A/HRC/5/21 page 37 Mandate-holder Mandate Terms in office Stephen J. Toope Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances September 2008 (second term) George N. Jabbour Working Group on people of African descent September 2008 (second term) Irina Zlatescu Working Group on people of African descent October 2008 (second term) José Gómez del Prado Working Group on the use of mercenaries as a means of impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination October 2008 (first term) Yash Ghai Special Representative of the Secretary-General for human rights in Cambodia November 2008 (first term) 9th meeting 18 June 2007 [Adopted without a vote. See chap. III.] 5/2. Code of Conduct for Special Procedures Mandate-holders of the Human Rights Council The Human Rights Council, Guided by the aims and principles of the Charter of the United Nations and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and recognizing the ensuing obligations inter alia of States to cooperate in promoting universal respect for human rights as enshrined therein, Recalling the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action adopted on 25 June 1993 by the World Conference on Human Rights, Recalling also that in resolution 60/251 of 15 March 2006, entitled “Human Rights Council”, the General Assembly: (a) Reaffirmed that all human rights are universal, indivisible, interrelated, interdependent and mutually reinforcing and that all human rights must be treated in a fair and equal manner on the same footing and with the same emphasis; (b) Acknowledged that peace and security, development and human rights are the pillars of the United Nations system and that they are interlinked and mutually reinforcing;