UNITED NATIONS A General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/HRC/12/49 30 July 2009 Original: ENGLISH HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Twelfth session Agenda item 3 PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF ALL HUMAN RIGHTS, CIVIL, POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS, INCLUDING THE RIGHT TO DEVELOPMENT Annual report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Radhika Coomaraswamy* * Late submission. GE.09-14767 (E) 100809