Human Rights Council
Decision 3/104.
Conference facilities and financial support
for the Human Rights Council
At its 14th meeting, on 8 December 2006, the Human Rights Council decided,
without a vote, to adopt the following text:
“Recalling General Assembly resolution 60/251 of 15 March 2006 in
which the Assembly decided, inter alia, that the Council shall meet regularly
throughout the year and schedule no fewer than three sessions per year,
including a main session, for a total duration of no less than 10 weeks, and
shall be able to 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,
“Reaffirming the importance of the respect and the promotion of
multilingualism within the United Nations and in particular the importance of
the provision of appropriate interpretation and translation services,
“Taking into account the Council’s heavy schedule of work and the
difficulties encountered in obtaining the necessary conference services,
particularly during its first, institution-building year,
“Taking also into account the need to ensure the necessary financial
resources to implement its decisions,
“1.
Reaffirms the need to ensure the necessary Secretariat support
and financial resources for the Council in order to fully discharge its mandate
as stipulated in General Assembly resolution 60/251;
“2.
Requests the Secretary-General to report to the sixty-first
session of the General Assembly at the earliest possible date on ways and
means to guarantee the provision of:
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