A/HRC/30/47 Contents Page I. Introduction ...................................................................................................................................... 3 II. Organization of the fourth session.................................................................................................... 4 A. Election of the Chair-Rapporteur ............................................................................................. 4 B. Attendance ............................................................................................................................... 4 C. Organization of the session ...................................................................................................... 4 D. General discussion ................................................................................................................... 6 Discussion on specific topics ........................................................................................................... 9 III. A. Substantive report of the Chair of the Working Group on the use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination 9 B. Discussion with representative of private military and security companies ............................ 12 C. Specificities of regulating sea-based private security activities ............................................... 14 D. Use of private security companies by the United Nations ....................................................... 17 IV. Concluding remarks ......................................................................................................................... 20 V. Conclusions and recommendations .................................................................................................. 21 I. List of participants............................................................................................................................ 22 II. Concluding remarks by the European Union ................................................................................... 23 III. Déclaration et observations finales du Groupe africain .................................................................... 25 Annexes 2