A/HRC/7/78 page 60 5. Calls on the international community to support the implementation of the local mechanism of cooperation between the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and the human rights section of the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, called “Entité de liaison des droits de l’homme”; 6. Invites the High Commissioner to report to the Council at its session in March 2009 on the human rights situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the activities the Office of the High Commissioner has undertaken in the country; 7. Requests the above-mentioned thematic special procedures (see paragraph 2 above) to report to the Council no later than its session in March 2009 under agenda item 10; 8. Calls on the international community to provide the Democratic Republic of the Congo with the various forms of assistance that the Democratic Republic of the Congo requests, with a view to improving the human rights situation; 9. Decides to pursue this matter under the same agenda item at its session in March 2009. 40th meeting 27 March 2008 Adopted without a vote. See chapter X. 7/21. Mandate of the Working Group on the use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination The Human Rights Council, Recalling all of the previous resolutions adopted by the General Assembly and the Commission on Human Rights on the subject, including Assembly resolution 62/145 of 18 December 2007 and Commission resolution 2005/2 of 7 April 2005, Bearing in mind paragraph 6 of Assembly resolution 60/251 of 15 March 2006, Recalling Council resolutions 5/1 entitled “Institution-building of the United Nations Human Rights Council” and 5/2 entitled “Code of Conduct for Special Procedures Mandate-holders of the Human Rights Council” of 18 June 2007, and stressing that the mandate-holder shall discharge his/her duties in accordance with these resolutions and the annexes thereto, 1. Acknowledges with appreciation the work and contributions made by the Working Group on the use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination, and takes note with appreciation of its latest report (A/HRC/7/7);

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