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A/HRC/21/2 Advance unedited version Distr.: 26 August 2013 Original: English Human Rights Council Twenty-first session Agenda item 1 Organizational and procedural matters Report of the Human Rights Council on its twenty-first session Vice-President and Rapporteur : Ms. Gulnara Iskakova (Kyrgyzstan) GE. A/HRC/21/2 Contents Chapter Paragraphs Page Part One: Resolutions and decisions ................................................................................................................ 6 I. Resolutions ....................................................................................................................................... 6 21/1. Situation of human rights in Eritrea .................................................................................. 6 21/2. The human right to safe drinking water and sanitation ..................................................... 7 21/3. Promoting human rights and fundamental freedoms through a better understanding of traditional values of humankind: best practices ............................................................ 11 21/4. Enforced or involuntary disappearances ........................................................................... 13 21/5. Contribution of the United Nations system as a whole to the advancement of the business and human rights agenda and the dissemination and implementation of the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights .......................................................... 17 21/6. Preventable maternal mortality and morbidity and human rights ..................................... 19 21/7. Right to the truth ............................................................................................................... 21 21/8. The use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination ....................................................... 24 21/9. Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order ........................................... 28 21/10. Human rights and international solidarity ......................................................................... 33 21/11. Guiding principles on extreme poverty and human rights ................................................ 37 21/12. Safety of journalists .......................................................................................................... 39 21/13. Panel discussion on the negative impact of corruption on the enjoyment of human rights ................................................................................................................................. 41 21/14. World Programme for Human Rights Education .............................................................. 42 21/15. Human rights and transitional justice ................................................................................ 43 21/16. The rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association ........................................ 49 21/17. Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the implications for human rights of the environmentally sound management and disposal of hazardous substances and wastes .. 51 21/18. Human rights and issues related to terrorist hostage-taking .............................................. 53 21/19. Promotion and protection of the human rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas ...................................................................................................................... 53 21/20. High-level panel discussion to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the adoption of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action ........................................ 54 21/21. Enhancement of technical cooperation and capacity-building in the field of human rights ................................................................................................................................. 55 21/22. Technical assistance and capacity-building for Yemen in the field of human rights ........ 58 21/23. The human rights of older persons .................................................................................... 60 21/24. Human rights and indigenous peoples .............................................................................. 61 21/25. Situation of human rights in the Republic of Mali ............................................................ 64 2 GE. A/HRC/21/2 21/26. Situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic .................................................... 65 21/27. Technical assistance for the Sudan in the field of human rights ....................................... 69 21/28. Technical assistance and capacity-building for South Sudan in the field of human rights 70 21/29. Open-ended intergovernmental working group to consider the possibility of elaborating an international regulatory framework on the regulation, monitoring and oversight of the activities of private military and security companies .................................................. 71 21/30. Elaboration of complementary standards to the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination .......................................................... 72 21/31. Assistance to Somalia in the field of human rights ........................................................... 73 21/32. The right to development .................................................................................................. 76 21/33. From rhetoric to reality: a global call for concrete action against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance .......................................................... 79 II. Decisions .......................................................................................................................................... 84 21/101. Outcome of the universal periodic review: Bahrain .......................................................... 84 21/102. Outcome of the universal periodic review: Ecuador ......................................................... 84 21/103. Outcome of the universal periodic review: Tunisia .......................................................... 85 21/104. Outcome of the universal periodic review: Morocco ........................................................ 85 21/105. Outcome of the universal periodic review: Indonesia ....................................................... 85 21/106. Outcome of the universal periodic review: Finland .......................................................... 86 21/107. Outcome of the universal periodic review: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ................................................................................................................ 86 21/108. Outcome of the universal periodic review: India .............................................................. 87 21/109. Outcome of the universal periodic review: Brazil............................................................. 87 21/110. Outcome of the universal periodic review: Philippines .................................................... 88 21/111. Outcome of the universal periodic review: Algeria .......................................................... 88 21/112. Outcome of the universal periodic review: Poland ........................................................... 89 21/113. Outcome of the universal periodic review: Netherlands ................................................... 89 21/114. Outcome of the universal periodic review: South Africa .................................................. 89 Part Two: Summary of proceedings ......................................................................................... 1–898 91 I. Organizational and procedural matters .................................................................... 1–47 91 A. Opening and duration of the session ............................................................... 1–4 91 B. Attendance ...................................................................................................... 5 91 C. Agenda and programme of work .................................................................... 6 91 D. Organization of work ...................................................................................... 7–13 91 E. Meetings and documentation .......................................................................... 14–21 92 F. Visits ............................................................................................................... 22–28 93 G. Election of members of the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee ..... 29–32 93 GE. 3 A/HRC/21/2 H. Selection and appointment of mandate holders .............................................. 33–36 94 I. Appointment of additional members of the independent international commission of inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic ...................................... 37–38 94 J. Consideration of the progress report of the Task Force on secretariat services, accessibility for persons with disabilities and use of information technology ...................................................................................................... 39 94 K. Adoption of the report on the session ............................................................. 40–46 95 II. Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and reports of the Office of the High Commissioner and the Secretary-General ........... 47–53 96 A. Update by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights .........