A/HRC/RES/13/22 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 15 April 2010 Original: English Human Rights Council Thirteenth session Agenda item 10 Technical assistance and capacity-building Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council* 13/22 Situation of human rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the strengthening of technical cooperation and consultative services The Human Rights Council, Recalling General Assembly resolution 60/251 of 15 March 2006, Recalling also its resolutions 5/1 of 18 June 2007, 7/20 of 27 March 2008, S-8/1 of 1 December 2008 and 10/33 of 27 March 2009, Recalling further its resolution 10/33 of 27 March 2009, in which it requested the international community to support the establishment of a local cooperation mechanism by the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Human Rights Section of the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, referred to as the entité de liaison des droits de l’homme, Expressing its appreciation for the role taken by the international community, in particular by the African Union, the Southern African Development Community, the Economic Community of Central African States and the European Union, in enhancing the rule of law and improving the human rights situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Taking into consideration the fact that the presence of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and that of the Human Rights Section of the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have been merged with a view to their achieving more efficiency in their work on the situation of human rights in the country, * GE.10-12993 The resolutions and decisions of the Human Rights Council will be contained in the report of the Council on its thirteenth session (A/HRC/13/56), chap. I.