At its 38th plenary meeting, on 25 July 2005, the Economic and Social Council took note of the statement by the Chairperson of the Commission on Human Rights at the 60th meeting of the Commission, on 21 April 2005, on technical cooperation in the field of human rights in Afghanistan, which was adopted by consensus, and endorsed the Commission’s request to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights that she report to the General Assembly at its sixtieth session and to the Commission at its sixty-second session on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan and on the results of technical assistance in the field of human rights, in particular as regards the development of national capacities in the field.