UNITED NATIONS A General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/HRC/12/27 22 July 2009 Original: ENGLISH HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Twelfth session Agenda item 3 PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF ALL HUMAN RIGHTS, CIVIL, POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS, INCLUDING THE RIGHT TO DEVELOPMENT Human rights and international solidarity Note by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights* The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has the honour to submit to the Human Rights Council the report of the independent expert on human rights and international solidarity, Rudi Muhammad Rizki, appointed pursuant to resolution 2005/55 of the Commission on Human Rights, whose mandate was renewed by the Council in its resolution 7/5. * Late submission. GE.09-14706 (E) 310709