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areas, civil society and grass-roots organizations from developing countries, in order to
contribute to the analysis and interactive dialogues;
5.
Requests the Secretariat to provide the working group with the human,
technical and financial assistance necessary for it to fulfil its mandate, including by
providing interpretation for one informal intersessional consultation, and a webcast for the
fifth session of the working group;
6.
Invites States, civil society and all relevant stakeholders, in particular
representatives of peasants and other people working in rural areas, to contribute actively
and constructively to the work of the working group;
7.
Requests the working group to submit an annual report on progress made to
the Human Rights Council and the General Assembly for their consideration.
41st meeting
29 September 2017
[Adopted by a recorded vote of 34 to 2, with 11 abstentions. The voting was as follows:
In favour:
Bangladesh, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Botswana, Brazil, Burundi,
China, Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Cuba, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia,
Ghana, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Nigeria,
Panama, Paraguay, Philippines, Portugal, Qatar, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia,
South Africa, Switzerland, Togo, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Venezuela
(Bolivarian Republic of)
Against:
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of
America
Abstaining:
Albania, Belgium, Croatia, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Japan, Latvia,
Netherlands, Republic of Korea, Slovenia]
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