Recalling the resolution of the Third Committee of the General Assembly (A/C.3/61/L.53/Rev.1), as orally amended, adopted on 22 November 2006 by which the Third Committee recommended that the Assembly convene the Durban Review Conference in 2009, Recalling also that by the same resolution the Human Rights Council is requested to undertake preparations for this event and to formulate by 2007 a concrete plan for the 2009 Durban Review Conference, Recalling further that by the same resolution the Council is requested to regularly provide the General Assembly with updates and progress reports towards this event starting in 2007, 1. Decides that the Human Rights Council will act as the Preparatory Committee for the Durban Review Conference which shall be open to the participation of all Member States of the United Nations and members of the specialized agencies and also to the participation of observers in accordance with the established practice of the General Assembly; 2. Decides also that the Preparatory Committee shall hold an organizational session of one week in May 2007, at the level of personal representatives of the Heads of State or Government or other appropriate high-level representatives designated for this purpose by Governments and two substantive sessions of 10 working days each during 2007 and 2008 in Geneva; 3. Decides further that the Preparatory Committee, at its organizational sessions, shall elect, on the basis of equitable geographical representation, a bureau for the Preparatory Committee and that, at the same session, the Preparatory Committee shall decide on all the relevant modalities for the Conference in accordance with established practice of the General Assembly, including deciding on the objectives of the Review Conference, the level at which the Review Conference shall be convened, regional preparatory initiatives, date and venue; 4. Requests Governments, the specialized agencies of the United Nations system and relevant United Nations bodies, regional organizations, governmental and non-governmental organizations, the Committee on the Elimination of Racial