RES/21/20 High-level panel discussion to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the adoption of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action

GE.12-17336

Human Rights Council Twenty-first session

Agenda item 8

Follow-up to and implementation of the Vienna Declaration

and Programme of Action

Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council

21/20.

High-level panel discussion to commemorate the twentieth

anniversary of the adoption of the Vienna Declaration and

Programme of Action

The Human Rights Council,

Guided by the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human

Rights, the International Covenants on Human Rights and other relevant international

human rights instruments,

Noting that 2013 will mark the twentieth anniversary of the adoption of the Vienna

Declaration and Programme of Action by the World Conference on Human Rights on 25

June 1993,

Emphasizing that the anniversary offers an important opportunity to reiterate the

commitment to the universal promotion and protection of the human rights of all, as well as

to reflect on achievements, best practices and challenges with regard to the implementation

of the Declaration and Programme of Action,

Emphasizing also the need for continued and reinforced efforts for the full

realization of the human rights of all,

1. Decides to convene, at the first day of the high-level segment of its twenty-

second session, a high-level panel discussion to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of

the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, with a particular focus on its

implementation, as well as on achievements, best practices and challenges in this regard;

2. Requests the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human

Rights to organize the panel discussion and to liaise with States, relevant United Nations

bodies, agencies, treaty bodies, special procedures and regional human rights mechanisms,

 The resolutions and decisions adopted by the Human Rights Council will be contained in

the report of the Council on its twenty-first session (A/HRC/21/2), chap. I.

as well as with civil society, including non-governmental organizations, and national

human rights institutions, with a view to ensuring their participation in the panel discussion;

3. Also requests the Office of the High Commissioner to prepare a report on the

panel discussion in the form of a summary.

37th meeting

27 September 2012

[Adopted without a vote.]