A/HRC/3/7 page 31 (ii) To recommend that the Ad-Hoc Committee shall convene annual sessions of 10 working days commencing after its sixth session and report regularly to the Council on progress in the actual process of the elaboration of complementary standards; (iii) To welcome the recent appointment of the Five Experts on Complementary Standards by the High Commissioner for Human Rights with the mandate to produce a base document outlining the substantive gaps in the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination; (iv) To request the Intergovernmental Working Group on the Effective Implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action to invite the Five Experts to its fifth session with the view of having a one day preliminary exchange of views and vision on complementary standards as a provisional measure pending the completion of their report; (v) To recommend that the Intergovernmental Working Group on the Effective Implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action convene its sixth session in July 2007 and that this sixth session mark the conclusion and closure of the Working Group’s debates and deliberations on the question of complementary standards; (vi) To request that the Ad-Hoc Committee convene its first session during September 2007 and use all the documents presented to it as background material for commencing its process of elaborating complementary standards, and that one of its main priorities be to ensure that draft instrument(s) is/are produced for negotiations; (vii) To request that the High Commissioner give visibility and a high profile to the Anti-Discrimination Unit within her Office and provide it with all the necessary and additional resources to ensure its effectiveness, particularly in view of the current challenges of racial and religious discrimination, so that the Unit ensures that the High Commissioner make a positive contribution and play a leadership role in the global efforts to combat all the resurgent scourges of racism.” 2. Should the draft resolution be adopted by the Human Rights Council, it is estimated that requirements for conference services, in the amount of US$ 607,100 would arise for the 2006-2007 biennium and US$ 451,800 for the 2008-2009 biennium as follows: 2006-2007 Section 2, General Assembly and Economic and Social Council affairs and conference management Section 28E, Administration, Geneva Total United States dollars 594 100 13 000 607 100

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