A/HRC/21/64 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 13 September 2012 Original: English Human Rights Council Twenty-first session Agenda items 2 and 4 Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and reports of the Office of the High Commissioner and the Secretary-General Human rights situations that require the Council’s attention Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the situation of human rights in Northern Mali* Note by the secretariat The secretariat hereby informs the Human Rights Council that an oral statement will be made by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to the Council at its twenty-first session instead of a report, as had been requested by the Council in its resolution 20/17. The statement will be based on information provided by human rights field presences of the Office of the High Commissioner (OHCHR) and United Nations agencies in neighbouring countries, including the OHCHR Regional Office in West Africa in Dakar, the country Office in Mauritania, and reports made by a human rights officer deployed by OHCHR to Bamako to support the United Nations country team in the field of human rights. * Late submission. GE.12- 16642