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Principal Recommendations
- The new system of universal periodic review should be
based on information developed by an independent session rapporteur,
carried out in sessions additional to the minimum ten weeks called for in
the G.A. resolution, and result in an outcome document including
conclusions and recommendations;
- The HRC should maintain the system developed by the CHR of
country resolutions and country rapporteurs. However, the system of Item 9
and Item 19 resolutions should be replaced by one agenda item entitled
country situations;
- The HRC should be ready, where necessary, to call for the
establishment of in-country human rights offices to
monitor and report on abuses, and to recommend that other parts of the
U.N. systemincluding the Security Council, the Office of the High
Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), and U.N. agencies on the
groundtake effective action to address abuses of human rights;
- The review of the special procedures should aim at
strengthening the system; all mandates due to expire in 2006 should be
renewed for one year while the review is carried out;
- The OHCHR should be guaranteed the necessary resources to
be able to provide effective support to the HRC and its various procedures
and mechanisms.
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