A/HRC/33/23 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 1 July 2016 Original: English Human Rights Council Thirty-third 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 Implementation of the technical guidance on the application of a human rights-based approach to policies and programmes to reduce and eliminate preventable mortality and morbidity of children under 5 years of age Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Summary The present report, submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 27/14, provides an overview of activities undertaken to implement the technical guidance since its adoption. It analyses issues that require further attention from a human rights perspective, including in relation to the newborn child, the quality of care in the delivery of health services for children and the marketing of breast-milk substitutes. It makes a number of recommendations for the Council to remain seized of the matter. GE.16-11320 (E) 150716 