United Nations A/HRC/18/L.35
 General Assembly Distr.: Limited
28 September 2011

Original: English
Human Rights Council
Eighteenth session
Agenda item 1
Organizational and procedural matters
		Algeria*, Bahrain*, Botswana, Chad*, Djibouti, Egypt*, France*, Ghana*, Italy, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon*, Libya**, Maldives, Morocco*, Nigeria, Norway, Oman*, Palestine*, Portugal*, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Spain, Sudan*, Thailand, Tunisia*, Turkey*, United Arab Emirates*, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland*: draft resolution
		18/…	Resumption of rights of membership of Libya in the 
	Human Rights Council
	The Human Rights Council,
	Recalling paragraph 14 of its resolution S-15/1 of 25 February 2011,
	Recalling also General Assembly resolution 65/265 of 1 March 2011, in which the Assembly decided to suspend the rights of membership in the Human Rights Council of Libya,
	1.	Welcomes the commitments made by Libya to uphold its obligations under international human rights law, to promote and protect human rights, democracy and the rule of law, and to cooperate with relevant international human rights mechanisms, including the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and the international commission of inquiry established by the Human Rights Council in its resolution S-15/1;
	2.	Recommends that the General Assembly lift the suspension of the rights of membership of Libya in the Human Rights Council at its current session.
			
	*	Non-Member State of the Human Rights Council.
	**	See General Assembly resolution 65/265.

	

	









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