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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
1.
Under the terms of operative paragraphs 1, 2 and 5 of draft resolution A/HRC/3/L.6, the
Human Rights Council would:
(i)
Decide 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, to undertake transparent, well scheduled and
inclusive consultations, with the participation of all stakeholders;
(ii)
Further decide 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;
(iii)
Request the working group to report to the Council at its fourth session on progress
made.
2.
Should the draft resolution be adopted by the Human Rights Council, total full costs for
conference servicing of the Working Group are estimated in the amount of US$ 241,400 for the
2006-2007 biennium as follows:
Section 2, General Assembly and Economic and Social Council affairs
and conference management
Section 28E, Administration, Geneva
Total
United States dollars
235 000
6 400
241 400
3.
Provisions have not been made under the 2006-2007 programme budget for the
above-mentioned activity, under section 2, General Assembly and Economic and Social Council
affairs and conference management, nor section 28E, Administration, Geneva. Should the draft
resolution be adopted, additional resources would be required as reflected in paragraph 3 above.
4.
It will be recalled that under the procedures established by the General Assembly in its
resolutions 41/213 of 19 December 1986 and 42/211 of 21 December 1987, a contingency fund
is established for each biennium to accommodate additional expenditures derived from
legislative mandates not provided for in the programme budget. Under this procedure, if
additional expenditures are proposed that exceed the resources available from the contingency
fund, the activities concerned can be implemented only through the redeployment of resources
from low-priority areas or the modification of existing activities. Otherwise, such additional
activities must be deferred to a later biennium.
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