United Nations General Assembly A/HRC/PRST/18/1 Distr.: General 17 October 2011 English Original: French Human Rights Council Eighteenth session Agenda item 10 Technical assistance and capacity-building Statement by the President* PRST 18/1 Technical assistance and capacity-building for Haiti At the 37th meeting, held on 30 September 2011, the President of the Council read out the following statement: “Upon the request of the authorities of Haiti, the Human Rights Council has decided to technically extend the mandate of the independent expert on the situation of human rights in Haiti until the nineteenth session of the Council.” * This statement will appear in the report of the Human Rights Council on its 18th session (A/HRC/18/2), chap. III. GE.11-16776 (E) 011211 011211