A/HRC/S-17/2 ensuring that perpetrators of violations, including those that may constitute crimes against humanity, are held accountable; 14. Requests that the report of the above-mentioned commission of inquiry be made public as soon as possible and, in any case, before the end of November 2011, and also requests the commission of inquiry to present a written update to the report on the situation in the Syrian Arab Republic at the nineteenth session of the Human Rights Council, in an interactive dialogue with the participation of the High Commissioner; 15. Decides to transmit the report of the commission of inquiry and the update thereto to the General Assembly, and recommends that the Assembly transmit the reports to all relevant bodies of the United Nations; 16. inquiry; Calls upon the Syrian authorities to cooperate fully with the commission of 17. Requests the Secretary-General and the High Commissioner to provide the full administrative, technical and logistical support needed to enable the commission of inquiry to carry out its mandate; 18. Requests the High Commissioner to report on the implementation of the present resolution to the Human Rights Council at its nineteenth session; 19. Decides to remain seized of the matter. II. Organization of work of the seventeenth special session 1. Pursuant to paragraph 10 of General Assembly resolution 60/251, and in accordance with rule 6 of the rules of procedure of the Human Rights Council as contained in the annex to Council resolution 5/1, the Council “shall hold special sessions, when needed, at the request of a member of the Council with the support of one third of the membership of the Council”. 2. On 17 August 2011, the Permanent Mission of Poland and the Permanent Observer of the European Union requested the convening of a special session of the Human Rights Council on 22 August 2011 to address the question of the situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic. 3. The above-mentioned request was supported by 24 States Members of the Human Rights Council: Austria, Belgium, Botswana, Chile, Costa Rica, the Czech Republic, Guatemala, Hungary, Italy, Jordan, Kuwait, Maldives, Mexico, Norway, Peru, Poland, Qatar, the Republic of Moldova, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Spain, Switzerland, the United States of America and Uruguay. 4. In addition to the above-mentioned Member States, the request as also signed by the following Member and observer States: Albania, Australia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Montenegro, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, the Republic of Korea, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Tunisia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. 5. As more than one third of the membership of the Human Rights Council supported the above-mentioned request, the President of the Council, following consultations with the main sponsors, decided to convene open-ended informative consultations on 18 August 2011 and a special session of the Council on 22 August. 5