A/HRC/RES/44/22 COVID-19 pandemic, with a special focus on international cooperation and solidarity, and from a human rights perspective; 5. Requests the President of the Human Rights Council to appoint, as early as possible, from candidates nominated by regional groups, the Chair-Rapporteur for the 2021 Social Forum, bearing in mind the principle of regional rotation; 6. Requests the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to make available the most recent and relevant United Nations reports and documents, including statistics reports, relating to success stories and challenges in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, as background documents for the dialogues and debates that will be held at the 2021 Social Forum; 7. Requests the High Commissioner to facilitate the participation in the 2021 Social Forum, in order to contribute to the interactive dialogues and debates held at the Forum and to assist the Chair-Rapporteur as resource persons, of no fewer than 10 experts, including, as appropriate, representatives of civil society and grass-roots organizations in developing countries, representatives of relevant international organizations, including the World Health Organization, the International Labour Organization and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, as well as relevant special procedures; 8. Decides that the Social Forum will remain open to the participation of representatives of States Members of the United Nations 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 and specialized agencies and organizations, and representatives designated by national human rights institutions and non-governmental organizations in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council, and will also be open to other non-governmental organizations whose aims and purposes are in conformity with the spirit, purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, including 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, environmental organizations and activists, youth associations, community organizations, trade unions and associations of workers, and representatives of the private sector, on the basis of arrangements, including Economic and Social Council resolution 1996/31 of 25 July 1996 and practices observed by the Commission on Human Rights, through an open and transparent accreditation procedure, in accordance with the rules of procedure of the Human Rights Council, while ensuring the most effective contribution of these entities; 9. Requests the Office of the High Commissioner to seek effective means for ensuring consultation and the broadest possible participation of representatives from every region, in particular, representatives of persons with disabilities, especially those from developing countries, in the Social Forum, including by establishing partnerships with nongovernmental organizations, the private sector and international organizations; 10. Requests the Secretary-General to take appropriate measures to disseminate information about the Social Forum, to invite relevant individuals and organizations to the Forum, and to take all practical measures required for the success of this initiative; 11. Invites the 2021 Social Forum to submit a report containing its conclusions and recommendations to the Human Rights Council at its forty-ninth session; 12. Requests the Secretary-General to provide the Social Forum with all the services and facilities necessary to fulfil its activities, and requests the High Commissioner to provide all the support necessary to facilitate the convening and proceedings of the Forum; 2