A/HRC/29/45 I. Introduction 1. In its resolution 20/15, the Human Rights Council decided to establish an openended intergovernmental working group with the mandate of progressively negotiating a draft United Nations declaration on the right to peace. 2 In its resolution 27/17, the Human Rights Council decided that the open-ended intergovernmental working group would hold its third session for five working days in 2015 with the objective of finalizing the declaration. The third session was held from 20 to 24 April 2015. 3. Also in its resolution 27/17, the Human Rights Council requested the ChairpersonRapporteur of the working group to conduct informal consultations with Governments, regional groups and relevant stakeholders before the third session of the group. The Council also requested the Chairperson-Rapporteur to prepare a revised text on the basis of the discussions held during the first and second sessions of the working group and on the basis of the intersessional informal consultations to be held, and to present it prior to the third session of the working group for consideration and further discussion thereat. The revised text prepared by the Chairperson-Rapporteur was circulated to all States by note verbale on 31 March 2015. 4. On 20 April 2015, the session was opened by the Officer-in-Charge of the Human Rights Council Mechanisms Division of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on behalf of the High Commissioner. The Officer-in-Charge recalled that the realization of peace lay at the very heart of the principles and purposes of the United Nations, as reflected in its Charter. He referred to the 2005 World Summit Outcome,1 and the Human Rights up Front initiative, launched by the Secretary-General in 2013, in which the complementarity between peace and human rights was clearly reflected. The Officer-in-Charge commended the efforts of the ChairpersonRapporteur to engage actively with States, civil society and academia in order to reconcile the diverse views and positions with regard to the right to peace and to move the process forward. He also confirmed the continued readiness of OHCHR to assist the working group in all its endeavours. II. Organization of the session A. Election of the Chairperson-Rapporteur 5. At its first meeting, on 20 April 2015, the working group re-elected Christian Guillermet-Fernández (Costa Rica) as its Chairperson-Rapporteur, by acclamation. He had been nominated by Guatemala on behalf of the Group of Latin American and Caribbean States. B. Attendance 6. Representatives of the following States Members of the United Nations attended the meetings of the working group: Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, 1 General Assembly resolution 60/1. 3