A/HRC/18/49 I. Introduction 1. The Human Rights Council, in its resolution 16/32, reiterated its call upon all concerned parties, including United Nations bodies, to ensure the full and immediate implementation of the recommendations contained in the report of the United Nations FactFinding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (A/HRC/12/48), in accordance with their respective mandates. It also requested the Secretary-General to submit a comprehensive report on progress made in the implementation of the Mission’s recommendations, in accordance with its resolution S-12/1 B, paragraph 3, to the Council at its eighteenth session. 2. The present report is submitted pursuant to that request. It updates the information contained in the previous report of the Secretary-General on progress made in the implementation of the Mission’s recommendations in accordance with Human Rights Council resolution S-12/1 B, paragraph 3 (A/HRC/15/51). It contains information requested and received from States, organizations and other entities to which the Mission addressed its recommendations, as well as that gathered directly by the United Nations. II. Status of the implementation of the recommendations of the Mission report A. Action by the Human Rights Council 3. In paragraph 1968 of its report, the Mission addressed five recommendations to the Human Rights Council. In paragraph 1968 (a) of its report, the Mission recommended that the Council should endorse the recommendations contained in the report, take appropriate action to implement them as recommended by the Mission and through other means as it may deem appropriate, and continue to review their implementation at future sessions. 4. As stated in the report of the Secretary-General on the status of implementation of paragraph 3 of Council resolution S-12/1 B (A/HRC/13/55, para. 4), the Human Rights Council, in paragraph 3 of that resolution, endorsed the Mission’s recommendations and called upon all concerned parties, including United Nations bodies, to ensure their implementation in accordance with their respective mandates. In paragraph 4 of its resolution 13/9, the Council reiterated this call and, in paragraph 17, decided to follow up on the implementation of that resolution at its fifteenth session. In paragraph 1 of its resolution 15/6, the Council requested the Secretary-General to follow up on the implementation of the recommendations contained in the Mission’s report, in accordance with its resolution S-12/1. In paragraph 3 of its resolution 16/32, the Council reiterated its call upon all concerned parties, including United Nations bodies, to ensure the full and immediate implementation of the Mission’s recommendations, in accordance with their respective mandates; and, in paragraph 12, it decided to follow up on the implementation of that resolution at its nineteenth session. 5. In paragraph 1968 (b) of its report, the Mission recommended that, in view of the gravity of the violations of international human rights and humanitarian law and possible war crimes and crimes against humanity that it had reported, the Human Rights Council should request the Secretary-General to bring the report to the attention of the Security Council under Article 99 of the Charter of the United Nations in order that the Security Council might consider action according to the Mission’s relevant recommendations. 3