A/HRC/21/24 President of the Council, with the consent of the Council, to make, in the course of the discussion of the item before the Council, an additional statement for purposes of clarification. 46. Functional commissions or other subsidiary organs of the Council may consult organizations in general and special consultative status either directly or through a committee or committees established for that purpose. In all cases, such consultation may be arranged upon request by the organization. Organizations on the Roster may also be heard on the recommendation of the Secretary-General and at the request of the body. 47. Written statements relevant to the work of the Council, or commissions and other subsidiary organs of the Council, may be submitted by organizations in general consultative status and special consultative status on subjects in which those organizations have a special competence, while the Secretary-General, in consultation with the President of the Council, or the Council or its Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations, may invite organizations on the Roster to submit written statements. C. Human Rights Council 48. Participation in the Human Rights Council is governed by General Assembly resolution 60/251, the constitutive resolution of the Council. The General Assembly decided in paragraph 11 that the Council was to apply the rules of procedure established for committees of the General Assembly, as applicable, unless subsequently otherwise decided by the Assembly or the Council, and that the participation of and consultation with observers, including States that were not members of the Council, the specialized agencies, other intergovernmental organizations and national human rights institutions, as well as non-governmental organizations, was to be based on arrangements, including Economic and Social Council resolution 1996/31 and practices observed by the Commission on Human Rights, while ensuring the most effective contribution of those entities. 49. Rule 7 (a) of the Council’s rules of procedure, adopted by the Council in resolution 5/1, uses identical language under the heading “Participation of and consultation with observers in the Council”. Only non-governmental organizations in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council can be accredited to participate in the meetings of the Human Rights Council. They are entitled to attend and observe the Council sessions, with the exception of proceedings in relation to Council’s confidential complaints procedure (which is open only to the 47 members of the Council), to submit written statements and make oral interventions, to participate in debates, interactive dialogues, panel discussions and informal meetings and to organize parallel events. 50. The Council undertakes a universal periodic review of States and their compliance with human rights. A review of a State is based on: a national report prepared by the State under review; a compilation of United Nations information on the State under review prepared by OHCHR; and a summary of information submitted by other stakeholders, also compiled by OHCHR. Civil society actors, including non-governmental organizations without consultative status with the Economic and Social Council, can submit information to be included in the summary of stakeholders’ information. Information used in the summary is posted on the OHCHR website as background. Only non-governmental organizations in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council, however, can be accredited to participate in the sessions of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review, as observers. They are not permitted to make oral or written statements to the Working Group. 51. Notably, non-governmental organizations without consultative status with the Economic and Social Council are permitted to attend meetings of the Social Forum, the 12