A/HRC/11/37
(a)
Decided to establish an Open-ended Working Group of the Council to
explore the possibility of elaboration of an optional protocol to the Convention on the
Rights of the Child to provide a communications procedure complementary to the reporting
procedure under the Convention;
(b)
Decided also that the working group would hold its first session for five
working days in Geneva before the end of 2009, within existing resources;
(c)
Further decided to invite a representative of the Committee on the Rights of
the Child to attend the session of the working group as a resource person, and, where
appropriate, relevant United Nations special procedures and other relevant independent
experts, and also invited them to submit inputs to the working group for its consideration;
(d)
Requested the Working Group to submit a report on progress made thereon to
the Council for consideration at its thirteenth session.
5.
To implement the activities called for under the terms of the resolution, an estimated
$282,700 would be required for the biennium 2008-2009, as follows: (a) under section 2
(General Assembly and Economic and Social Council Affairs and Conference
Management) to provide conference servicing ($199,200); (b) under section 23 (Human
Rights) to provide for a staff member at the P-3 level for four months to provide support to
the work of the Working Group ($56,000) and for travel of a member of the Committee on
the Rights of the Child to attend the Working Group session ($23,800); and (c) under
section 28 E (Administration, Geneva), for conference servicing ($3,700). The
requirements in support of the activities of the Working Group have not been included in
the programme budget for the biennium 2008-2009. Although it is anticipated that a total
additional amount of $282,700 would be required for the biennium 2008-2009, no
additional resources are requested at this time as the Secretariat will seek to identify areas
from which resources can be redeployed to meet the requirements within the appropriations
approved for sections 2, 23 and 28 E for the biennium 2008-2009.
6.
With regard to paragraph 2, attention is drawn to the provisions of section VI of
General Assembly resolution 45/248 B of 21 December 1990 and subsequent resolutions,
the most recent of which is resolution 62/236 of 22 December 2007, in which the Assembly
reaffirmed that the Fifth Committee is 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.
11/9.
The human rights of migrants in detention centres
7.
In paragraphs 1 and 3 of draft resolution A/HRC/11/L.4, the Council:
(a)
Decided to hold a panel of discussion on the human rights of migrants in
detention centres at its twelfth session, with equitable geographic and gender participation
of Governments, relevant experts and representatives of civil society, including national
institutions;
(b)
Requested the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human
Rights (OHCHR) to provide the necessary assistance and support for holding the panel.
8.
To implement the activities called for by the Council in paragraph 1, an estimated
$29,000 would be required for the biennium 2008-2009 under section 23 (Human Rights)
to provide for travel and the daily subsistence allowance of five experts. Although it is
anticipated that an additional amount of $29,000 would be required in support of the
activities for the biennium 2008-2009 under section 23, additional resources are not
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