
China
Cuba
Egypt
Ethiopia
India
Indonesia
Kenya
Kyrgyzstan
Philippines
Saudi Arabia
United Arab Emirates
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
- Abstaining
Botswana
Congo
Côte d'Ivoire
El Salvador
Mongolia
Nigeria
Qatar
Rwanda
South Africa
Togo
GE.17-16896(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
Paragraph 1 should read
1. Recognizes that unhindered access to and communication with the United
Nations, its representatives and mechanisms in the field of human rights, including the
Human Rights Council, its special procedures, the universal periodic review mechanism
and the treaty bodies, as well as regional human rights mechanisms, are indispensable to
enable the United Nations and its mechanisms to fulfil their mandates;
* State not a member of the Human Rights Council.