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human rights during the present term of the mandate holder (i.e., before the end of that term
on 30 April 2011).
25.
Should the draft resolution be adopted by the Council, a total amount of $603,400
would be required to implement activities, under section 2 (General Assembly and
Economic and Social Council Affairs and Conference Management) for conference
services and interpretation services during regional consultations ($201,800); section 23
(Human Rights) for travel of experts, participants and staff and consultant services for five
regional stakeholder consultations, to be held before April 2011 ($393,600); and section 28
E (Administration, Geneva) for conference services ($8,800). Since the exact venues for the
regional consultations are not known at this time, four assumed venues have been used for
costing purposes. In that regard, the estimates do not include other costs usually incurred
during the holding of regional meetings, such as rental of conference facilities, special
security arrangements and miscellaneous expenses.
26.
The requirements to implement the activities called for in the draft resolution have
not been included under the proposed programme budget for the biennium 2010–2011.
Although it is anticipated that a total additional amount of $603,400 would be required for
the biennium 2010–2011, no additional resources are requested, at this time under the
regular budget. OHCHR will seek to fund the activities from extra budgetary resources, if
available. In the event that sufficient extra budgetary resources are not available to fund the
activities, the Secretariat will identify areas under the regular budget from which resources
can be redeployed to meet the requirements within the provisions proposed for sections 2,
23 and 28E for the biennium 2010–2011.
27.
The Council decisions and resolutions adopted by the Council at its tenth, eleventh
and twelfth sessions have resulted in additional resources in the 2010–2011 biennium
which, although they have been proposed by the Secretariat to be met within provisions
proposed under the programme budget for the biennium 2010–2011, will raise the issue of
whether the proposals for new additional resources can be accommodated. It will therefore
only be known during implementation of the 2010–2011 programme of work on which
source of funding will be utilized to fund the activities called for in the draft resolution.
28.
With regard to paragraph (b), attention is drawn to the provisions of section VI of
General Assembly resolution 45/248 B of 21 December 1990, and subsequent resolutions,
the most recent of which is resolution 62/236 of 22 December 2007, in which the Assembly
reaffirmed that the Fifth Committee is the appropriate Main Committee of the Assembly
entrusted with responsibilities for administrative and budgetary matters and reaffirmed the
role of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions.
12/28.
Follow -up to the tenth special session of the Human Rights Council on the impact of
the global economic and financial crises on the universal realization and effective
enjoyment of human rights
29.
In paragraph 3 of draft resolution A/HRC/12/L.25, the Council decided to hold a
panel discussion during the high level segment of its 13th session, to discuss and evaluate
the impact of the financial and economic crises on the realization of all human rights
worldwide, with a view to contribute to the work of the Open-ended Working Group of the
General Assembly to follow up on the issues contained in the outcome document of the
Conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis and its Impact on Development,
held in New York from 24 to 30 June 2009.
30.
Should the draft resolution be adopted by the Council, a total additional amount of
$18,000 would be required under section 23 (Human Rights) for the travel of experts from
various regions.
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