A/HRC/6/22
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4.
Decides also that the Social Forum shall continue meeting every year, requests that
the next meeting of the Social Forum be held during 2008, in Geneva, on dates suitable for the
participation of representatives of United Nations Member States and of the broadest possible
range of other stakeholders, especially from developing countries, 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)
Social dimension of the globalization process;
5.
Decides further that the Social Forum will meet for three working days, in order that
it may devote:
(a) One day to thematic discussions on poverty and human rights and 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;
(b)
One day to discussion on the social dimension of the globalization process;
(c) One day to an interactive debate with relevant thematic procedures mandate-holders
of the Human Rights Council on issues related to the topics of the Social Forum, and to
formulating conclusions and recommendations to be presented to relevant bodies through the
Human Rights Council;
6.
Requests the President of the Human Rights Council to appoint, before the end
of 2007, from candidates nominated by regional groups, the Chairperson-Rapporteur for
the 2008 Social Forum and decides to respect the principle of regional rotation while appointing
the chairpersons-rapporteurs of the Social Forum in the future;
7.
Invites the appointed Chairperson-Rapporteur to announce, in a timely manner, the
most appropriate dates for convening the 2008 Social Forum, after holding consultations with
United Nations Member States and other stakeholders;
8.
Requests the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to consult all
actors identified in the present resolution on the issues referred to in paragraph 4 above and to
present a report as a background contribution for the dialogues and debates that will be held at
the 2008 Social Forum;
9.
Requests also the High Commissioner for Human Rights to facilitate the
participation in the 2008 Social Forum, to assist the Chairperson-Rapporteur as resource persons,
of up to four relevant Human Rights Council thematic procedures mandate-holders, in particular
the independent expert on the question of human rights and extreme poverty and the independent
expert on human rights and international solidarity;
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