Enhancing the Efficiency of the Human Rights Council Statement

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Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Presidential Statement of the Human Rights Council, under agenda item 1 Organizational and procedural matters, published in 2015.

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1 entity

Entity	(Sub-)Programme	Title	Total mandates cited	Expenditure
	Subprogramme 4	Supporting the Human Rights Council, its subsidiary bodies and mechanisms	56

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Who cites this mandate in the budget?

1 entity

Entity	(Sub-)Programme	Title	Total mandates cited	Expenditure
	Subprogramme 4	Supporting the Human Rights Council, its subsidiary bodies and mechanisms	56	—

Historical expenditure covers the complete programme or subprogramme, not this mandate. For an overview of all UN entities and programmes, see UN entities and programmes.

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5 subjects

Appointment of Officials Human Rights Official Languages Special Procedures Websites

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At the 45th meeting, held on 3 July 2015, the President of the Human Rights Council made the following statement:

Decides to improve further the voluntary yearly calendar for thematic resolutions of the Human Rights Council, in accordance with Council resolution 16/21, in consultation with the main sponsors, and encourages States to consider voluntarily the biennialization and triennialization of their initiatives;

Also decides that the Bureau shall, in consultation with Member States, while keeping the Consultative Group and special procedures mandate holders duly informed, make recommendations and identify modalities to adjust the terms of mandate holders on an exceptional one-time basis, in order to better spread the appointment process over time, namely, across Council cycles, and present those recommendations to the Council at its thirtieth session for its consideration and appropriate decision;

Further decides that candidates shortlisted by the Consultative Group may request to be interviewed in any official language of the United Nations;

Requests the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to develop, manage and support, as soon as possible and no later than the thirty-first session, a more distinguishable, accessible and user-friendly webpage, in all official languages of the United Nations from within existing resources, for the Human Rights Council, its mechanisms and procedures, including a user-friendly extranet;

Stresses the need to respect and implement the provisions of Council resolutions 5/1 and 16/21 relating to the working culture of the Human Rights Council, including the need for early notification of proposals, early submission of draft resolutions and decisions by the end of the penultimate week of regular sessions, and early distribution of all reports, and to observe the principles of transparency and inclusiveness with regard to the consultation process.”

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