United Nations General Assembly A/HRC/DEC/17/118 Distr.: General 15 July 2011 Original: English Human Rights Council Seventeenth session Agenda item 1 Organizational and procedural matters Decision adopted by the Human Rights Council∗ 17/118 Establishment of the Office of the President of the Human Rights Council At its 35th meeting, on 17 June 2011, the Human Rights Council decided to adopt the following text: “The Human Rights Council, Recalling General Assembly resolution 60/251 of 15 March 2006 and Human Rights Council resolution 5/1 of 18 June 2007, Recalling also General Assembly resolution 64/144 of 18 December 2009 on the office of the President of the Human Rights Council, Recalling further that, according to the Human Rights Council, in the annex to its resolution 16/21 of 25 March 2011, the Office of the President of the Council should be established, in line with the procedural and organizational roles of the President, within existing resources, in order to support the President in the fulfilment of his or her tasks and enhance efficiency, continuity and institutional memory in this regard, Recalling that the Office of the President should be provided with adequate resources drawn from the regular budget, including staff, office space and necessary equipment required for the fulfilment of its tasks, Recalling also that the composition, modalities and financial implications of the Office of the President should be considered by the Human Rights Council on the basis of the report of the secretariat,1 ∗ The resolutions and decisions adopted by the Human Rights Council will be contained in the report of the Council on its seventeenth session (A/HRC/17/2), chap. I. GE.11-14890