A/HRC/RES/21/19 1. Decides to establish an open-ended intergovernmental working group with the mandate of negotiating, finalizing and submitting to the Human Rights Council a draft United Nations declaration on the rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas, on the basis of the draft submitted by the Advisory Committee, and without prejudging relevant past, present and future views and proposals; 2. Also decides that the working group shall hold its first session for five working days in 2013, before the twenty-third session of the Human Rights Council; 3. Requests the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to provide the working group with the human, technical and financial assistance necessary for it to fulfil its mandate; 4. Requests the President of the Human Rights Council to invite the Rapporteur of the Advisory Committee drafting group on the draft declaration to participate in the first session of the working group; 5. Invites States, civil society, representatives of peasants and other people working in rural areas and all relevant stakeholders to contribute actively and constructively to the work of the working group; 6. Requests the working group to submit a report on progress made to the Human Rights Council for its consideration at its twenty-sixth session. 37th meeting 27 September 2012 [Adopted by a recorded vote of 23 to 9, with 15 abstentions. The voting was as follows: In favour: Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chile, China, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Djibouti, Ecuador, Guatemala, India, Indonesia, Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, Peru, Philippines, Russian Federation, Thailand, Uganda, Uruguay Against: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Romania, Spain, United States of America Abstaining: Botswana, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Maldives, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Nigeria, Norway, Qatar, Republic of Moldova, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Switzerland] 2