UNITED NATIONS A General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/HRC/7/63 11 January 2008 Original: ENGLISH HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Seventh session Item 2 of the provisional agenda ANNUAL REPORT OF THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND REPORTS OF THE OFFICE OF THE HIGH COMMISSIONER AND THE SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations Voluntary Trust Fund on Contemporary Forms of Slavery Note by the Secretariat The Secretariat draws the attention of the Council to the report of the Secretary-General to the General Assembly on the status of the United Nations Voluntary Trust Fund on Contemporary Forms of Slavery (A/62/180), which is available to the Council. That report contains the recommendations of the Board of Trustees of the fund adopted at its twelfth session, held from 12 to 16 February 2007, which were approved by the High Commissioner for Human Rights on behalf of the Secretary-General on 21 March 2007. The previous report of the Secretary-General to the Human Rights Council (A/HRC/4/76/Add.1) is also available. The thirteenth session of the Board of Trustees will be held in August 2008, and the results will be reported to the first session of Human Rights Council to be held in 2009. ----- GE.08-10134 (E) 110108