United Nations General Assembly A/HRC/PRST/24/1 Distr.: General 4 October 2013 Original: English Human Rights Council Twenty-fourth session Agenda item 5 Human rights bodies and mechanisms Statement by the President PRST/24/1. Reports of the Advisory Committee At the 37th meeting, on 27 September 2013, the President of the Human Rights Council read out the following statement: “The Human Rights Council takes note of the reports of the Advisory Committee on its tenth and eleventh sessions (A/HRC/AC/10/3 and A/HRC/AC/11/2) and the recommendation contained in action 11/1, paragraph 4. It is my understanding that, after consulting with Member States, the present statement does not set any precedent with regard to future reports of the Advisory Committee, which will be dealt with in accordance with Human Rights Council resolutions 5/1 and 16/21.”  The resolutions and decisions adopted by the Human Rights Council will be contained in the report of the Council on its twenty-fourth session (A/HRC/24/2), Part One. GE.13-17798