Implementation of General Assembly Resolution 60/251 Agenda, Annual Programme of Work, Methods of Work and Rules of Procedure of the Human Rights Council

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Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the Human Rights Council, published in 2007.

What subjects does this mandate have?

1 subject

Working Groups

What’s in this document?

5 operative paragraphs

Under the terms of operative paragraphs 1, 2 and 5 of draft resolution A/HRC/3/L.6, the Human Rights Council would:

Decide to establish an open-ended intergovernmental, intersessional working group to formulate concrete recommendations on its agenda, its annual programme of work, its methods of work as well as its rules of procedure in accordance with General Assembly resolution 60/251, to undertake transparent, well scheduled and inclusive consultations, with the participation of all stakeholders;

Further decide that the working group shall have at its disposal 10 days of fully serviced meetings, half of them to be scheduled before the fourth session of the Human Rights Council and half of them before its fifth session which shall allow sufficient time and flexibility for the fulfilment of its mandate;

Request the working group to report to the Council at its fourth session on progress made.

Should the draft resolution be adopted by the Human Rights Council, total full costs for conference servicing of the Working Group are estimated in the amount of US$ 241,400 for the 2006-2007 biennium as follows:

United States dollars | Section 2, General Assembly and Economic and Social Council affairs and conference management | 235 000 | Section 28E, Administration, Geneva | 6 400 | Total | 241 400

Provisions have not been made under the 2006-2007 programme budget for the above-mentioned activity, under section 2, General Assembly and Economic and Social Council affairs and conference management, nor section 28E, Administration, Geneva. Should the draft resolution be adopted, additional resources would be required as reflected in paragraph 3 above.

It will be recalled that under the procedures established by the General Assembly in its resolutions 41/213 of 19 December 1986 and 42/211 of 21 December 1987, a contingency fund is established for each biennium to accommodate additional expenditures derived from legislative mandates not provided for in the programme budget. Under this procedure, if additional expenditures are proposed that exceed the resources available from the contingency fund, the activities concerned can be implemented only through the redeployment of resources from low-priority areas or the modification of existing activities. Otherwise, such additional activities must be deferred to a later biennium.

The additional provisions cannot be met from the contingency fund as other activities in the 2006-2007 biennium charged against the fund will have exhausted the fund during the main part of the sixty-first session of the General Assembly. It is not possible at this stage to identify activities under section 2, General Assembly and Economic and Social Council affairs and conference management, and section 28E, Administration, Geneva, of the programme budget for the 2006-2007 biennium that could be curtailed, deferred, terminated or modified in order to meet the additional requirements of US$ 241,400. The Secretariat will seek to identify areas from which resources can be redeployed to meet the requirements arising from the draft resolution in the 2006-2007 biennium. At the time the General Assembly reviews at its sixty-first session the question of the revised estimates resulting from decisions of the Human Rights Council it is anticipated that the Secretariat would be in a position to inform the General Assembly on how to meet the additional requirements.

Attendance

Members

Algeria | M. Idriss Jazairy*, M. Mohammed Bessedik**, M. Mohamed Chabane, M. Boumediene Mahi, M. Hamza Khelif, M. Nacim Gaouaoui, M. Samir Stiti, Mme Selma Hendel. | Argentina | Sr. Alberto J. Dumont*, Sr. Ernesto Martinez Gondra**, Sr. Sergio Cerda**, Sr. Sebastian Rosales. | Azerbaijan | Mr. Elchin Amirbayov*, Mr. Azad Jafarov, Mr. Mammad Talibov. Mr. Seymur Mardaliyev, Mr. Marat Kangarlinski. | Bahrain | Mr. Abdulla Abdullatif Abdulla*, Mr. Yasser G. Shaheen, Mr. Ammar M. Rajab, Mr. Khalifa Al Khalifa. | Bangladesh | Mr. Toufiq Ali*, Mr. Mustafizur Rahman, Mr. Muhammed Enayet Mowla, Mr. Nayem U. Ahmed. | Brazil | Mr. Clodoaldo Hugueney*, Mr. Sérgio Abreu Lima Florencio**, Ms. Ana Lucy Gentil Cabral Petersen, Ms. Patricia Maria Oliveira Lima, Ms. Claudia De Angelo Barbosa, Ms. Luciana Da Rocha Manzini, Ms. Regiane Mara Conçcalves De Melo, Mr. Christiano Savio Barros Figeroa. | Cameroon | M. Francis Ngantcha*, Mme Odette Melono, M. Michel Mahouve, Mme Chantal Nama, M. Bertin Bidima. | Canada | Mr. Paul Meyer*, Mr. Terry Cormier**, Mr. John Von Kaufmann, Mr. Robert Sinclair, Ms. Karmin Amegan, Ms. Nadia Stuewer, Ms. Mia Mouelhi, Ms. Patrycja Zawierucha, Ms. Mary Wade, Mr. Keith Boustead. | China | Mr. Zukang Sha*, Mr. Yifan La**, Ms. Li Nan**, Mr. Bin Hu, Ms. Wen Li, Mr. Ke Yousheng, Mr. Zhang Yi, Ms. Chen Yingzhu. | Cuba | Sr. Juan Antonio Fernández Palacios*, Sr. Rodolfo Reyes Rodríguez*, Sr. Yuri Ariel Gala López**, Sra. María del Carmen Herrera, Sr. Carlos Hurtado Labrador, Sr. Rafael Garcia Collada. | Czech Republic | Mr. Tomas Husak**, Mr. Pavel Hrncir**, Mr. Lukas Machon, Mr. Jan Kaminek, Ms. Olga Janickova. | Djibouti | M. Mohamed Ziad Doualeh*. | Ecuador | Sr. Mauricio Montalvo*, Sr. Galo Larenas Serrano**, Sr. Arturo Cabrera Hidalgo, Sr. Carlos Santos Repetto, Sr. Luis Vayas Valdivieso. | Finland | Mr. Vesa Himanen*, Ms. Johanna Suurpää**, Ms. Satu Mattila**, Ms. Katri Silfverberg, Ms. Tapani Kivela, Ms. Liisa Murto, Mr. Lasse Keisalo, Ms. Satu Suikkari, Ms. Mia Rainne, Ms. Kirsti Pohjankukka, Ms. Ann Mari Fröberg, Mr. Tapio Rantanen, Mr. Tuukka Suoniemi, Ms. Katja Kalamaki. | France | M. Jean-Maurice Ripert*, M. Michel Doucin**, Mme Sylvie Bermann, M. Marc Giacomini, M. Christophe Guilhou, M. Jacques Pellet, M. Armand Riberolles, M. Daniel Vosgien, M. François Vandeville, M. Fabien Fieschi, M. Raphaël Droszewski, M. Emmanuel Pineda, M. Raphael Trapp, Mme Galliane Palayret, Mme Sidonie Thomas, M. Thibaut Guillet, Mme Ashraf Sebbahi, M. Mostafa Mihraje. | Gabon | M. Patrice Tonda*, M. Corentin Hervo Rkendengue**. | Germany | Mr. Gunter Nooke*, Mr. Michael Steiner*, Ms. Birgitta Siefker Eberie**, Mr. Andreas Berg, Ms. Nicole Bjerler, Ms. Nicola Brandt, Mr. Gunnar Berkemeier, Ms. Valeska Pfarr, Mr. Alexander Ernert, Mr. Marc Voelcker, Mr. Peter Wittig. | Ghana | Mr. Paul Aryene*. | Guatemala | Sr. Carlos Martinez*, Sra. Angela Chávez Bietti, Sra. Stephanie Hochstetter Skinner Klee, Sra. Ingrid Martinez, Sra. Sulmi Barrios Monzón, Sra. Soledad Urrucla Arenales. | India | Mr. Swashpawan Singh*, Mr. Mohinder Grover**, Mr. Rajiv Chander, Mr. Indra Mani Pandey, Mr. Muktesh Pardeshi, Mr. Kumaresan Ilango, Mr. Vijay Kumar Trivedi, Mr. Munu Mahawar, Ms. Nutan Mahawar. | Indonesia | Mr. Makarim Wibisono*, Mr. Gusti Agung Wesaka Puja, Ms. Wiwiek Setyawati Firman, Mr. Sunu M. Soemarno, Mr. Andre Marentek, Mr. Muhammad Anshor, Mr. Benny Yan Pieter Siahaan, Ms. Diana Emilla Sari Sutniko, Mr. Bonanza Taihitu, Mr. Hari Prabowo, Mr. Abdul Hakim Nusantara, Ms. Enny Soeprapto. | Japan | Mr. Ichiro Fujisaki*, Mr. Shigeru Endo**, Mr. Hiroshi Minami**, Mr. Osamu Yamanka, Mr. Shu Nakagawa, Ms. Yukikio Yamada, Mr. Akira Kato, Ms. Yukiko Harimoto, Ms. Masako Sato, Ms. Mayuko Fukuda, Ms. Tomoko Matsuzawa, Mr. Derek Skelecki, Ms. Tomomi Shiwa. | Jordan | Mr. Mousa Burayzat*, Mr. Hussam Al Husseini, Mr. Bashar abu Taleb, Mr. Hussam Qudah, Mr. Mohammed Hindawi. | Malaysia | Ms. King Bee Hsu*, Mr. Mohamed Zin Amran**, Mr. Moktar Idham Musa. | Mali | M. Sidiki Lamine Sow*, Mme Fatoumata Diall**, M. Bacary Doumbia, M. Sekou Kasse, M. Alhacoum Maiga. | Mauritius | M. Shree Baboo Chekitan Servansing*, M. Mohamed Iqbal Latona, Mme Reena Wilfred Rene. | Mexico | Sr. Luis Alfonso De Alba*, Sr. Pablo Macedo**, Sr. Jose Antonio Guevara**, Sra. Elia Sosa, Sra. Mariana Salazar, Sra. Claudia Garcia Guiza, Sr. Juan Manuel Sanchez, Sra. Crista González, Sr. Victor Genina, Sra. Gracia Perez, Sr. Adelfo Regino Montes. | Morocco | M. Mohammed Loulichki*, M. Driss Isbayene, M. Omar Kadiri, M. Ahmed Saber, Mme Khadija Baroudi, M. Mohamed Sebbani, M. Yasser Ibourk, Mme Fatimatou Mansour, M. Sidi Nizar El Alami, M. Ahmed El Moumni. | Netherlands | Mr. Boudewijn Van Eenennaam*, Mr. Hanno Wurzner, Ms. Margriet Kuster, Ms. Christa Meindersma, Ms. Marjolein Talsma. | Nigeria | Mr. Joseph U. Ayalogu*, Mr. Frank Isoh, Mr. Usman Sarki, Mr. Bukar B. Hamman, Mr. Mohammed I. Haidara, Mr. Hakeem Baba Ahmed, Mr. Abdul Bin Rimdap, Mr. Obioma P. Oparah, Mr. Bayo Ajagbe, Mr. Colombus O. Okaro, Ms. C.O. Yahaya, Mr. Martin Uhomoibhi. | Pakistan | Mr. Masood Khan*, Ms. Tehmina Janjua, Mr. Muneer Ahmad, Mr. Aftab Khokher, Mr. Faisal Niaz Tirmizi, Mr. Shafqat Ali Khan, Mr. Ahmar Ismail, Mr. Syed Asad Gillani. | Peru | Sr. Carlos Chocano*, Sra. Eliana Beraun, Sr. Alejandro Neyra, Sr. Inti Cevallos. | Philippines | Mr. Enrique Manalo*, Ms. Grace R. Princesa, Ms. Junever Mahilum West, Mr. Jesus Enrique García, Ms. Leizel Fernandez. | Poland | Mr. Zdzislaw Rapacki*, Mr. Andrzej Misztal, Ms. Krystyna Zurek, Ms. Agnieszka Wyznikiewicz, Mr. Maciej Janczak. | Republic of Korea | Mr. Hyuck Choi*, Mr. Dong-hee Chang**, Mr. Moon-hwan Kim, Mr. Hoon-min Lim, Mr. Bek Bum-Hym, Mr. Hyun-cheol Jang. | Romania | Mr. Doru Romulus Costea*, Ms. Steluta Arhire, Ms. Florentina Voicu, Mr. Nicolae Blindu, Ms. Elisabeta David, Ms. Adina Stoleru. | Russian Federation | Mr. Valery Loshchinin*, Mr. Oleg Malginov**, Ms. Marina Korunova**, Mr. Alexander Matveev, Mr. Yuri Boychenko, Mr. Grigory Lukiyantsev, Mr. Sergey Chumarev, Mr. Renat Alyautdinov, Mr. Alexey Akzhigitov, Mr. Yuri Chernikov, Mr. Vasiliy Kuleshov, Mr. Alexey Goltyaev, Ms. Nataliya Zolotova, Ms. Galina Khvan, Mr. Sergey Kondratiev, Mr. Oleg Guskov, Ms. Natalia Inanova, Mr. Valentin Malyarchuk, Mr. Semen Lyapichev, Ms. Elena Makeeva, Ms. Ekaterina Yarovitsyna. | Saudi Arabia | Mr. Abdulwahab Attar*, Mr. Abdul Aziz Al Hainady, Mr. Ibrahim Meketeb Al-Meketeb, Mr. Sulaiman Abdulrahman Al-Sefayen, Mr. Abdullah Rashwan, Mr. Abdullah Al-Sheikh, Mr. Fouad Rajeh. | Senegal | M. Moussa Bocar Ly*, M. Abdou Salam Diallo, M. Cheikh Tidiane Thiam, M. Daouda Maligueye Sene, M. El Hadji Ibou Boye, M. Abdoul Wahab Haidara. | South Africa | Ms. Glaudine Mtshali*, Mr. Pitso D. Montwedi, Mr. Samuel Kotane, Ms. Ketlareng Sybil Matlhako, Ms. Fiola Hoosen. | Sri Lanka | Mr. Mahinda Samarasinghe*, Ms. Sarala Fernando**, Mr. Suhada Gamalath, Mr. W.J.S. Fernando, Mr. Yasantha Kodagoda, Mr. G.K.D. Amarawardane, Mr. Asoka Wijayathilaka, Ms. Mohanthi Peris, Mr. Sumedha Ekanayake, Mr. O.L. Ameerajwad, Mr. S.P.W. Pathirana, Mr. D.D. M.S.B. Dissanayake. | Switzerland | M. Blaise Godet*, M. Jean-Daniel Vigny**, Mme Annyssa Bellal, Mme Jeannie Volken, Mme Anh Thu Duong, Mme Esther Keimer, Mme Natacha Cornaz, M. Jean-Daniel Bieler. | Tunisia | M. Samir Labidi*, M. Mohamed Chagraoui, M. Hatem Landoulsi, M. Ali Cherif, M. Samir Dridi. | Ukraine | Mr. Volodymyr Vassylenko*, Mr. Yevhen Bersheda**, Ms. Svitlana Homonovska, Ms. Tetiana Sementuta, Ms. Olena Petrenko, Ms. Ganna Yarovitsyna. | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | Mr. Nicholas Thorne*, Ms. Angela Crompton, Mr. Julian Metcalfe, Ms. Caroline Rees, Ms. Helen Upton, Mr. Robert Last, Ms. Denise Regan, Ms. Kellie Garrett, Mr. Michael Watson, Mr. David Riley, Mr. Charles Lonsdale, Ms. Jessica Griffiths, Mr. Sean Winnett. | Uruguay | Sra. Alejandra De Bellis*. | Zambia | Ms. Gertrude M.K. Imbwae*, Mr. Love Mtesa*, Mr. Mathias Daka**, Ms. Encyla Sinjela, Ms. Lillian Shawa Siyuni, Mr. Alfonso Zulu. | States Members of the United Nations represented by observers

Afghanistan

Albania

Andorra

Armenia

Australia

Austria

Bangladesh

Belgium

Belize

Benin

Bhutan

Bolivia

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Botswana

Brunei Darussalam

Bulgaria

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Cambodia

Cape Verde

Chad

Chile

Colombia

Congo

Costa Rica

Côte D’Ivoire

Croatia

Cyprus

Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Denmark

Dominican Republic

Egypt

El Salvador

Equatorial Guinea

Eritrea

Estonia

Ethiopia

Gabon

Georgia

Greece

Guinea

Haiti

Honduras

Hungary

Iceland

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Iraq

Ireland

Israel

Italy

Jamaica

Kazakhstan

Kenya

Kuwait

Latvia

Lebanon

Lesotho

Liechtenstein

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Madagascar

Maldives

Malta

Mauritania

Moldova

Mongolia

Montenegro

Mozambique

Myanmar

Nepal

New Zealand

Nicaragua

Norway

Oman

Paraguay

Portugal

Qatar

San Marino

Serbia

Singapore

Slovakia

Slovenia

Spain

Sudan

Sweden

Syrian Arab Republic

Thailand

The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Timor-Leste

Togo

Trinidad and Tobago

Turkey

Uganda

United Arab Emirates

United Republic of Tanzania

United States of America

Uzbekistan

Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Viet Nam

Yemen

Zimbabwe

Action Contre la Faim

Action Internationale pour la Paix et le Developpement dans la Region des Grands Lacs

African Commission of Health and Human Rights Promoters

Agir Ensemble pour les Droits de l’Homme

AIDS Information Switzerland

Amnesty International

Arab Lawyers Union

Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development

Asian Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Network

Association for the Prevention of Torture

Association Points Coeur

Baha’i International Community

CARE (Christian Action Research and Education)

Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions

Comité International pour le Respect et

L’application de la Charte Africaine des Droits de L’Homme et des Peuples

Conscience and Peace Tax International

Consultative Council of Jewish Organizations

Coordinating Board of Jewish Organizations

Dominicans for Justice and Peace

Fokus, Forum for Women and Development

Hadassah, The Women’s Zionist Organization of America

Human Rights Information and Documentation Systems International

Human Rights Watch

Indian Movement Tupaj Amaru

Interfaith International

International Alliance of Women

International Association Against Torture

International Association for the Defense of

Religious Liberty

International Association of Democratic Lawyers

International Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists

International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development

International Commission of Jurists

International Committee for the Indians of the Americas

International Federation of Human Rights Leagues

International Federation of Social Workers

International Federation of University Women

International Federation Terre des Hommes

International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights

International Indian Treaty Council

International League for the Rights and Liberation of Peoples

International Movement of Apostolate in the Independent Social Milieus

International Organization for the Development of Freedom of Education

International Organization for the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination

International Organization of Indigenous Resource Development

International Pen

International Religious Liberty Association

International Service for Human Rights

International Volunteerism Organization for Women, Education and Development

International Young Catholic Students

Ius Primi Viri International Association

Landmine Survivors Network

Lutheran World Federation

Mandat International

Mani Tese 76

Minority Rights International

North South XXI

Pan Pacific and South East Asia Women’s Association

Pax Christi International, International Catholic Peace Movement

Pax Romana (International Catholic Movement for Intellectual and Cultural Affairs and International Movement of Catholic Students)

Peace Worldwide

Penal Reform International

Planetary Association for Clean Energy

Reporters Without Borders International

Society for the Protection of Unborn Children

Union of Arab Jurists

United Nations Watch

United Towns Agency for North-South Cooperation

Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom

Women’s International Zionist Organization

World Information Clearing Centre

World Organization Against Torture

World Union of Catholic Women’s Organizations

Worldwide Organization for Women

Roster

Association of World Citizens

B’nai B’rith International

Friedrich Ebert Stiftung

Indian Council of South America

Indigenous Peoples’ Centre for Documentation, Research and Information

International Centre for Trade Union Rights

International Educational Development

International Federation for the Protection of the Rights of Ethnic, Religious, Linguistic and Other Minorities

International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations

International Federation of Rural Adult Catholic Movements

International Movement Against all Forms of Discrimination and Racism

Liberation Movement Against Racism and for Friendship Among Peoples

Servas International

UNESCO Centre Basque Country

World Association for the School as an Instrument of Peace

World Union for Progressive Judaism

List of documents issued for the third session of the Council

Documents issued in the general series | Symbol | Agenda item | A/HRC/3/1 | 2 | Provisional agenda | A/HRC/3/1/Add.1 | 2 | Annotations to the provisional agenda | A/HRC/3/2 | 2 | Report of the Commission of Inquiry on Lebanon pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution S-2/1 | A/HRC/3/3 | 2 | Intersessional open-ended intergovernmental working group to develop the modalities of the universal periodic review mechanism established pursuant to Human Rights Council decision 1/103 | A/HRC/3/4 | 2 | Intersessional open-ended intergovernmental working group on the implementation of operative paragraph 6 of General Assembly resolution 60/251 established pursuant to Human Rights Council decision 1/104 | A/HRC/3/5 | 2 | Intersessional open-ended intergovernmental working group on the implementation of paragraph 6 of General Assembly resolution 60/251 established pursuant to Human Rights Council decision 1/104 | A/HRC/3/6 | 2 | Intersessional open-ended intergovernmental working group on the implementation of paragraph 6 of General Assembly resolution 60/251 established pursuant to Human Rights Council decision 1/104 | A/HRC/3/CRP.1 | 2 | Intersessional open-ended intergovernmental working group to develop the modalities of the universal periodic review mechanism established pursuant to Human Rights Council decision 1/103 | A/HRC/3/CRP.2 | 2 | Intersessional open-ended intergovernmental working group on the implementation of operative paragraph 6 of General Assembly resolution 60/251 established pursuant to Human Rights Council decision 1/104 | A/HRC/3/CRP.3 | 2 | Intersessional open-ended intergovernmental working group on the implementation of operative paragraph 6 of General Assembly resolution 60/251 established pursuant to Human Rights Council decision 1/104

Documents issued in the Government series | Symbol | Agenda item | A/HRC/3/G/1 | 2 | Note verbale dated 26 September 2006 from the Permanent Mission of the Sudan to the United Nations Office at Geneva addressed to the secretariat of the Human Rights Council | Documents issued in the non-governmental organizations series | Symbol | Agenda item | A/HRC/3/NGO/1 | 2 | Written statement submitted by BADIL Resource Centre for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights, a non-governmental organization in special consultative status | A/HRC/3/NGO/2 | 2 | Exposé écrit conjoint présenté par Centre Europe Tiers-Monde (CETIM), organisation non gouvernementale dotée du statut consultatif général, Ligue Internationale pour les Droits et la Libération des Peuples (LIDLIP) et Ligue Internationale des Femmes pour la Paix et la Liberté (LIFPL), organisations non gouvernementales dotées du statut consultatif spécial, Mouvement contre le Racisme et pour l’Amitié entre les Peuples (MRAP), organisation non gouvernementale inscrite sur la Liste

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The format of the present report is based on the agenda and “Draft framework for a programme of work of the Human Rights Council for the first year” for the third session as adopted by the Council in its decisions 1/105 of 30 June 2006 and 2/103 of 6 October 2006. It should therefore not serve as a precedent for future sessions of the Council.

Summary records of each of the meetings are subject to correction. They are considered final with the issuance of a consolidated corrigendum (A/HRC/3/SR.1-14/Corrigendum).

Non-member State of the Council speaking on behalf of one or more States members.

See annex II.

Representative.

Alternate.

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

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