6.
Requests the President of the Human Rights Council to appoint, before
the end of 2007, from candidates nominated by regional groups, the ChairpersonRapporteur for the 2008 Social Forum and decides to respect the principle of regional
rotation while appointing the chairpersons-rapporteurs of the Social Forum in the
future;
7.
Invites the appointed Chairperson-Rapporteur to announce, in a timely
manner, the most appropriate dates for convening the 2008 Social Forum, after
holding consultations with United Nations Member States and other stakeholders;
8.
Requests the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to
consult all actors identified in the present resolution on the issues referred to in
paragraph 4 above and to present a report as a background contribution for the
dialogues and debates that will be held at the 2008 Social Forum;
9.
Requests also the High Commissioner for Human Rights to facilitate
the participation in the 2008 Social Forum, to assist the Chairperson-Rapporteur as
resource persons, of up to four relevant Human Rights Council thematic procedures
mandate holders, in particular the independent expert on the question of human rights
and extreme poverty and the independent expert on human rights and international
solidarity;
10.
Decides that the Social Forum will remain open for participation of
representatives of United Nations Member States and all other interested stakeholders
such as intergovernmental organizations, different components of the United Nations
system, especially mandate holders of thematic procedures and mechanisms of the
human rights machinery, regional economic commissions, specialized agencies and
organizations - in particular the United Nations Development Programme, the World
Bank, the International Monetary Fund and the World Trade Organization, as well as
representatives designated by human rights national institutions and nongovernmental organizations in consultative status with the Economic and Social
Council and other non-governmental organizations, in particular newly emerging
actors such as small groups and rural and urban associations from the North and the
South, anti-poverty groups, peasants’ and farmers’ organizations and their national
and international associations, voluntary organizations, youth associations,
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