A/HRC/7/78 page 23 25. Encourages States, while countering terrorism, to take into account relevant United Nations resolutions and decisions on human rights, and encourages them to give due consideration to the recommendations of the special procedures and mechanisms of the Council and the relevant comments and views of human rights treaty bodies; 26. Notes with appreciation the issuance by the Counter-Terrorism Committee of the Security Council of its policy guidance number 2 regarding human rights and the Committee; 27. Takes note of the requests by the General Assembly addressed to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism to continue to contribute to the work of the Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force, including by raising awareness about the necessity to respect human rights while countering terrorism; 28. Requests the High Commissioner to report regularly on the implementation of the present resolution to the Council, in accordance with its annual programme of work, and to the General Assembly; 29. Decides to continue consideration of this issue in the 2008-2009 cycle of the Council, in accordance with its annual programme of work. 39th meeting 27 March 2008 Adopted without a vote. See chapter III. 7/8. Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders The Human Rights Council, Recalling General Assembly resolution 53/144 of 9 December 1998, by which the Assembly adopted by consensus the Declaration on the Right and Responsibility of Individuals, Groups and Organs of Society to Promote and Protect Universally Recognized Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, annexed to that resolution, and reiterating the importance of the Declaration and its promotion and implementation, Recalling also the continued validity and application of all the provisions of the above-mentioned Declaration, Recalling further all previous resolutions on this subject, in particular Commission on Human Rights resolution 2005/67 of 20 April 2005 and General Assembly resolution 62/152 of 18 December 2007, Bearing in mind paragraph 6 of General Assembly resolution 60/251 of 15 March 2006,