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7.
Reaffirms, without prejudice to General Assembly resolution 60/251 and
Human Rights Council decision 1/102, its decision that the Social Forum shall meet every year,
with the mandate laid down in previous Sub-Commission resolutions, requests that the next
meeting of the Social Forum be held during 2007 in Geneva on dates suitable for the
participation of the broadest possible range of other stakeholders, and decides that at its next
meeting the Social Forum should focus on:
(a)
Questions relating to the eradication of poverty in the context of human rights;
(b)
Capturing best practices in the fight against poverty in the light of grass-roots
presentations to the Social Forum;
(c)
Sharing and discussing the relevant guidelines and reports prepared by the
Sub-Commission (or its successor), or other human rights bodies, with civil society;
8.
Recommends that the Human Rights Council extend the meeting of the Social
Forum to five days, as is the practice with certain working groups of the Sub-Commission, in
order that it may devote two days of thematic discussions on poverty and human rights, in line
with the current format of the Social Forum; devote two days of discussion to the work of the
international human rights mechanisms in the field of economic, social and cultural rights and
the right to development in relation to poverty, in order to receive feedback from civil society to
provide to different mechanisms; and devote one day to an interactive debate with mandate
holders on issues related to the topic of the Social Forum and to formulating conclusions and
recommendations to be presented to relevant bodies;
9.
Reiterates its invitation to participate in and contribute to the Social Forum to
non-governmental organizations in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council
and other non-governmental organizations outside Geneva, and in particular newly emerging
actors, such as small groups and rural and urban associations from the North and the South,
anti-poverty groups, peasants’ and farmers’ organizations and their national and international
associations, voluntary organizations, youth associations, community organizations, trade
unions and associations of workers, representatives of the private sector, United Nations
organizations and specialized agencies, the regional economic commissions, intergovernmental
organizations - in particular the United Nations Development Programme, the World Bank, the
International Monetary Fund and the World Trade Organization - regional banks, financial
institutions and international development agencies;
10.
Requests the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
to seek effective means of ensuring consultation and the broadest possible participation in the
Social Forum, including by establishing partnerships with non-governmental organizations, the
private sector and international organizations;
11.
Invites the Social Forum to submit to the future expert advice mechanism of the
Human Rights Council a separate report containing a comprehensive and detailed summary of
the discussions, including recommendations and draft resolutions;
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