37/L.61 Contribution to the implementation of the joint commitment to effectively addressing and countering the world drug problem with regard to human rights
Document Type: Amendment Resolution
Date: 2018 Mar
Session: 37th Regular Session (2018 Feb)
Agenda Item: Item3: Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development
- Main sponsors1
- Co-sponsors12
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- In Favour
Burundi
China
Cuba
Egypt
Iraq
Kenya
Nigeria
Pakistan
Philippines
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
South Africa
Tunisia
United Arab Emirates
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
GE.18-04398(E)
Human Rights Council Thirty-seventh session
26 February–23 March 2018
Agenda item 3
Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil,
political, economic, social and cultural rights,
including the right to development
Cuba, Egypt, Pakistan, Philippines, Russian Federation,* South Africa, Timor-Leste:*
amendment to draft resolution A/HRC/37/L.41
37/… Contribution to the implementation of the joint commitment to effectively addressing and countering the world drug problem
with regard to human rights
The fifteenth preambular paragraph should read
Welcoming the progress made in strengthening and expanding existing cooperation
on the public health-related aspects of the world drug problem, including the signing of the
memorandum of understanding between the World Health Organization and the United
Nations Office on Drugs and Crime in February 2017, and recognizing the need for
intensified efforts to support Member States, upon request, in addressing and countering the
world drug problem in accordance with a comprehensive, integrated and balanced
approach,
* State not a member of the Human Rights Council.