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81. With respect to operative paragraph 11, pursuant to the adoption of the resolution by the
Council, a total additional requirement of $607,000 per year under section 23, Human Rights,
will be required to implement the activities, as follows:
(a)
Staff costs for one P-4, one P-3 and two national level staff ($418,000);
(b) Operational costs including rental and maintenance of premises, supplies, furniture
and equipment, communications, travel within Somalia, local transportation, security and
miscellaneous for presence in Somalia ($89,000);
(c) Technical assistance and advisory services consisting of training for the relevant
Somali institutions ($100,000).
82. The requirements for activities envisaged under paragraph 11 outlined above have not
been included under section 23, Human Rights, of the programme budget for the
biennium 2008-2009. Although it is anticipated that an additional amount of $1,214,000 would
be required for the biennium 2008-2009, under section 23, as a result of the adoption of the
resolution, a preliminary review leads the Secretariat to assume that some absorption of the
estimated requirements is possible. The Secretariat will seek to identify areas from which
resources can be redeployed to meet the requirements in the biennium 2008-2009. At the time,
the General Assembly reviews the question of the revised estimates resulting from decisions
made by the Council at its seventh session, it is anticipated that the Secretariat would be in a
position to inform the Assembly on how costs for the additional requirements could be met.
83. With regard to paragraph 10, attention is drawn to the provisions of section VI of
General Assembly resolution 45/248 B, and subsequent resolutions, the most recent of which is
resolution 62/236, in which the Assembly reaffirmed that the Fifth Committee was the
appropriate Main Committee of the Assembly entrusted with responsibilities for administrative
and budgetary matters and reaffirmed the role of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and
Budgetary Questions.
7/36. Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion
and protection of the right to freedom of opinion
and expression
84.
Under the terms of paragraphs 3, 7 and 8 of its resolution 7/36, the Council:
(a)
Decided to extend the mandate of the Special Rapporteur for a further three years;
(b) Requested the Secretary-General to provide the assistance necessary to the Special
Rapporteur to fulfil his/her mandate effectively, in particular by placing adequate human and
material resources at his/her disposal;
(c) Requested the Special Rapporteur to submit each year to the Council a report
covering activities relating to his/her mandate.
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