A/HRC/9/28 page 41 Recalling the intergovernmental meeting of experts to review the draft United Nations guidelines for the protection of children without parental care, held in Brasilia, in August 2006, based on the initial draft produced by experts and followed by the Committee on the Rights of the Child, and recognizing the importance of that meeting for the process, Recalling also and welcoming the discussions held by the Council, which included joint statements by the Group of Friends, the United Nations Children’s Fund and civil society representatives at its sixth session, resolution 7/29 adopted by consensus at its seventh session, and the high-level panel with broad participation held during the eighth session of the Council, Recalling further resolution 60/251 of the General Assembly, in which the Assembly established the Council as the body responsible for promoting universal respect for the protection of all human rights and fundamental freedoms for all, Reaffirming the importance of the protection, well-being and rights of children who are in need of alternative care or who are at risk of becoming so, as recognized by the General Assembly in its resolution 62/141, Reaffirming also paragraph 20 of resolution 7/29, in which the Council encourages the advancement of the draft United Nations guidelines for the appropriate use and conditions of alternative care for children, 1. Takes note of the draft United Nations guidelines for the appropriate use and conditions of alternative care for children; 2. Requests the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to assist in raising awareness by circulating immediately the draft United Nations guidelines with a view to give full knowledge of it to all members and observers of the Council; 3. Invites States to dedicate all their efforts, in a transparent process, with a view to taking possible action on the draft United Nations guidelines at its tenth session. 22nd meeting 24 September 2008 Adopted without a vote. 9/14. Mandate of the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent The Human Rights Council, Recalling resolutions 2002/68 of 25 April 2002 and 2003/30 of 23 April 2003 of the Commission on Human Rights, Bearing in mind paragraph 6 of General Assembly resolution 60/251 of 15 March 2006,