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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
Seventh session 
Agenda item 3
 PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF ALL HUMAN RIGHTS, CIVIL, POLITICAL,    
              ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS, INCLUDING 
                                 THE RIGHT TO DEVELOPMENT
   
Egypt (on behalf of the Group of African States), Pakistan (on behalf of the Organization of the Islamic Conference) and Palestine (on behalf of the Group of Arab States):  amendment to draft resolution L.24
                               
1.  Insert new paragraph after operative paragraph 4 (c)	:
4C-bis     To report on instances where the abuse of the right of freedom of expression constitutes an act of racial or religious discrimination taking into account Articles 19(3) and 20 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and General Comment 15 of the Committee on Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination which stipulates that the prohibition of the dissemination of all ideas based upon racial superiority or hatred is compatible with the freedom of opinion and expression.	
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