RES/18/9 Resumption of the rights of membership of Libya in the Human Rights Council

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Human Rights Council Eighteenth session

Agenda item 1

Organizational and procedural matters

Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council*

18/9 Resumption of the 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.

36th meeting

29 September 2011

[Adopted without a vote.]

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

the Council on its eighteenth session (A/HRC/18/2), chap. I.