A/HRC/37/30 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 18 December 2017 Original: English Human Rights Council Thirty-seventh session 26 February–23 March 2018 Agenda items 2 and 3 Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and reports of the Office of the High Commissioner and the Secretary-General Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development Question of the realization in all countries of economic, social and cultural rights Report of the Secretary-General on the role of economic, social and cultural rights in building sustainable and resilient societies for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Summary The present report is submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 34/4, in which the Council requested the Secretary-General to prepare an annual report on the question of the realization in all countries of economic, social and cultural rights, with a special focus on the role of economic, social and cultural rights in the transformation towards sustainable and resilient societies. In the report the Secretary-General identifies linkages between economic, social and cultural rights and hazards, disasters, crises and conflicts. He further discusses the concept of resilience from a human rights perspective and outlines elements of a human rightsbased approach to building sustainable and resilient societies. GE.17-22718(E) 