DEC/14/119 Assistance to Somalia in the field of human rights

GE.10-14709

Human Rights Council Fourteenth session Agenda item 10 Technical assistance and capacity-building

Decision adopted by the Human Rights Council*

14/119 Assistance to Somalia in the field of human rights

At its 36th meeting, on 18 June 2010, the Human Rights Council decided to adopt the following text:

“The Human Rights Council,

Recalling its resolution 12/26 of 2 October 2009 entitled “Assistance to Somalia in the field of human rights”,

Welcoming the recent appointment by the Secretary-General of his Special Representative for Somalia,

1. Recalls that the interactive dialogue with the independent expert on the situation of human rights in Somalia is scheduled to be held at its fifteenth session;

2. Decides to hold, at its fifteenth session, a stand-alone interactive dialogue with the participation of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the independent expert on the situation of human rights in Somalia and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia on the status of technical cooperation, capacity-building programmes inside the country and effective measures to improve the human rights situation in Somalia and to enhance the effectiveness of United Nations support in the promotion and protection of human rights;

3. Also decides to invite high-level officials of the Transitional Federal Government and a high-level representative of the African Union to take part in the interactive dialogue;

* The resolutions and decisions adopted by the Human Rights Council will be contained in the report of

the Council on its fourteenth session (A/HRC/14/37), chap. I.

4. Requests the Office of the High Commissioner to provide the assistance necessary for the holding of the interactive dialogue;

5. Encourages the independent expert and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General to engage in sustained interaction in the pursuit of their respective mandates, given the interrelationship between promotion and protection of the enhancement of human rights in Somalia, the timely provision of much needed humanitarian assistance, development and the support necessary to achieve sustainable security with a view to obtaining lasting political stabilization throughout the country.”

36th meeting 18 June 2010

[Adopted without a vote.]