A/HRC/23/25 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 18 March 2013 Original: English Human Rights Council Twenty-third session Agenda items 2 and 3 Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and reports of the Office of the High Commissioner and the Secretary-General Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development Report on creating and/or strengthening synergies and linkages on violence against women and girls Report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Summary Pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 20/12, the following is a set of recommendations on synergies and linkages between the mechanisms of the Human Rights Council, and with other relevant intergovernmental processes on the issue of violence against women and girls. GE.13-12047