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In a resolution (A/HRC/9/L.26rev.1) on United Nations guidelines for the appropriate use and conditions of alternative care for children, adopted without a vote, as orally amended, the Council requests the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to assist in raising awareness by circulating, immediately, the Draft United Nations Guidelines for the Appropriate Use and Conditions of Alternative Care for Children with a view to give full knowledge of it to all members and observers of the Council; invites States to dedicate their efforts, in a transparent process, to discuss with a view to tacking possible action on Draft United Nations Guidelines for the Appropriate Use and Conditions of Alternative Care for Children by its tenth session. The resolution was sponsored by Brazil, which emphasised the relevant provisions in the Convention of the Rights of the Child and re-affirmed its commitment to the principles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Brazil welcomed a further engagement by the international community in the preparation of guidelines on alternative care. Bangladesh and Indonesia appreciated the emphasis placed on such a significant issue and provided support for the appropriateness of the guidelines. Both States raised their concern, however, that the drafting process of the guidelines had to be more inclusive, transparent and intergovernmental in the future. Further information
pdf: http://www.crin.org/docs/Guidelines_HRC_9_resolution_260908[1].doc