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11.
Takes note of the note by the Secretariat on the report of the independent
expert,2 and regrets the non-submission of the report requested by the Human Rights
Council in its resolution 15/13;
12.
Also takes note of the work plan presented by the independent expert to the
Human Rights Council at its eighteenth session, and requests the independent expert to
continue to identify areas to be addressed, the main concepts and norms that can form the
basis of a framework, and good practices to inform the future development of law and
policy with regard to human rights and international solidarity;
13.
Requests the independent expert to continue her work in the preparation of a
draft declaration on the right of peoples and individuals to international solidarity and in
further developing guidelines, standards, norms and principles with a view to promoting
and protecting this right by addressing, inter alia, existing and emerging obstacles to its
realization;
14.
Also requests the independent expert to take into account the outcomes of all
major United Nations and other global summits and ministerial meetings in the economic,
social and climate fields and to seek views and contributions from Governments, United
Nations agencies, other relevant international organizations and non-governmental
organizations in the discharge of her mandate;
15.
Takes note of the steps taken by the drafting group established by the Human
Rights Council Advisory Committee to consider this issue, and reiterates its requests to the
Advisory Committee to prepare, in close cooperation with the independent expert, inputs to
contribute to the elaboration of the draft declaration on the right of peoples and individuals
to international solidarity, and to the further development of guidelines, standards, norms
and principles with a view to promoting and protecting this right;
16.
Requests the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to
convene in 2012, prior to the twenty-first session of the Human Rights Council, a workshop
for an exchange of views on, inter alia, the gender implications of international solidarity,
the impact of a right to international solidarity, the role of international solidarity in
achieving the Millennium Development Goals and the realization of the right to
development, with the participation of representatives from all interested States, the
independent expert, the members of the Advisory Committee dealing with this issue, and
civil society;
17.
Requests the independent expert to present to the Human Rights Council a
summary of the discussions held at the workshop, in conformity with the programme of
work of the Council;
18.
Also requests the independent expert to submit a report on the
implementation of the present resolution to the Human Rights Council at its twenty-first
session;
19.
Decides to continue its examination of this issue at its twenty-first session
under the same agenda item.
35th meeting
29 September 2011
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