A/HRC/17/24 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 21 March 2011 Original: English Human Rights Council Seventeenth 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 Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the question of the realization in all countries of economic, social and cultural rights* Summary The present report is submitted in accordance with resolution 14/13 of the Human Rights Council. It outlines the activities of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), treaty bodies and special procedures in relation to economic, social and cultural rights. The report also covers OHCHR activities on assistance and technical cooperation to States, United Nations agencies and entities, civil society organizations and other relevant stakeholders. * GE.11-12176 All references to Kosovo shall be understood in the context of Security Council resolution 1244 (1999), and without prejudice to the status of Kosovo.