A/HRC/40/25 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 19 December 2018 Original: English Human Rights Council Fortieth session 25 February–22 March 2019 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 Report of the Secretary-General on missing persons Note by the Secretariat In its resolution 71/201, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to submit to the Human Rights Council at its relevant session and to the General Assembly at its seventy-third session a comprehensive report on the implementation of the resolution, including relevant recommendations. In that regard, the Secretariat has the honour to refer the Council to the report of the Secretary-General on missing persons submitted to the General Assembly (A/73/385) pursuant to that request. GE.18-22297(E) 