UNITED NATIONS A General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/HRC/7/72 5 March 2008 Original: ENGLISH HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Seventh session Agenda item 2 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND REPORTS OF THE OFFICE OF THE HIGH COMMISSIONER AND THE SECRETARY-GENERAL Report of the Secretary-General on the question of the death penalty Note by the Secretariat In its decision 2/102 of 6 October 2006, the Human Rights Council requested the Secretary-General and the High Commissioner for Human Rights to continue with the fulfilment of their activities, in accordance with all previous decisions adopted by the Commission on Human Rights, and to update the relevant reports and studies. Accordingly, the report of the Secretary-General on the question of the death penalty (A/HRC/4/78) was submitted to the Council at its fourth session. The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights will submit the most up-to-date report on the question of the death penalty to the Council at its eighth session in June 2008. ----- GE.08-11203 (E) 050308