A/HRC/13/51 opportunity to strengthen social security guarantees to mitigate the adverse effects of the crisis on the vulnerable, particularly those groups including, but not limited to, women, migrants, indigenous peoples, people with disabilities and children. Furthermore, she underscored the necessity of international assistance and cooperation and the support of international organizations and donors in overcoming macroeconomic constraints on growth and implementing appropriate policies at the national level. The Deputy High Commissioner welcomed further constructive discussions on incorporating a human rights approach into social security policies. B. Organization of work 8. The Council, in its resolution 10/29, requested that the discussions of the 2009 Social Forum focus on the negative impact of economic and financial crises on efforts to combat poverty; national anti-poverty programmes: best practices of States in implementing social security programmes from a human rights perspective; and international assistance and cooperation in combating poverty. 9. Consequently, the programme of work1 was prepared under the guidance of the Chairperson-Rapporteur, taking into account the input received from Member States and other relevant stakeholders. Under the above-mentioned main themes, the 2009 Social Forum heard 21 expert presentations on 7 different thematic panels, which were each followed by an interactive debate. C. Documentation 10. The 2009 Social Forum had before it the provisional agenda (A/HRC/SF/2009/1; see annex I), the programme of work and the background report (A/HRC/SF/2009/2) submitted by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights pursuant to paragraph 9 of Council resolution 10/29. III. Summary of proceedings 11. The section below contains a summary of the presentations and statements made during the interactive debate that followed the presentations. A. National anti-poverty programmes: best practices of States in implementing social security programmes from a human rights perspective 1. Human rights perspectives on a social protection floor, approaches for addressing the social protection gap 12. The independent expert on the question of human rights and extreme poverty, Maria Magdalena Sepulveda Carmona, reiterated that poverty was both a cause and a consequence of human rights violations, and that human rights norms and principles provided guidance and a normative framework for poverty reduction. She stated that the economic and financial crisis had had devastating consequences for the poor, especially the most 1 4 Available on the website of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights at the address www2.ohchr.org/english/issues/poverty/docs/sforum/SF2009_PoW.pdf GE.09-17229