A UNITED NATIONS General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/HRC/4/55 14 February 2007 Original: ENGLISH HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Fourth session Item 2 of the provisional agenda IMPLEMENTATION OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION 60/251 OF 15 MARCH 2006 ENTITLED “HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL” The right to development Report of the High Commissioner for Human Rights* The Human Rights Council, by decision 2/102 of 6 October 2006, requested the High Commissioner for Human Rights to “continue with the fulfilment of her activities, in accordance with all previous decisions adopted by the Commission on Human Rights and to update the relevant reports and studies”. On the issue of the right to development, a comprehensive annual report (E/CN.4/2006/24) was submitted to the sixty-second session of the Commission on Human Rights pursuant to its resolution 1998/72. The information in the report remains relevant, and is complemented by the report submitted more recently to the General Assembly (A/61/211) pursuant to its resolution 60/157. The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights understands decision 2/102 as preserving the previous annual reporting cycle in respect of this issue until otherwise decided by the Council. The present report to the Human Rights Council accordingly addresses developments in respect of the right to development over the last year. * The present report was submitted later than the indicated deadline, in order to incorporate the latest available information on the subject matter. GE.07-10788 (E) 200207