periodic review mechanism; “2. Decides that the Working Group shall have at its disposal ten days (or twenty 3–hour meetings) of fully serviced meetings and that it shall allow sufficient time and flexibility for the development of the universal periodic review mechanism; “3. Requests the President of the Council to chair the Working Group with the assistance, if necessary, of one or more facilitators from among permanent missions in Geneva, to undertake these open-ended, intersessional, transparent, well-scheduled and inclusive consultations with the participation of all stakeholders; “4. Decides that informal consultations could begin immediately through an open-ended consultative process in order to compile proposals and relevant information and experiences, to facilitate open-ended discussions appropriately scheduled by the Chairperson with the involvement of all stakeholders; “5. Requests the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to provide the Working Group with background information on existing mechanisms for periodic review, for example, of the Council of Europe, the International Atomic Energy Agency, the International Labour Organization, the International Monetary Fund, the New Partnership for Africa’s Development, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the Organization of American States and the World Trade Organization) and to compile the contributions of all stakeholders; “6. Requests the Working Group to report regularly to the Council starting in September 2006 on progress made in the development of modalities and necessary time allocation for the universal periodic review, as requested by the General Assembly in paragraphs 5 (e) and 9 of its resolution 60/251.” -----

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