A/HRC/24/27 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 14 June 2013 Original: English Human Rights Council Twenty-fourth session Agenda items 2 and 3 Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and reports of the Office of the High Commissioner and the Secretary-General Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development Consolidated report of the Secretary-General and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the right to development Summary The present report contains a brief overview of the activities of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and United Nations human rights mechanisms relating to the promotion and realization of the right to development. It covers the period from July 2012 to May 2013 and complements the report of the High Commissioner to the twenty-first session of the Human Rights Council (A/HRC/21/28). The report provides detailed information on advocacy, outreach and communications work by the Office. In addition, it recounts events and initiatives in support of relevant Council mechanisms and the mainstreaming of the right to development in the global partnership for development. GE.13-14787