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3/4. Implementation of General Assembly resolution 60/251:
agenda, annual programme of work, methods of work
and rules of procedure of the Human Rights Council
The Human Rights Council,
Recalling its decisions 1/103, 1/104 and 1/105 of 30 June 2006,
Underlining the importance of a comprehensive implementation of General Assembly
resolution 60/251 of 15 March 2006,
Taking into account the debate held during its third session on these issues,
1.
Decides to establish an open-ended intergovernmental, intersessional working
group to formulate concrete recommendations on its agenda, its annual programme of work, its
methods of work as well as its rules of procedure in accordance with General Assembly
resolution 60/251, and to undertake transparent, well-scheduled and inclusive consultations, with
the participation of all stakeholders;
2.
Decides also that the working group shall have at its disposal 10 days of fully
serviced meetings, half of them to be scheduled before the fourth session of the Human Rights
Council and half of them before its fifth session, which shall allow sufficient time and flexibility
for the fulfilment of its mandate;
3.
Requests the President of the Council to chair the working group, with the
assistance, if necessary, of one or more facilitators;
4.
Requests also the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human
Rights to provide the working group with any background information it may require on these
issues;
5.
Requests further the working group to report to the Council at its fourth session
on progress made thereon.
13th meeting
8 December 2006
[Resolution adopted without a vote. See chap. III.]
B. Decisions
3/101. Postponement of the consideration of the draft decision
on the rights of indigenous peoples
At its 13th meeting, on 8 December 2006, the Human Rights Council decided, without a
vote, to defer to its next session the consideration of the draft decision entitled “The rights of
indigenous peoples” contained in document A/HRC/2/L.43.
[See chap. III.]
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