The following document contains the official statement delivered by Australia on behalf of the Group of Friends of R2P on Item 2 – Annual report of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights at the 39th session of the Human Rights Council.
Two members of the Group of Friends of R2P, Singapore and the US, did not sign on to the statement.
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