A/HRC/4/123 page 15 Encouraging the High Commissioner, within her mandate as set out in General Assembly resolution 48/141, to continue to play an active role in promoting and protecting all civil, cultural, economic, political, social rights and the right to development, Recalling also that the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action adopted in June 1993 at the World Conference on Human Rights (A/CONF.157/23), recognized the necessity for an adaptation and strengthening of United Nations human rights machinery in accordance with current and future needs in the promotion and protection of human rights, Reaffirming that the High Commissioner shall be a person of high moral standing and personal integrity and shall possess expertise, including in the field of human rights, and the general knowledge and understanding of diverse cultures and different legal systems necessary for impartial, objective, non-selective and effective performance of the duties of the High Commissioner, Taking note of General Assembly resolution 61/159 of 19 December 2006, and the relevant reports of the High Commissioner (A/HRC/4/93) and the Joint Inspection Unit (JIU/REP/2006/3) concerning the composition of the staff of the Office of the High Commissioner, Welcoming the decision of the Secretary-General in his note on the follow-up to the management review of the Office of the High Commissioner (A/61/115/Add.1) to the effect that “the report of the Joint Inspection Unit on the follow-up to the management review of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (JIU/REP/2006/3 contained in A/61/115) will therefore be submitted to the Human Rights Council”, Convinced of the need for further and continued support and consideration of the programmes and activities of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, 1. Emphasizes that the Office of the High Commissioner is a common office for all and should therefore reflect a diversity of backgrounds and, in this context, recalls that the Office of the High Commissioner, as part of the United Nations Secretariat, is governed by Article 101 of the Charter of the United Nations concerning staffing policies, which is essential for ensuring the implementation of the principles of universality, objectivity and non-selectivity in the consideration of human rights issues; 2. Requests the Secretary-General to give due consideration to geographical rotation when appointing the High Commissioner, as set out in General Assembly resolution 48/141 of 20 December 1993; 3. Encourages the Office of the High Commissioner to continue the current practice of making the best use of available human rights expertise relevant to and, as appropriate, from the regions where activities are undertaken; 4. Calls upon the High Commissioner to take into account all relevant resolutions of the General Assembly and the Council in planning the activities of the Office and requests her to reflect them appropriately in her annual reports to the Council and the Assembly;