RES/35/31 Cooperation with and assistance to Ukraine in the field of human rights

GE.17-11598(E)

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Human Rights Council Thirty-fifth session

6–23 June 2017

Agenda item 10

Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council on 23 June 2017

35/31. Cooperation with and assistance to Ukraine in the field of

human rights

The Human Rights Council,

Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations,

Reaffirming the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and relevant international

human rights treaties,

Confirming the primary responsibility of States to promote and protect human rights,

Recalling its resolutions 26/30 of 27 June 2014, 29/23 of 3 July 2015 and 32/29 of 1

July 2016 on cooperation with and assistance to Ukraine in the field of human rights,

Acknowledging the efforts of the United Nations, the Organization for Security and

Cooperation in Europe and other international and regional organizations to assist Ukraine

in protecting the rights of all persons in Ukraine, as described by the General Assembly in

its resolution 68/262 of 27 March 2014, and the progress achieved as well as the challenges

and obstacles remaining in this regard,

Welcoming the technical assistance to Ukraine in the field of human rights provided

by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, and

acknowledging the further need for such assistance with due regard to the commitment of

the Government of Ukraine to promote and protect human rights on all its territory,

Welcoming also the cooperation of the Government of Ukraine with the Office of

the High Commissioner, including its monitoring mission in Ukraine, and with other

relevant international and regional human rights mechanisms,

Recognizing the importance of the reports of the Office of the High Commissioner

based on the findings of the monitoring mission for the proper assessment of the situation

of human rights in Ukraine and an evaluation of the needs for technical assistance to

Ukraine in the field of human rights,

Recognizing also the continuing need for ongoing reporting, including on the most

serious human rights problems within Ukraine and their root causes,

1. Welcomes the oral presentations by the Office of the United Nations High

Commissioner for Human Rights to the States members of the Human Rights Council and

observers of the findings of the reports of the Office of the High Commissioner on the

situation of human rights in Ukraine held, in accordance with Council resolutions 29/23 and

32/29, from the thirtieth to the thirty-fifth sessions of the Council;

2. Invites the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to continue

to present orally to the States members of the Human Rights Council and observers the

findings of each of the reports of the Office of the High Commissioner on the situation of

human rights in Ukraine as part of the interactive dialogues, and through the modalities of

the Council, in accordance with its resolution 5/1 of 18 June 2007, until the forty-first

session of the Council.

37th meeting

23 June 2017

[Adopted by a recorded vote of 22 to 6, with 19 abstentions. The voting was as follows:

In favour:

Albania, Belgium, Côte d’Ivoire, Croatia, Ecuador, Georgia, Germany,

Ghana, Hungary, Iraq, Japan, Latvia, Netherlands, Nigeria, Panama, Portugal,

Republic of Korea, Rwanda, Slovenia, Switzerland, United Kingdom of

Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America

Against:

Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Burundi, China, Cuba, Philippines,

Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Abstaining:

Bangladesh, Botswana, Brazil, Congo, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, India,

Indonesia, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Paraguay, Qatar, Saudi Arabia,

South Africa, Togo, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates]