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Recommendation 6
6
Rejected
Paragraph: 21
We recommend that the UK moves for special sessions of the United Nations General Assembly...
Recommendation
We recommend that the UK moves for special sessions of the United Nations General Assembly and the United Nations Human Rights Council to find solutions to the crisis in Xinjiang.
Government response summary AI-generated
The government rejects the recommendation, stating that it does not currently believe there is sufficient support to successfully move for special sessions at the UN.
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Paragraph Reference:
21
Government Response
Rejected
HM Government · verbatim extract
Rejected
While in principle the Government sees value in holding special sessions to find solutions to the human rights situation in Xinjiang, we must also take account of the level of support required to achieve such an outcome. At present we do not consider there to be sufficient support to successfully move for special sessions, or for the creation of international mechanisms on Xinjiang.
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