A/HRC/RES/36/31
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
3 October 2017
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Thirty-sixth session
11–29 September 2017
Agenda item 10
Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council on 29 September 2017
36/31.
Human rights, technical assistance and capacity-building in
Yemen
The Human Rights Council,
Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations and the
provisions of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and recalling relevant
international human rights treaties,
Recognizing the primary responsibility of States to promote and protect human
rights,
Recalling Security Council resolutions 2014 (2011) of 21 October 2011, 2051
(2012) of 12 June 2012 and 2140 (2014) of 26 February 2014, and Human Rights Council
resolutions 18/19 of 29 September 2011, 19/29 of 23 March 2012, 21/22 of 27 September
2012, 24/32 of 27 September 2013, 27/19 of 25 September 2014, 30/18 of 2 October 2015
and 33/16 of 29 September 2016,
Recalling also Security Council resolution 2216 (2015) of 14 April 2015,
Welcoming the commitment of Yemeni political parties to complete the political
transition process on the basis of the Gulf Cooperation Council initiative and its
implementation mechanism, and emphasizing the need for the implementation of the
recommendations made in the outcome document of the National Dialogue Conference,
and to complete the drafting of a new Constitution,
Welcoming also the positive engagement of the Government of Yemen in the peace
talks, its handling of the proposals made by the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for
Yemen, and encouraging it to continue its efforts to achieve peace and stability in Yemen,
Reiterating its strong support for the efforts of the Secretary-General and his Special
Envoy to achieve the urgent resumption of peace negotiations, and recalling the need for all
parties to the conflict to react in a flexible and constructive manner and without
preconditions to these efforts, and to fully and immediately implement all provisions of
relevant Security Council resolutions,
GE.17-17338(E)