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requirements is possible. The Secretariat will seek to identify areas from which resources can be
redeployed to meet the requirements in the biennium 2008-2009. At the time the
General Assembly reviews the question of the revised estimates resulting from decisions taken
by the Human Rights Council at its seventh session, it is anticipated that the Secretariat would be
in a position to inform the General Assembly on how to meet the additional requirements.
42. Since the period for renewal of the mandate extends into the biennium 2010-2011, the
requirements for that period will be considered in the context of the preparation of the proposed
programme budget for the biennium 2010-2011.
43. With regard to paragraph 9, attention is also drawn to the provisions of section VI of
General Assembly resolution 45/248 B of 21 December 1990, and subsequent resolutions, the
most recent of which is resolution 62/236 of 22 December 2007, in which the Assembly
reaffirmed that the Fifth Committee is the appropriate Main Committee of the Assembly
entrusted with responsibilities for administrative and budgetary matters and reaffirmed the role
of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions.
7/22. Human rights and access to safe drinking water and sanitation
44. Under the terms of paragraph 2, subparagraphs 2 (a), (b), (c), (e), (f) and paragraph 3 of its
resolution 7/22, the Council:
(a) Decided to appoint, for a period of three years, an independent expert on the issue of
human rights obligations related to access to safe drinking water and sanitation, whose tasks
would be:
(i)
To develop a dialogue with Governments, the relevant United Nations bodies,
the private sector, local authorities, national human rights institutions, civil
society organizations as well as academic institutions, to identify, promote and
exchange on best practices related to access to safe drinking water and
sanitation, and, in that regard, to prepare a compendium of best practices;
(ii)
To advance the work by undertaking a study, in cooperation with and reflecting
the views of Governments and relevant United Nations bodies, and in further
cooperation with the private sector, local authorities, national human rights
institutions, civil society organizations and academic institutions, on the further
clarification of the content of human rights obligations, including
non-discrimination obligations, in relation to access to safe drinking water and
sanitation;
(iii)
To make recommendations that could help the realization of the Millennium
Development Goals, in particular of Goal 7;
(iv)
To work in close coordination, while avoiding unnecessary duplication, with
other special procedures and subsidiary organs of the Council, relevant
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