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"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the European Union took an active role in the first and second session of the Human Rights Council. The Human Rights Council should live up to the high expectations which the international community has set for it, and needs to employ effective and fruitful mechanisms to be able to fulfil all its tasks.
The European Union believes that it is too early to judge the work of the Human Rights Council properly. We are establishing a new body with new working methods and processes, and this will take time, patience and creativity. The Human Rights Council’s broad mandate covers the prevention of violations and the building of cooperation and resources, but urgent human rights situations also have a major role. Crucial to the new body’s role are cooperation and dialogue, which are contained in the UN General Assembly resolution, on the basis of which the Human Rights Council was established. The EU thus intends to continue to work steadfastly with other countries in the same spirit, and hopes that the other players involved are equally committed.
The EU’s view of the second session of the Human Rights Council is that it was a very positive achievement to hold discussions on situations on both certain matters and country situations, within the context of the Special Procedures, and with the UN’s human rights body. Allowing extra time for the Special Procedures was a major improvement in Human Rights Council practices. The quality of the dialogue and the large attendance figures were a tribute to the important role that the Special Procedures and the human rights body play within the human rights machinery, in that, for example, they bring the discussions closer to practical realities and act as an early warning system. This work needs to be developed in future sessions.
The EU welcomes the active participation of NGOs in the debate both on particular subjects and on national situations. The EU continues to support their active participation in all the work of the Human Rights Council. The EU supported the efforts made by Mr de Alba, President of the Human Rights Council, to draft a concrete ‘omnibus’ resolution, based on a consensus on Human Rights Council results, and relating to certain matters and urgent human rights situations. The EU regrets that the talks on the text did not lead to consensus. The EU is in favour of an approach based on consensus whenever possible, and worked very hard for this at the second session of the Human Rights Council. We will continue along this path in the future too.
It was a disappointment for the EU that no tangible results were achieved regarding the very serious human rights violations that have taken place in Darfur. Action on the part of the Council is also needed in other urgent situations, such as that in Sri Lanka. The EU intends to continue to be active so that the Human Rights Council can fulfil all the tasks within its mandate at future sessions."@en1
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