Technical Cooperation and Advisory Services in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Invites the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to inform and update the Council, at its future sessions, on the human rights situation on the ground, identifying the challenges that it may still encounter as well as its needs in this regard;

Requests the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, through its presence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to increase and enhance its technical assistance activities and programmes in consultation with the authorities of the country;

Calls on the international community to support the implementation of the local mechanism of cooperation between the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and the human rights section of the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, called “Entité de liaison des droits de l’homme”;

Invites the High Commissioner to report to the Council at its session in March 2009 on the human rights situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the activities the Office of the High Commissioner has undertaken in the country;

Requests the above-mentioned thematic special procedures (see paragraph 2 above) to report to the Council no later than its session in March 2009 under agenda item 10;

Calls on the international community to provide the Democratic Republic of the Congo with the various forms of assistance that the Democratic Republic of the Congo requests, with a view to improving the human rights situation;