UNITED NATIONS A General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/HRC/7/54 17 January 2008 Original: ENGLISH HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Seventh session Agenda item 2 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND REPORTS OF THE OFFICE OF THE HIGH COMMISSIONER AND THE SECRETARY-GENERAL The Secretary-General’s study on the question of violence against children Note by the Secretariat 1. The present note provides information on events and activities undertaken in 2007 as follow-up to the final report of the Secretary-General on the study on violence against children presented to the sixty-first session of the General Assembly.1 Introduction 2. During the study process, substantive progress reports on the activities of the independent expert, Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro, were submitted to the Commission on Human Rights and the General Assembly.2 A note by the Secretariat was submitted to the Human Rights Council in 2007.3 3. The General Assembly, in its resolution 61/146, decided to invite the independent expert, in cooperation with Member States, relevant organizations and bodies of the United Nations 1 A/61/299. 2 E/CN.4/2004/68, E/CN.4/2005/75, E/CN.4/2006/63 and A/60/282. 3 A/HRC/4/70. GE.08-10214 (E) 280108