UNITED
NATIONS
A
General Assembly
Distr.
GENERAL
A/HRC/4/115
16 February 2007
Original: ENGLISH
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
Fourth session
Item 2 of the provisional agenda
IMPLEMENTATION OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION 60/251
OF 15 MARCH 2006 ENTITLED “HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL”
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on
the follow-up to the report of the Commission of Inquiry on Lebanon∗
1.
This report has been prepared pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 3/3
of 8 December 2006 requesting the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to
continue to “consult with the Government of Lebanon on the report and its findings and on the
relevant recommendations contained therein and to report to the Council at its fourth session”
(para. 2).
2.
Resolution 3/3 was adopted following the presentation by the Commission of Inquiry on
Lebanon of its report (A/HRC/2/3) to the Human Rights Council on 1 December 2006. The
Commission of Inquiry on Lebanon was established by Human Rights Council resolution S-2/1
of 11 August 2006.
3.
This report describes the steps taken by the High Commissioner and her Office to
implement resolution 3/3 of the Human Rights Council and the recommendations of the
Commission of Inquiry as contained in its report.
4.
In accordance with resolution 3/3, the High Commissioner met with the Permanent
Representative of Lebanon to the United Nations at Geneva, on 2 February 2007, in order to
consult on the report, its findings and recommendations. During the meeting, the Permanent
Representative recalled the original mandate of the Commission of Inquiry, as contained in
∗ The present report was submitted after the deadline in order to reflect the most recent
information available.
GE 07-10878 (E) 230207
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