A/HRC/5/21 page 23 Item 7. Human rights situation in Palestine and other occupied Arab territories − Human rights violations and implications of the Israeli occupation of Palestine and other occupied Arab territories − Right to self-determination of the Palestinian people Item 8. Follow-up and implementation of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action Item 9. Racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related forms of intolerance, follow-up and implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action Item 10. Technical assistance and capacity-building VI. METHODS OF WORK 110. The methods of work, pursuant to General Assembly resolution 60/251 should be transparent, impartial, equitable, fair, pragmatic; lead to clarity, predictability, and inclusiveness. They may also be updated and adjusted over time. A. Institutional arrangements 1. Briefings on prospective resolutions or decisions 111. The briefings on prospective resolutions or decisions would be informative only, whereby delegations would be apprised of resolutions and/or decisions tabled or intended to be tabled. These briefings will be organized by interested delegations. 2. President’s open-ended information meetings on resolutions, decisions and other related business 112. The President’s open-ended information meetings on resolutions, decisions and other related business shall provide information on the status of negotiations on draft resolutions and/or decisions so that delegations may gain a bird’s eye view of the status of such drafts. The consultations shall have a purely informational function, combined with information on the extranet, and be held in a transparent and inclusive manner. They shall not serve as a negotiating forum. 3. Informal consultations on proposals convened by main sponsors 113. Informal consultations shall be the primary means for the negotiation of draft resolutions and/or decisions, and their convening shall be the responsibility of the sponsor(s). At least one informal open-ended consultation should be held on each

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