A/HRC/10/64 page 3 Introduction 1. The present report is submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 8/12 entitled “Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children”. In its resolution the Human Rights Council requested the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) “... to submit to the Council, at its ninth session, a report on the latest developments in the United Nations relating to combating trafficking in persons as well as on the activities of the Office on this issue, including by presenting the recommended Principles and Guidelines on Human Rights and Human Trafficking developed by the Office”. As set out in the earlier note by the secretariat,1 this report is submitted at the tenth session of the Council to ensure that a comprehensive overview of the developments on trafficking in the United Nations system is provided and distributed well in advance of the session. 2. Pursuant to the request of the Council, on 30 October 2008, OHCHR sent a request for written submissions from entities within the United Nations system and other international organizations. As of 15 December 2008, OHCHR had received responses from the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, the Division for the Advancement of Women, the Department of Economic and Social Affairs, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the International Labour Organization (ILO), the World Health Organization (WHO), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the United Nations University (UNU), the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI), and the International Organization for Migration (IOM). 3. The report is divided into four chapters. Chapter I presents an overview of the recent developments in the United Nations relating to combating trafficking in persons, bearing in mind global policy developments and the initiatives undertaken by United Nations entities. Chapter II reviews the activities of OHCHR related to combating trafficking in persons. Chapter III presents the Recommended Principles and Guidelines on Human Rights and Human Trafficking. Finally, Chapter IV presents Conclusions. I. RECENT DEVELOPMENTS WITHIN THE UNITED NATIONS A. System-wide initiatives 1. Policy developments 4. Policy development has continued through resolutions and recommendations adopted by United Nations intergovernmental bodies on the basis of their consideration of the reports submitted thereto. 1 A/HRC/9/27.