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27.
Reaffirms its commitment to international cooperation and multilateralism, and
its strong support for the central role of the United Nations system in the global response to
pandemics that constitute a threat to public health;
28.
Calls for intensified international cooperation to contain, mitigate and defeat
the COVID-19 pandemic, including by exchanging information, scientific knowledge and
best practices and by applying the relevant guidelines recommended by the World Health
Organization;
29.
Requests all Member States and the United Nations system to explore and
foster complementarities among North-South, South-South and triangular cooperation
aiming at the enhancement of international cooperation in the field of human rights;
30.
Takes note of the report of the High Commissioner on the implementation and
enhancement of international cooperation in the field of human rights submitted to the
Human Rights Council at its forty-fourth session;2
31.
Requests the High Commissioner to prepare a new report on the work of the
Office of the High Commissioner in the implementation and enhancement of international
cooperation in the field of human rights, proposing also possible ways to face the challenges
to the promotion and protection of human rights, including the right to development, and to
submit the report to the Human Rights Council at its forty-seventh session;
32.
Invites States and relevant United Nations human rights mechanisms and
procedures to continue to pay attention to the importance of mutual cooperation,
understanding and dialogue in ensuring the promotion and protection of all human rights;
33.
Recalls that, in its resolution 72/171 of 19 December 2017, the General
Assembly requested the Human Rights Council to consider further proposals for the
strengthening of United Nations action in the field of human rights through the promotion of
international cooperation and the importance of the principles of non-selectivity, impartiality
and objectivity, including in the context of the universal periodic review;
34.
Also recalls that, in its resolution 74/153, the General Assembly requested the
Secretary-General, in collaboration with the High Commissioner, to consult States and
intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations on ways and means, as well as on
obstacles and challenges and possible proposals to overcome them, for the enhancement of
international cooperation and genuine dialogue in the United Nations human rights
machinery, including the Human Rights Council;
35.
Decides to continue its consideration of the matter at its forty-seventh session,
in accordance with its annual programme of work.
28th meeting
17 July 2020
[Adopted by a recorded vote of 30 to 15, with 2 abstentions. The voting was as follows:
In favour:
Afghanistan, Angola, Argentina, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Burkina
Faso, Cameroon, Chile, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Fiji, India,
Indonesia, Libya, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Namibia, Nepal, Nigeria,
Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Qatar, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, Togo, Uruguay
and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Against:
Armenia, Australia, Austria, Bulgaria, Czechia, Denmark, Germany, Italy,
Japan, Netherlands, Poland, Republic of Korea, Slovakia, Spain and Ukraine
Abstaining:
Brazil and Mexico]
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A/HRC/44/28.