23. Welcomes the Malian Government’s establishment of a National Commission for Dialogue and Reconciliation on 6 March 2013, to serve for a two-year term; maintains that the National Commission must be as broadly representative as possible, with practical results produced as soon as possible; welcomes in particular, to this end, the National Commission’s inclusive membership, as evidenced by its vice-presidents, as a commitment to inclusiveness and plurality in the political process; notes that the National Commission is tasked with documenting human rights violations that have occurred since the beginning of the conflict; encourages ...[+++] further the Commission to explore the issues which gave rise to the Malian crisis, to investigate openly and comprehensively allegations of abuses and discrimination against Tuareg communities since Malian independence, and to make recommendations for meaningful improvements; further welcomes, furthermore, the Malian Government’s appointment of an envoy to continue dialogue with the armed groups in the north; expresses, in this connection, its sincere hope that the post-electoral landscape in Mali will facilitate enhanced dialogue and trust between communities as a pre-requisite for peace and stability, and that all Malian communities will commit to educating children about mutual tolerance and respect; calls on the EU and its partners in the international community to support fully this process of national reconciliation and inclusive dialogue;

21. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, the governments and parliaments of the Member States, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, the United Nations Security Council, the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, the President of the Iranian Supreme Court and the Government and Parliament of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

In the Committee’s first substantive report, Promises to Keep: Implementing Canada’s Human Rights Obligations,[1] we examined the predecessor to the UNHRC, the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, and made recommendations with regards to Canada’s participation in the work of the Commission, the implementation procedures Canada should adopt for international human rights treaties, and the measures Canada should take domestically to ensure that Canadian governments observe their national and international human rights obligations.

– having regard to its previous resolutions on the United Nations Commission on Human Rights since 1996, in particular its resolution of 7 June 2007 on the fifth session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) , as well as those of 16 March 2006 on the outcome of the negotiations on the Human Rights Council and on the 62nd session of the UNCHR , of 29 January 2004 on the relations between the European Union and the United Nations , of 9 June 2005 on the reform of the United Nations , of 29 September 2005 on the outcome of the United Nations World Summit of 14-16 September 2005 and of 26 April 2007 on the Annual Report on Human ...[+++] Rights in the World 2006 and the EU's policy on the matter ,

– having regard to its previous resolutions on the United Nations Commission on Human Rights since 1996, in particular its resolution of 7 June 2007 on the fifth session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), as well as those of 16 March 2006 on the outcome of the negotiations on the Human Rights Council and on the 62nd session of the UNCHR, of 29 January 2004 on the relations between the European Union and the United Nations, of 9 June 2005 on the reform of the United Nations, of 29 September 2005 on the outcome of the United Nations World Summit of 14-16 September 2005 and of 26 April 2007 on the Annual Report on Human Rig ...[+++]hts in the World 2006 and the EU's policy on the matter,

I am pleased that at last we have a bill that would create, if not precisely that national commission that the Baird commission proposed, at least some form of national agency.