A/HRC/RES/40/21
8.
Again calls upon States Members of the United Nations not to recognize any
of the above-mentioned legislative or administrative measures;
9.
Expresses grave concern about the Israeli practices in the occupied Syrian
Golan described in the report of the Secretary-General submitted to the Human Rights
Council at its fortieth session,2 highlighting the arbitrary arrests of Syrians, the lack of due
process guarantees afforded to Syrians and the unlawful mine-laying practices of the Israeli
occupation forces in the occupied Syrian Golan, expresses regret at the non-cooperation of
Israel with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, and
deplores the Israeli settlement expansion plans in the occupied Syrian Golan and Israeli
practices affecting the human rights of the Palestinian people and other Arabs of the
occupied territories mentioned in the report;
10.
Requests the Secretary-General to bring the present resolution to the attention
of all Governments, the competent United Nations organs, specialized agencies,
international and regional intergovernmental organizations and international humanitarian
organizations, to disseminate it as widely as possible and to report on this matter to the
Human Rights Council at its forty-third session;
11.
Decides to continue the consideration of the human rights violations in the
occupied Syrian Golan at its forty-third session.
53rd meeting
22 March 2019
[Adopted by a recorded vote of 26 to 16, with 5 abstentions. The voting was as follows:
In favour:
Afghanistan, Angola, Argentina, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Burkina
Faso, Chile, China, Cuba, Egypt, Eritrea, India, Iraq, Mexico, Nepal, Nigeria,
Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, South Africa,
Tunisia, Uruguay
Against:
Australia, Austria, Brazil, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Hungary,
Iceland, Italy, Japan, Slovakia, Spain, Togo, Ukraine, United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Abstaining:
Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Fiji, Rwanda, Somalia]
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A/HRC/40/41.
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