DEC/4/104 Enhancement of international cooperation in the field of human rights / RightDocs

Document Type: Final Decision

Date: 2007 Apr

Session: 4th Regular Session (2007 Mar)

Agenda Item:

Main sponsors1
- Cuba
Co-sponsors1
- Belarus

Human Rights Council

Decision 4/104. Enhancement of international cooperation in the field of human rights

At its 31st meeting, on 30 March 2007, the Human Rights Council, recalling Commission on Human Rights resolution 2005/54 of 20 April 2005 and General Assembly resolution 61/168 of 19 December 2006 decided without a vote:

(a) To request the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to consult States, and intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations on ways and means to enhance the international cooperation and dialogue in the United Nations human rights machinery, including the Human Rights Council as recognized in the ninth preambular paragraph of General Assembly resolution 60/251 of 15 March 2006;

(b) Also to request the High Commissioner to present a report on the basis of her findings to the Council before the end of 2007.

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