At its 38th plenary meeting, on 25 July 2005, the Economic and Social Council took note of Commission on Human Rights resolution 2005/85 of 21 April 2005,53 and approved the decision of the Commission:
(a) To extend for one year the mandate of the independent expert to provide assistance to the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the field of human rights and to request the Secretary-General to provide all necessary assistance to enable the independent expert to fulfil his mandate;
(b) To request the independent expert to submit a progress report to the General Assembly at its sixtieth session and to report to the Commission at its sixty-second session;
(c) To renew its request to the Secretary-General that he should provide advisory services to the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the field of human rights.
