A/HRC/RES/43/15
26.
Recognizes the importance of the role of the Office of the United Nations High
Commissioner for Human Rights in addressing the challenges arising from unilateral
coercive measures and their negative impact on the human rights of peoples and individuals
who wish to realize their economic and social rights, including the right to development;
27.
Requests the High Commissioner, in discharging her functions relating to the
promotion, realization and protection of the right to development and bearing in mind the
continuing impact of unilateral coercive measures on the population of least developed and
developing countries, to give priority to the present resolution in her annual report;
28.
Also requests the High Commissioner, and urges relevant special procedures
of the Human Rights Council and the treaty bodies, to pay attention, within the framework
of their mandates, to the situation of persons whose rights have been violated as the result of
unilateral coercive measures;
29.
Requests the Secretary-General to provide the assistance necessary to the High
Commissioner to fulfil her mandate effectively, in particular by placing adequate human and
material resources at her disposal;
30.
Urges States to promote and preserve multilateralism and to take the measures
necessary to strengthen bilateral, regional and international cooperation aimed at addressing
the negative impact of unilateral coercive measures on the full enjoyment of all human rights;
31.
Decides to continue its consideration of this issue in accordance with its
programme of work.
45th meeting
22 June 2020
[Adopted by a recorded vote of 25 to 16, with 6 abstentions. The voting was as follows:
In favour:
Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso,
Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Fiji, India, Indonesia,
Namibia, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Senegal, Somalia,
Sudan, Togo, Uruguay, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Against:
Australia, Austria, Brazil, Bulgaria, Czechia, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Japan,
Marshall Islands, Netherlands, Poland, Republic of Korea, Slovakia, Spain,
Ukraine
Abstaining:
Afghanistan, Chile, Libya, Mauritania, Mexico, Peru]
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