The Social Forum

A/HRC/RES/6/13View PDF

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A document of the Human Rights Council, published in 2008.

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20 versions · 2006–2026

This is an older version — the most recent is A/HRC/RES/62/22

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2026	A/HRC/RES/62/22	The Social Forum	995	97%Compare
2025	A/HRC/RES/59/21	The Social Forum	1,002	93%Compare
2024	A/HRC/RES/56/12	The Social Forum	963	95%Compare
2023	A/HRC/RES/53/20	The Social Forum	950	96%Compare
2022	A/HRC/RES/50/22	The Social Forum	955	92%Compare

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1 entity

Entity	(Sub-)Programme	Title	Total mandates cited	Expenditure
	Subprogramme 1	Human rights mainstreaming, right to development, and research and analysis	108

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1 entity

Entity	(Sub-)Programme	Title	Total mandates cited	Expenditure
	Subprogramme 1	Human rights mainstreaming, right to development, and research and analysis	108	—

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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10 operative paragraphs

Under the terms of paragraphs 4, 5, 5 (c), 9 and 14 of resolution 6/13, the Human Rights Council:

Decided that the Social Forum shall continue meeting every year, and requested that the next meeting of the Social Forum be held during 2008 in Geneva on dates suitable for the participation of representatives of United Nations Members States and of the broadest possible range of other stakeholders especially from developing countries;

Decided that the Social Forum will meet for three working days;

Decided that the Social Forum may devote one day to an interactive debate with relevant thematic procedures mandate-holders of the Council on issues related to the topics of the Social Forum, and to formulating conclusions and recommendations to be presented to relevant bodies through the Council;

Requested the High Commissioner for Human Rights to facilitate the participation in the 2008 Social Forum, to assist the Chairperson-Rapporteur as resource persons, of up to four relevant Council thematic procedures mandate-holders, in particular the independent expert on the question of human rights and extreme poverty and the independent expert on human rights and international solidarity;

Requested the Secretary-General to provide the Social Forum with all the services and facilities necessary to fulfil its activities, and also request the High Commissioner for Human Rights to provide all the necessary support to facilitate the convening and proceedings of the Social Forum.

It is estimated that, pursuant to the resolution adopted by the Council, a total cost of $195,800 for the biennium 2008-2009 will be required for conference services under section 2, General Assembly and Economic and Social Affairs and Conference Management, and section 28E, Administration Geneva, to be provided for the meetings of the Social Forum for three working days per annum called for in paragraphs 4 and 5. It is also estimated that a total amount of $56,600 for the biennium 2008-2009 will be required for travel and daily subsistence allowance of four Council thematic procedures mandate holders to participate in the Social Forum called for in paragraphs 5 (c) and 9 under section 23, Human Rights. The total estimated requirements for the biennium 2008-2009 are as follows:

United States dollars | Section 2, General Assembly and Economic and Social Council affairs and conference management | 192 000 | Section 23, Human rights | 56 600 | Section 28E, Administration, Geneva | 3 800 | Total | 252 400

Resource requirements for the two-day annual meetings of the Social Forum as established by the former Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights for the biennium included in the proposed programme budget for the biennium 2008-2009, consisting of conference-servicing requirements and daily subsistence allowance payments for the 10 experts of the Social Forum, are as follows:

Proposed programme budget for biennium 2008-2009

United States dollars | Section 2, General Assembly and Economic and Social Council affairs and conference management | 139 600 | Section 23, Human rights | 41 600 | Section 28E, Administration, Geneva | 2 800 | Total | 184 000

The provision of $184,000 outlined in paragraph 3 above which was included in the proposed programme budget for the biennium 2008-2009 is proposed to offset the estimated requirements of $252,400 for the Social Forum, outlined in paragraph 2 above. It is estimated therefore that an additional amount of $68,400 will be required for the biennium 2008-2009 to provide for conference servicing and the travel and daily subsistence allowance of four thematic procedures mandate-holders, as follows: under section 2, $52,400; under section 23, $15,000; and under section 28E, $1,000.

Although it is anticipated that an additional amount of $68,400 will be required for the biennium 2008-2009 under sections 2, 23 and 28E, no additional resources will be requested at this juncture, in light of the continuing review by the Council of its subsidiary machinery in response to General Assembly resolution 60/251. The consolidated statement of requirements arising from the continuing review by the Council and potential absorptive capacity from reduced requirements arising from the amended programme of work under the proposed programme budget for the biennium 2008-2009 will be reported to the General Assembly.

The Social Forum

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