A/HRC/13/19 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 30 December 2009 Original: English Human Rights Council Thirteenth session Agenda item 2 Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and reports of the Office of the High Commissioner and the Secretary-General Enhancement of international cooperation in the field of human rights Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights* Summary The present report is submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 10/6. It summarizes replies received in response to a request for information sent to Member States, observer States and other observers, including intergovernmental and nongovernmental organizations. Responses were received from the Governments of Algeria, Bahrain, Burkina Faso, Iraq, Jordan, Monaco, Serbia and Ukraine, as well as from the Holy See, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the International Labour Organization, the Jordanian National Centre for Human Rights, the National Human Rights Committee of Qatar, and non-governmental organizations Cercle de recherche sur les droits et les devoirs de la personne humaine (CRED) and the International Disability Alliance. * Late submission. GE.10-10005 (E) 280110