Human Rights Council
Resolution 7/2.
Composition of the staff of the Office of the United Nations
High Commissioner for Human Rights
The Human Rights Council,
Recalling paragraph 5 (g) of General Assembly resolution 60/251 of 15 March
2006, in which the Assembly decided that the Council should assume the role and
responsibilities of the Commission on Human Rights relating to the work of the Office of
the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, as decided by the Assembly
in its resolution 48/141 of 20 December 1993,
Taking note of all relevant resolutions on this issue adopted by the General
Assembly, the Commission on Human Rights and the Council,
Taking note also of the report of the United Nations High Commissioner for
Human Rights on the composition of the staff of the Office of the United Nations High
Commissioner for Human Rights (A/HRC/7/57),
Taking note further of the reports of the Joint Inspection Unit on the follow-up to
the management review of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for
Human Rights (A/59/65-E/2004/48 and Add.1) and on the funding and staffing of the
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (JIU/REP/2007/8),
Bearing in mind that an imbalance in the composition of the staff could diminish
the effectiveness of the work of the Office of the High Commissioner if it is perceived to
be culturally biased and unrepresentative of the United Nations as a whole,
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