A/HRC/RES/37/24
sustainable development and in following up on and reviewing progress in the
implementation of sustainable development commitments,
Noting the contribution of international human rights mechanisms, including the
treaty bodies, the special procedures of the Human Rights Council and the universal
periodic review, in promoting the implementation of the 2030 Agenda in accordance with
States’ human rights obligations,
Noting also the important role that technical cooperation and capacity-building can
play in building States’ capacities to implement the Sustainable Development Goals in a
way that is consistent with their respective obligations under international human rights
law,
Recalling that the organizations of the United Nations system and other relevant
intergovernmental organizations are invited to contribute within their respective mandates
to the discussions of the high-level political forum on sustainable development,
1.
Decides to organize two one-day intersessional meetings for dialogue and
cooperation on human rights and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which
will provide a space for States, relevant United Nations and regional human rights
mechanisms, United Nations agencies, funds and programmes, national human rights
institutions and civil society organizations to voluntarily share good practices,
achievements, challenges and lessons learned in the promotion and protection of human
rights and the implementation of the 2030 Agenda;
2.
Also decides that the focus of each of the above-mentioned meetings will
reflect the stated themes of the 2019 and 2020 meetings of the high-level political forum on
sustainable development;
3.
Further decides that the meetings should be held in advance of the 2019 and
2020 meetings of the high-level political forum;
4.
Requests the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to
organize the two meetings in consultation with Member States, relevant United Nations
agencies, funds and programmes, international human rights mechanisms, national human
rights institutions, civil society organizations and other relevant stakeholders, and to
facilitate their participation in the two meetings, as appropriate;
5.
Also requests the High Commissioner to provide, for the above-mentioned
one-day inter-sessional meetings, all the services and facilities necessary to make the
discussions fully accessible to persons with disabilities;
6.
Requests the President of the Human Rights Council to appoint for each
meeting, on the basis of regional rotation, and in consultation with regional groups, a
chairperson of the meeting from candidates nominated by members and observers of the
Council; the chair, together with the Office of the High Commissioner, shall be responsible
for the preparation of summary reports of the discussions of the meetings, to be made
available to all its participants, and for their presentation to the Council at its fortieth and
forty-third sessions, respectively;
7.
Decides that the summary reports of the discussions of the two meetings
should be made available to the high-level political forum on sustainable development.
54th meeting
23 March 2018
[Adopted without a vote.]
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