A/HRC/24/19 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 18 June 2013 Original: English Human Rights Council Twenty-fourth session Agenda items 2 and 3 Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and reports of the Office of the High Commissioner and the Secretary-General Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development Role of the public service as an essential component of good governance in the promotion and protection of human rights Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Note by the Secretariat In its resolution 19/20, the Human Rights Council requested the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to prepare a report outlining the role of the public service as an essential component of good governance in the promotion and protection of human rights, including a compilation of good practices based on information received from a variety of stakeholders, and to present it to the Council at its twenty-fourth session. In accordance with the calendar of thematic resolutions of the Council, the report will be submitted to the Council at its twenty-fifth session. GE.13-14847