A/HRC/7/78
page 191
(a) Travel of the Special Rapporteur for consultations/to attend the annual meeting of
special procedures and to present a report to the Council, to present the report to the
General Assembly and to report to the Commission on the Status of Women, as well as for two
field missions per year ($51,200);
(b)
Travel of staff to accompany the Special Rapporteur during field missions ($9,800);
(c) Local transportation, security, communications and other miscellaneous expenses
during field missions ($7,200).
51. The requirements to implement the activities for the mandate of the independent expert
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.
52. With regard to paragraph 11, attention is drawn to the provisions of section VI of
General Assembly resolution 45/248 B, 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.
7/25. Prevention of genocide
53.
Under the terms of paragraphs 17 and 18 of its resolution 7/25, the Council:
(a) Invited the High Commissioner for Human Rights, as part of the commemorative
events, and as an important contribution to developing preventive strategies and institutions and
supporting the activities of the Special Adviser, to organize, within existing resources, a seminar
on the prevention of genocide, with the participation of States, relevant United Nations and other
international and regional organizations, non-governmental organizations, civil society and
academic and research bodies, and to publish a paper on the outcome of the seminar;
(b) Invited the Special Adviser to an interactive dialogue with the Council at its
tenth session on the progress made in discharging his duties.
54. Pursuant to the adoption of the resolution by the Council, a total amount of $253,100 will
be required under the programme budget for the biennium 2008-2009 for (a) Section 23;
(i) consultancy to prepare and present short papers and to draft the report consolidating the
analysis of the short papers and the seminar discussion ($88,700); and (ii) travel of the Special
Adviser ($6,100); (b) Section 2; conference services for a two-day seminar in 2008 ($156,600);
and (c) Section 28 E, conference services ($1,700), as follows:
Section 2, General Assembly and Economic and Social
Council affairs and conference management
Section 23, Human Rights
Section 28 E, Administration, Geneva
Total
$156 600
$ 4 800
$ 1 700
$253 100
Select target paragraph3
Connect to a paragraph
Connect to an entity
Disable highlights
Add to table of contents