United Nations
A/RES/65/281
Distr.: General
20 July 2011
General Assembly
Sixty-fifth session
Agenda items 13 and 115
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 17 June 2011
[without reference to a Main Committee (A/65/L.78)]
65/281. Review of the Human Rights Council
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolution 60/251 of 15 March 2006 establishing the Human
Rights Council, and in particular paragraphs 1 and 16 thereof,
Recalling also its resolution 62/219 of 22 December 2007,
Recognizing that peace and security, development and human rights are the
pillars of the United Nations system and the foundations for collective security and
well-being,
Reaffirming that the Human Rights Council was created with the aim of
ensuring effective enjoyment by all of all human rights, civil, political, economic,
social and cultural rights, including the right to development, and that the Council is
responsible for promoting universal respect for the protection of all human rights
and fundamental freedoms for all, without distinction of any kind and in a fair and
equal manner,
Recalling the competencies of the Third and Fifth Committees as the Main
Committees of the General Assembly tasked with social, humanitarian and cultural
issues and administrative and budgetary issues, respectively,
Taking note of Human Rights Council resolution 16/21 of 25 March 2011
containing the text entitled “Outcome of the review of the work and functioning of
the Human Rights Council”, 1
Recalling all its previous decisions on the allocation of the agenda item
entitled “Report of the Human Rights Council”,
Recalling also its resolution 63/263 of 24 December 2008 which endorses the
relevant conclusions and recommendations of the Advisory Committee on
Administrative and Budgetary Questions on the consideration of the financial
requirements arising from resolutions and decisions of the Human Rights Council,
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See A/HRC/16/2.
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