UNITED NATIONS A General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/HRC/4/42 7 February 2007 ENGLISH Original: ENGLISH/SPANISH HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Fourth session Item 2 of the provisional agenda IMPLEMENTATION OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION 60/251 OF 15 MARCH 2006 ENTITLED “HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL” Report of the Working Group on the use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination* Chairperson: Ms. Amada Benavides de Pérez * This document is submitted late so as to include the most up-to-date information possible. GE.07-10639 (E) 050307 120307