RES/16/34 Advisory services and technical assistance for Burundi

GE.11-12873

Human Rights Council Sixteenth session Agenda item 10 Technical assistance and capacity-building

Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council*

16/34 Advisory services and technical assistance for Burundi

The Human Rights Council,

Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and international human rights treaties,

Reaffirming that all Member States have an obligation to promote and protect human rights and fundamental freedoms, as stated in the Charter, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenants on Human Rights and other applicable human rights instruments,

Recalling General Assembly resolution 60/251 of 15 March 2006,

Bearing in mind Commission on Human Rights resolution 2004/82 of 21 April 2004, and Human Rights Council resolutions 6/5 of 29 September 2007 and 9/19 of 24 September 2008,

Acknowledging the agreement reached by the Human Rights Council at its fifteenth session to hold an interactive dialogue on Burundi at its sixteenth session,

Recognizing the major changes in the Government and the representation of Burundi following the elections held in that country from June to September 2010,

Cognizant of the fact that the new Government has welcomed the process of concluding the establishment of a national human rights institution in line with the Paris Principles, as called for by the Human Rights Council in its resolution 9/19,

Resolves that the independent expert on the situation of human rights in Burundi will report to the Human Rights Council at its seventeenth session, to be followed by an interactive dialogue.

* The resolutions and decisions adopted by the Human Rights Council will be contained in the report of

the Council on its sixteenth session (A/HRC/16/2), chap. I.

United Nations A/HRC/RES/16/34

General Assembly

Distr.: General 13 April 2011

48th meeting 25 March 2011

[Adopted without a vote.]