A/HRC/34/16 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 14 December 2016 Original: English Human Rights Council Thirty-fourth session Agenda item 2 27 February-24 March 2017 Annual Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and reports of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Secretary-General Special Fund established by the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment Report of the Secretary-General Summary In the present report, submitted in accordance with General Assembly resolution 70/146, the Secretary-General provides information on the status of the Special Fund established by the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, including on its critical financial situation. GE.16-22125(E) 