A/HRC/21/59 I. Introduction 1. The Ad Hoc Committee on the elaboration of complementary international standards submits the present report pursuant to Human Rights Council decisions 3/103 and 10/30 and resolution 6/21. II. Organization of the session 2. The Ad Hoc Committee held its fourth session from 10 to 20 April 2012. During the session, the Ad Hoc Committee held 16 meetings. A. Attendance 3. The session was attended by representatives of Member States, non-Member States represented by observers, intergovernmental organizations and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council. B. Opening of the session 4. The first meeting of the fourth session of the Ad Hoc Committee on the elaboration of complementary standards was opened on 10 April 2012 by Yury Boychenko, Chief of the Anti-Discrimination Section, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). He welcomed the delegates, noting that it was hoped that the current session would be as productive as the previous one. He indicated the need to elect the ChairpersonRapporteur for the Ad Hoc Committee in order to proceed with the substantive work of the fourth session. C. Election of the Chairperson-Rapporteur 5. During the first meeting, the Ad Hoc Committee elected Abdul Samad Minty, Permanent Representative of the Republic of South Africa, to the United Nations Office at Geneva as its Chairperson-Rapporteur, by acclamation. In his brief introductory remarks, Mr. Minty thanked the Ad Hoc Committee for the confidence placed in him. D. Adoption of the agenda 6. During the 1st meeting of the session, the Ad-Hoc Committee adopted the agenda for the fourth session (A/HRC/AC.1/4/1). E. Organization of work 7. The Chairperson-Rapporteur introduced the draft programme of work contained in the agenda at the 1st meeting. He announced that a meeting of regional coordinators would take place prior to the resumption of the session that afternoon, in order to allow for additional consultations on the programme of work. 8. The revised programme of work was adopted, as amended at the 2nd meeting of the Ad Hoc Committee. 3