A/HRC/40/3 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 17 January 2019 Original: English Human Rights Council Fortieth session 25 February–22 March 2019 Agenda item 2 Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and reports of the Office of the High Commissioner and the Secretary-General Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights* * Agreement was reached to publish the present report after the standard publication date owing to circumstances beyond the submitter’s control. GE.19-00833(E) 