A/HRC/7/51 page 2 3. In its resolution 59/196, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General, to submit to it at its sixty-first session a report on the state of regional arrangements for the promotion and protection of human rights. Such a report was submitted to the General Assembly in September 2006.1 Subsequently, some developments have occurred, which are covered by the report of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and follow up to the World Conference on Human Rights submitted to the Human Rights Council at its fourth session.2 These developments mainly related to the establishment of regional offices by the Office of the High Commissioner. Additional relevant information was contained in a report of the Secretary-General on the status of regional arrangements for the promotion and protection of human rights in the Asian and Pacific Region submitted to the Council at its fourth session.3 4. The Council in its resolution 6/20 on regional arrangements for the promotion and protection of human rights requested the High Commissioner to convene in 2008 a workshop for an exchange of views on good practices, added value and challenges for such regional arrangements, with the participation of representatives of all relevant regional and subregional arrangements from different regions, experts as well as all interested Member States, observers, national human rights institutions and representatives of non-governmental organizations, based on arrangements, including Economic and Social Council resolution 1996/31 and practices observed by the Commission on Human Rights. The Human Rights Council in its resolution 6/20 furthermore requested that the Office of the High Commissioner present to the Council a summary of the discussions of the workshop, at a moment in conformity with the programme of work of the Council. 5. In accordance with Council resolution 6/20, the Office will organize a workshop in 2008 to gather relevant information on regional arrangements for the promotion and protection of human rights and submit a detailed report on the results of the workshop to the Council in 2008. Thus, the submission of a full report on the state of regional arrangements for the promotion and protection of human rights does not appear necessary at this stage. ----- 1 A/61/513. 2 A/HRC/4/49. 3 A/HRC/4/90.