C. Interactive dialogue with Special Advisers and Representatives of the Secretary-General

179. At the 15th meeting, on 7 March 2014, pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 22/22, an interactive dialogue dedicated to the tenth anniversary of the creation of the mandate of the Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide was held. An opening statement was delivered by the Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide, Adama Dieng.

180. During the ensuing interactive dialogue, at the same meeting, on the same day, the following made statements and asked the Special Adviser questions:

(a) Representatives of States Members of the Human Rights Council: China, Ethiopia (on behalf of the Group of African States), Ireland, Mexico, Morocco, United States of America;

(b) Representatives of observer States: Armenia, Australia, Bangladesh, Ecuador, Turkey;

(c) Observer for an intergovernmental organization: European Union;

(d) Observers for non-governmental organizations: France Libertés : Fondation Danielle Mitterrand, International Organization for the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, Pasumai Thaayagam Foundation.

181. At the same meeting, the Special Adviser answered questions and made his concluding remarks.

182. At the same meeting, a statement in exercise of the right of reply was made by the representative of Iraq.

Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children

183. At the 24th meeting, on 12 March 2014, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children, Marta Santos Pais, presented her report (A/HRC/25/47).

184. During the ensuing interactive dialogue, at the same meeting on the same day, at the 26th meeting on 13 March 2014, and at the 28th meeting on 14 March 2014, the following made statements and asked the Special Representative questions:

(a) Representatives of States Members of the Human Rights Council: Algeria, Argentina, Austria, Botswana, China, Costa Rica (also on behalf of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States), Estonia, France, Germany, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Montenegro, Morocco, Pakistan (on behalf of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation), Peru, Romania, South Africa, United Arab Emirates, United States of America, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Viet Nam, Yemen¹⁶ (on behalf of the Group of Arab States);

(b) Representatives of observer States: Angola, Armenia, Australia, Bahrain, Belgium, Djibouti, Ecuador, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Latvia, Monaco, Nepal, Norway, Paraguay, Portugal, Qatar, Slovenia, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Thailand, Togo;

(c) Observer for the Holy See;

(d) Observer for the Sovereign Military Order of Malta;

(e) Observer for United Nations entities, specialized agencies and related organizations: United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF);

(f) Observers for intergovernmental organizations: European Union, International Development Law Organization;

(g) Observer for a national human rights institution: Networks of NHRIs of the Americas;

(h) Observers for non-governmental organizations: African Technical Association, European Centre for Law and Justice, Friends World Committee for Consultation, International Catholic Child Bureau (also on behalf of Company of Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, Dominicans for Justice and Peace – Order of Preachers and International Juvenile Justice Observatory), International Institute for Non-aligned Studies, International Movement ATD Fourth World.

185. At the 28th meeting, on 14 March 2014, the Special Representative answered questions and made her concluding remarks.

186. At the 24th meeting, on 12 March 2014, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for children and armed conflict, Leila Zerrougui, presented her report (A/HRC/25/46).

187. During the ensuing interactive dialogue, at the same meeting on the same day, at the 26th meeting on 13 March 2014, and at the 28th meeting on 14 March 2014, the following made statements and asked the Special Representative questions:

(a) Representatives of States Members of the Human Rights Council: Algeria, Argentina, Botswana, China, Costa Rica (also on behalf of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States), Côte d’Ivoire, Croatia¹⁷ (also on behalf of Austria and Slovenia), Estonia, Ethiopia (on behalf of the Group of African States), France, Germany, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Morocco, Pakistan (on behalf of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation), Peru, Russian Federation, United States of America, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Viet Nam, Yemen¹⁷ (on behalf of the Group of Arab States);

(b) Representatives of observer States: Albania, Angola, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ecuador, Egypt, Georgia, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Nepal, Norway, Paraguay, Portugal, Qatar, Slovenia, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic, State of Palestine;

(c) Observer for the Holy See;

(d) Observer for the Sovereign Military Order of Malta;

(e) Observer for United Nations entities, specialized agencies and related organizations: United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF);

(f) Observer for an intergovernmental organization: European Union;

(g) Observer for the International Committee of the Red Cross;

(h) Observer for a national human rights institution: Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Republic of Azerbaijan;

(i) Observers for non-governmental organizations: African Technical Association, Caritas Internationalis (International Confederation of Catholic Charities) (also on behalf of Company of the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul and Dominicans for Justice and Peace – Order of Preachers), Colombian Commission of Jurists, Commission to Study the Organization of Peace, Human Rights Now, International Movement ATD Fourth World, World Organisation Against Torture (also on behalf of Save the Children International, Terre Des Hommes Federation Internationale and World Vision International).

188. At the 26th meeting, on 13 March 2014, statements in exercise of the right of reply were made by the representatives of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Qatar and the Syrian Arab Republic.

189. At the same meeting, statements in exercise of a second right of reply were made by the representatives of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Qatar and the Syrian Arab Republic.

190. At the 28th meeting, on 14 March 2014, the Special Representative answered questions and made her concluding remarks.

D. General debate on agenda item 3

191. At the 28th meeting, on 14 March 2014, the Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights presented thematic reports prepared by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the Secretary-General under agenda items 2 and 3.

(b) Representatives of observer States: Australia, Egypt (also on behalf of the Sudan), El Salvador, Ghana, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Myanmar, Netherlands, Qatar, Republic of Moldova, Spain, Sudan;

(c) Observers for intergovernmental organizations: Council of Europe, Independent Permanent Human Rights Commission of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation;

(d) Observer for a national human rights institution: National Human Rights Commission of Mexico;

193. At the 30th meeting, on the same day, statements in exercise of the right of reply were made by the representatives of Algeria, China, Iraq and Nigeria.

194. At the 54th meeting, on 27 March 27 2014, the representative of the United States of America introduced draft resolution A/HRC/25/L.2/Rev.1, sponsored by the United States of America and co-sponsored by Albania, Andorra, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Bulgaria, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Panama, Peru, Poland, the Republic of Moldova, Romania, Senegal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Tunisia, Turkey, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the United States of America and Uruguay. Subsequently, Algeria, Azerbaijan, Benin, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Canada, Egypt, Indonesia, Israel, Jordan, Maldives, Monaco, Montenegro, the Republic of Korea, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Thailand and Ukraine joined the sponsors.

195. Also at the same meeting, the representative of the United States of America orally revised the draft resolution.

196. At the same meeting, the President informed that as a consequence of the oral revision, it was no longer necessary to take action on draft text A/HRC/25/L.43.

197. Also at the same meeting, the representative of Italy, on behalf of the European Union, made general comments in relation to the draft resolution as orally revised.

198. In accordance with rule 153 of the rules of procedure of the General Assembly, the attention of the Council was drawn to the estimated administrative and programme budget implications of the draft resolution.

199. At the same meeting, draft resolution A/HRC/25/L.2/Rev.1, as orally revised, was adopted without a vote (resolution 25/2).

Enhancement of international cooperation in the field of human rights

200. At the 54th meeting, on 27 March 27 2014, the representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran, on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement, introduced draft resolution A/HRC/25/L.3, sponsored by China, Iran (Islamic Republic of) (on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement) and the Russian Federation. Subsequently, Brazil and Yemen (on behalf of the Group of Arab States) joined the sponsors.

201. Also at the same meeting, the representative of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela made general comments in relation to the draft resolution.

202. At the same meeting, the representative of Italy, on behalf of States members of the European Union that are members of the Council, made a statement in explanation of vote before the vote.

203. Also at the same meeting, draft resolution A/HRC/25/L.3 was adopted without a vote (resolution 25/3).

Integrity of the judicial system

204. At the 54th meeting, on 27 March 27 2014, the representative of the Russian Federation introduced draft resolution A/HRC/25/L.5, sponsored by the Russian Federation and co-sponsored by Belarus, China, Cuba, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Sri Lanka, the Sudan, Tajikistan and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of). Subsequently, Algeria, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Egypt, El Salvador, India, Kazakhstan, Morocco, Namibia, Nicaragua, Sierra Leone and South Africa joined the sponsors.

205. Also at the same meeting, the representative of the Russian Federation orally revised the draft resolution.

206. At the same meeting, the representatives of Cuba and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) made general comments in relation to the draft resolution as orally revised.

207. In accordance with rule 153 of the rules of procedure of the General Assembly, the attention of the Council was drawn to the estimated administrative and programme budget implications of the draft resolution.

208. At the same meeting, the representatives of Italy, on behalf of States members of the European Union that are members of the Council, and the United States of America made statements in explanation of vote before the vote.

209. Also at the same meeting, at the request of the representative of the United States of America, a recorded vote was taken on the draft resolution as orally revised. The voting was as follows:

In favour:

Algeria, Argentina, Botswana, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Chile, China, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Russian Federation, Sierra Leone, South Africa, United Arab Emirates, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Viet Nam

United States of America

Austria, Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Gabon, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Maldives, Montenegro, Republic of Korea, Romania, Saudi Arabia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

210. Draft resolution A/HRC/25/L.5, as orally revised, was adopted by 27 votes to 1, with 19 abstentions (resolution 25/4).

Mandate of the Independent Expert on minority issues

211. At the 54th meeting, on 27 March 27 2014, the representative of Austria introduced draft resolution A/HRC/25/L.8, sponsored by Austria and co-sponsored by Armenia, Australia, Benin, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Chile, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, Montenegro, the Netherlands, Norway, Panama, Peru, Poland, Romania, San Marino, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Subsequently, Cabo Verde, Colombia, the Congo, Cuba, Ethiopia, Guinea, Japan, Malta, Morocco, New Zealand, the Republic of Korea, the Russian Federation, Senegal, Serbia, Somalia, Ukraine, the United States of America, Uruguay and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) joined the sponsors.

212. In accordance with rule 153 of the rules of procedure of the General Assembly, the attention of the Council was drawn to the estimated administrative and programme budget implications of the draft resolution.

213. At the same meeting, draft resolution A/HRC/25/L.8 was adopted without a vote (resolution 25/5).