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(b) Requested the Special Rapporteur to submit a report on the implementation of his/her
mandate to the Council, in accordance with its annual programme of work;
(c) Requested the Secretary-General and the High Commissioner for Human Rights to
provide all the necessary human, technical and financial assistance to the Special Rapporteur for
the effective fulfilment of his/her mandate.
27. Pursuant to the adoption of the resolution by the Council, a total amount of $59,800 per
annum or $119,600 per biennium will be required to implement the activities, arising from the
terms of the resolution as follows:
(a) Travel of the Special Rapporteur for consultations/to attend the annual meeting of
special procedures and to present a report to the Council, as well as for two field missions
($42,800 per annum);
(b) Travel of staff to accompany the Special Rapporteur during field missions
($9,800 per annum);
(c) Local transportation, security, communications and other miscellaneous expenses
during field missions ($7,200 per annum).
28. The requirements to implement the activities for the mandate of the Special Rapporteur
have been included under section 23, Human Rights, of the programme budget for
the biennium 2008-2009. Since the period for renewal of the mandate extends into the
biennium 2010-2011, the requirements for that period will be considered in the context of the
preparation of the proposed programme budget for the biennium 2010-2011. No additional
appropriations will be required as a result of the adoption of the resolution.
29. With regard to paragraph 5, 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.
7/14. The right to food
30. Under the terms of paragraph 37 of its resolution 7/14, the Council decided to convene
a panel discussion on the realization of the right to food in the period of its main session
of 2009.
31. In view of the terms of paragraph 37 of the resolution, the conference servicing costs of the
panel are expected to be met within the conference servicing entitlements of the Council
approved for the 2008-2009 biennium under section 2, General Assembly and Economic and
Social Council Affairs, and section 28 E, Administration - Geneva.
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