A/HRC/RES/35/1
Stressing the necessity for continued national efforts with a view to the full
realization of all human rights and fundamental freedoms, and acknowledging the benefits
of enhanced international cooperation to that end,
1.
Decides to convene, at its thirty-seventh session, a high-level panel
discussion to commemorate the seventieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of
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Declaration and Programme of Action,2 with a particular focus on the implementation of
the provisions thereof, including the benefits of enhanced international cooperation in that
regard;
2.
Requests the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human
Rights to liaise with States, relevant United Nations bodies and agencies, treaty bodies,
special procedures and regional human rights mechanisms, as well as with civil society,
including non-governmental organizations, and national human rights institutions, with a
view to ensuring their participation in the panel discussion, and to make it fully accessible
for persons with disabilities;
3.
Also requests the Office of the High Commissioner to prepare a summary
report on the panel discussion and to submit it to the Human Rights Council at its thirtyeighth session and to the General Assembly;
4.
Invites the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to make
provisions for events and arrangements aimed at the celebration of the anniversaries and to
circulate the relevant information among States and other stakeholders;
5.
Encourages States to use these anniversaries as a tool to raise awareness of
the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Vienna Declaration and Programme of
Action and their role in the promotion and protection of all human rights and fundamental
freedoms;
6.
Invites the General Assembly to consider holding a special commemorative
meeting on the occasion of the anniversaries in 2018.
34th meeting
22 June 2017
[Adopted without a vote.]
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