6. Urges the international community to increase its technical and financial assistance to the Government of Burundi with a view to supporting its efforts to respect and promote human rights, in particular in the areas of economic and social rights and justice system reform, and to provide assistance in the preparation of elections; 7. Requests the Office of the High Commissioner, through its presence in Burundi, to continue its activities and technical assistance programmes in consultation with the Burundi authorities; 8. Decides to extend the mandate of the independent expert until an independent national human rights commission has been established; 9. Invites the independent expert to report on his activities to the Council at the session following the establishment of the above-mentioned commission; 10. Invites the Office of the High Commissioner to report to the Council at its twelfth session on the progress achieved in the situation of human rights in Burundi and on his activities in the country, and to make recommendations on suitable independent mechanisms necessary for the promotion and protection of human rights in Burundi. 23rd meeting 24 September 2008 [Adopted without a vote.] II. DECISIONS 9/101. Missing persons At its 22nd meeting, on 24 September 2008, the Human Rights Council decided, without a vote, to adopt the following text: “The Human Rights Council, Recalling its resolution 7/28 of 28 March 2008 and all previous resolutions on missing persons adopted by the General Assembly and Commission on Human Rights, Welcoming the panel discussions on the question of missing persons held at its ninth session, Looking forward to the summary of the panel’s deliberations to be prepared by the High Commissioner, Requests the Advisory Committee to prepare subsequently a study on the best practices in the matter of missing persons and to submit that study to the Council at its twelfth session.” 48