A/HRC/RES/20/11 9. Takes note of the report of the Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights,1 in which she focused on the right to enjoy the benefits of scientific progress and its applications; 10. Also takes note of the work conducted by the Special Rapporteur, including the questionnaire on the right to enjoy the benefits of scientific progress and its applications, as well as of the holding, in Geneva, of an experts’ meeting on the issue, on 5 and 6 December 2011, and of a public consultation, on 7 December 2011; 11. Recognizes that further work and discussions on the issue are needed and, in that regard, requests the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to convene, in 2013, a seminar of two working days on the right to enjoy the benefits of scientific progress and its applications in order to further clarify the content and scope of this right and its relationship with other human rights and fundamental freedoms, including the right of everyone to the protection of the moral and material interests resulting from any scientific, literary or artistic production of which he or she is the author; 12. Requests the Office of the High Commissioner: (a) To invite States, the Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights and other relevant stakeholders, including academic experts and civil society organizations, as well as relevant United Nations agencies, funds and programmes and other international organizations, to participate actively in the above-mentioned seminar; (b) To submit to the Human Rights Council, at its twenty-sixth session, a report, in the form of a summary, on the seminar; 13. Requests the Secretary-General and the High Commissioner to provide all the human and technical assistance necessary for the effective and timely realization of the above-mentioned seminar; 14. Reiterates its call upon all Governments to cooperate with and assist the Special Rapporteur in the discharge of her mandate, to provide her with all the necessary information requested by her and to give serious consideration to responding favourably to her requests to visit their countries in order to enable her to fulfil her duties effectively; 15. Requests the High Commissioner to provide all the human and financial resources necessary for the effective fulfilment of the mandate by the Special Rapporteur; 16. Requests the Special Rapporteur to present her next report to the Human Rights Council at its twenty-third session, and decides to consider the report under the same agenda item in accordance with its programme of work. [Adopted without a vote.] 1 31st meeting 5 July 2012 A/HRC/20/26. 3