A/HRC/RES/45/2 9. Notes the call by the High Commissioner to lift economic sanctions to facilitate the allocation of resources during the pandemic, and urges States to refrain from promulgating and applying any unilateral economic, financial or trade measures not in accordance with international law and the Charter of the United Nations; 10. Urges the Venezuelan authorities to take all measures necessary to guarantee the full enjoyment of social and economic rights, including but not limited to the right to food, water and the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, including access to essential medicines and health services, without discrimination of any kind; 11. Calls upon the Venezuelan authorities to ensure the democratic and civic space in the country by respecting, protecting and fulfilling civil and political rights, including the freedoms of opinion and expression, peaceful assembly and association, especially in the runup to the elections, to ensure full accountability for perpetrators of human rights violations and to guarantee justice for victims; 12. Also calls upon the Venezuelan authorities to continue to release all persons alleged to be illegally or arbitrarily deprived of liberty, in accordance with Venezuelan Constitutional law and international standards; 13. Encourages both the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and the opposition to make progress down the path of genuine political dialogue with the aim of reaching a peaceful, democratic and constitutional solution that will lead to full respect for and the protection and fulfilment of human rights in the country; 14. Requests the High Commissioner to continue to provide the technical cooperation and support necessary to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to fulfil its human rights obligations and commitments, including by strengthening the justice system and the national protection mechanisms; 15. Also requests the High Commissioner to continue to engage with the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in addressing the situation of human rights in the country and providing substantive capacity-building and technical assistance, and to present to the Human Rights Council, at its forty-sixth session, an oral update on the situation of human rights in the country, especially on the implementation of the recommendations included in her report,3 and a comprehensive written report on the situation of human rights in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, to be presented at the Council at its forty-eighth session; 16. Requests that the Office of the High Commissioner be provided, in Geneva and in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, with the resources necessary to fulfil the mandate in line with the renewed letter of understanding signed on 14 September 2020. 36th meeting 6 October 2020 [Adopted by a recorded vote of 14 to 7, with 26 abstentions. The voting was as follows: In favour: Angola, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Eritrea, Fiji, Indonesia, Mexico, Namibia, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Sudan and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) Against: Australia, Brazil, Chile, Marshall Islands, Peru, Ukraine and Uruguay Abstaining: Afghanistan, Argentina, Armenia, Austria, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Czechia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Denmark, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Libya, Mauritania, Netherlands, Nigeria, Poland, Republic of Korea, Senegal, Slovakia, Somalia, Spain and Togo] 3 4 A/HRC/44/20.