UNITED NATIONS A General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/HRC/10/49 6 February 2009 Original: ENGLISH HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Tenth 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 United Nations Voluntary Trust Fund on Contemporary Forms of Slavery* Report of the Secretary-General Summary The present report contains the recommendations adopted by the Board of Trustees of the United Nations Voluntary Trust Fund on Contemporary Forms of Slavery at its thirteenth session, held in Geneva from 8 to 12 September 2008 and approved by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on behalf of the Secretary-General. It covers in particular: the financial status of the Fund; new project grants for 2008; progress in implementing the recommendations of the Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS); and the Board’s needs assessment for 2009. It updates the report of the Secretary-General to the General Assembly at its sixty-second session (A/62/180). * Late submission. GE.09-10692 (E) 130209