A/HRC/RES/18/10
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
13 October 2011
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Eighteenth session
Agenda item 3
Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil,
political, economic, social and cultural rights,
including the right to development
Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council*
18/10
Human rights and issues related to terrorist hostage-taking
The Human Rights Council,
Guided by the Charter of the United Nations,
Recalling previous resolutions of the General Assembly, the Commission on Human
Rights and the Human Rights Council on hostage-taking, on human rights and terrorism
and on the promotion and protection of human rights while countering terrorism, in
particular Assembly resolutions 61/172 of 19 December 2006 and 64/168 of 18 December
2009, Commission resolutions 2004/44 of 19 April 2004 and 2005/31 of 19 April 2005,
Council resolution 13/26 of 26 March 2010, Council decision 15/116 of 7 October 2010
and President’s statement PRST/1/2 of 13 November 2006,
Recalling also the mandate of the Human Rights Council as set forth in General
Assembly resolution 60/251 of 15 March 2006,
Recalling further its resolution 5/1 on institution-building of the Human Rights
Council of 18 June 2007,
Underlining the importance of all General Assembly resolutions on measures to
eliminate international terrorism, including Assembly resolutions 46/51 of 9 December
1991, 60/288 of 8 September 2006 and 64/297 of 8 September 2010, and reaffirming
commitments to the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy and its four pillars,
Noting Security Council resolutions 1904 (2009) of 17 December 2009, 1963 (2010)
of 20 December 2010 and 1989 (2011) of 17 June 2011,
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GE.11-16654
The resolutions and decisions adopted by the Human Rights Council will be contained in the report of
the Council on its eighteenth session (A/HRC/18/2), chap. I.