A/HRC/RES/18/17
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
17 October 2011
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Eighteenth session
Agenda item 10
Technical assistance and capacity-building
Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council*
18/17
Technical assistance and capacity-building for South Sudan
in the field of human rights
The Human Rights Council,
Welcoming the Republic of South Sudan as a new State and Member of the United
Nations,
Guided by the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights, the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights and relevant human rights
treaties,
Reaffirming the commitment of all States to promote and protect human rights and
fundamental freedoms as enshrined in, inter alia, the Charter of the United Nations and the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the obligation of all States to comply with
international human rights treaties to which they are party,
Welcoming the commitment of the Government of South Sudan to promote and
respect human rights and fundamental freedoms,
Reaffirming that States have primary responsibility for the promotion and protection
of human rights,
Recalling the reports of the Special Rapporteur and the independent expert on the
situation of human rights in the Sudan, and the findings and recommendations contained
therein;
1.
Welcomes the establishment of the Republic of South Sudan on 9 July 2011
upon its proclamation as an independent State;
*
GE.11- 16734
The resolutions and decisions adopted by the Human Rights Council will be contained in the report of
the Council on its eighteenth session (A/HRC/18/2), chap. I.