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11.
Decides to extend the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of
human rights in Belarus for a period of one year, and requests the Special Rapporteur to
submit a report on the situation of human rights in Belarus to the Human Rights Council at
its forty-first session and to the General Assembly at its seventy-fourth session;
12.
Urges the Government of Belarus to cooperate fully with the Special
Rapporteur, including by providing him access to visit the country in his official capacity in
order to assist the Government in fulfilling its international human rights obligations and by
considering implementation of his recommendations, and also urges the Government to
extend full cooperation to thematic special procedures;
13.
Requests the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human
Rights to provide the Special Rapporteur with the assistance and resources necessary to
allow the fulfilment of his mandate, and requests the latter to continue to monitor
developments and make recommendations.
38th meeting
6 July 2018
[Adopted by a recorded vote of 19 to 6, with 21 abstentions. The voting was as follows:
In favour:
Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Chile, Côte d’Ivoire, Croatia, Germany, Hungary,
Japan, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Republic of Korea, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain,
Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Against:
Burundi, China, Cuba, Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Venezuela (Bolivarian
Republic of)
Abstaining:
Afghanistan, Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ecuador, Ethiopia,
Georgia, Iraq, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan,
Philippines, Qatar, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, South Africa, Togo,
Tunisia]
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