A/HRC/RES/57/26 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 14 October 2024 Original: English Human Rights Council Fifty-seventh session 9 September–11 October 2024 Agenda item 10 Technical assistance and capacity-building Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council on 10 October 2024 57/26. Technical assistance and capacity-building to address the human rights implications of the nuclear legacy in the Marshall Islands The Human Rights Council, Guided by the Charter of the United Nations and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Reaffirming the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and other relevant international human rights instruments, Recalling Human Rights Council resolution 51/35 of 7 October 2022 on technical assistance and capacity-building to address the human rights implications of the nuclear legacy in the Marshall Islands, Noting with concern the adverse impact of the recent regular budget liquidity crisis affecting the United Nations on the work of the Human Rights Council and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, including in the implementation of Council resolution 51/35, Acknowledging with appreciation the constructive engagement between the Office of the High Commissioner, the Government of the Marshall Islands and other States in implementing Human Rights Council resolution 51/35, Acknowledging the engagement between the Office of the High Commissioner and the Government of the United States of America, and noting the concerns expressed by the United States of America, Recalling the report of the Special Rapporteur on the implications for human rights of the environmentally sound management and disposal of hazardous substances and wastes on his mission to the Marshall Islands,1 in which the Special Rapporteur reported that the nuclear testing in the Marshall Islands had immediate and continuing effects on human rights that resulted in fatalities and serious health complications and that the radiation had led to environmental contamination and the loss of livelihoods and lands, Recalling also the report of the Special Rapporteur on the issue of human rights obligations relating to the enjoyment of a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment 1 A/HRC/21/48/Add.1. GE.24-18727 (E)