A/HRC/RES/39/22
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
8 October 2018
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Thirty-ninth session
10–28 September 2018
Agenda item 10
Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council
on 28 September 2018
39/22.
Technical assistance and capacity-building to improve human rights in
the Sudan
The Human Rights Council,
Guided by the principles and purposes of the Charter of the United Nations,
Recalling the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 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 also General Assembly resolution 60/251 of 15 March 2006 and Human
Rights Council resolutions 5/1 and 5/2 of 18 June 2007,
Recalling further Human Rights Council resolution 36/26 of 29 September 2017,
Emphasizing that States have the primary responsibility for the promotion and
protection of all human rights,
Welcoming the humanitarian policies of the Government of the Sudan, which seek to
facilitate and accelerate unhindered humanitarian access, while encouraging the
Government to protect and provide humanitarian assistance to populations in need, and
encouraging the Government also to intensify its endeavours to continue its commitment to
address humanitarian needs in conflict-affected areas,
Welcoming also the positive and constructive engagement of the Government of the
Sudan with United Nations agencies and the Special Representative of the SecretaryGeneral for Children and Armed Conflict, which has resulted in the delisting of the
Government from the recruitment and use of children following the completion of its action
plan with the United Nations,
Welcoming further the hosting by the Government of the Sudan of peace
negotiations between the Government of South Sudan and opposition movements under the
auspices of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development, and commending the
mediation role played by the Government of the Sudan in the negotiations process, which
culminated in the signing of a peace agreement on 5 August 2018,
1.
Welcomes the work of the Independent Expert on the situation of human
rights in the Sudan;
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