UNITED NATIONS A General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/HRC/4/59 9 March 2007 Original: ENGLISH HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Fourth session Item 2 of the provisional agenda IMPLEMENTATION OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION 60/251 OF 15 MARCH 2006 ENTITLED “HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL” Report of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on the question of human rights in Cyprus Note by the Secretary-General In its decision 2/102, the Human Rights Council requested the Secretary-General and the High Commissioner for Human Rights to “continue with the fulfilment of their activities, in accordance with all previous decisions adopted by the Commission on Human Rights and to update the relevant reports and studies”. On the current issue of the question of human rights in Cyprus, a comprehensive annual report (E/CN.4/2006/31) was submitted to the sixty-second session of the Commission on Human Rights pursuant to its decision 2005/103. The information in the report remains relevant. The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights understands decision 2/102 as preserving the previous annual reporting cycle in respect of this issue until otherwise decided by the Council. The current report to the Human Rights Council accordingly addresses developments in respect of the question of human rights in Cyprus over the last year. The annex to the present report, prepared by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, is herewith transmitted to the Council pursuant to this decision. It covers the period up to 28 December 2006 and provides an overview of human rights issues in Cyprus based on such information as is available. In the absence of an OHCHR field presence in Cyprus, or any specific monitoring mechanism, the United Nations is not in a position to provide a systematic overview of the situation of human rights in Cyprus. GE.07-11745 (E) 140307