A/HRC/39/59 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 9 July 2018 Original: English Human Rights Council Thirty-ninth session 10–28 September 2018 Agenda items 3 and 5 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development Human rights bodies and mechanisms Report of the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee on the activities of vulture funds and their impact on human rights Note by the Secretariat 1. In its resolution 34/3, the Human Rights Council took note with appreciation of the progress report of the Advisory Committee on the activities of vulture funds and their impact on human rights,1 and requested the Committee to present a final report thereon to the Council at its thirty-ninth session for its consideration. 2. At its twentieth session, in February 2018, the Advisory Committee decided to recommend that the Human Rights Council extend the time scheduled in order to allow for better-informed work, and that it request the Advisory Committee to submit its final report to the Council at its forty-first session. 3. The above-mentioned report of the Advisory Committee will accordingly be submitted to the Human Rights Council at its forty-first session. 1 A/HRC/33/54. GE.18-11280(E) 