A/HRC/2/2 A/HRC/Sub.1/58/36 page 114 III. ORGANIZATION OF WORK A. Opening and duration of the session and number of meetings 1. The Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights held its fifty-eighth session at the United Nations Office at Geneva from 7 to 25 August 2006. It held 23 meetings (see A/HRC/Sub.1/58/SR.1-23), 5 of which were held in closed session (see A/HRC/Sub.1/58/SR.5, SR.11, SR.15, SR.19 and SR.20). 2. The session was opened by Mr. Vladimir Kartashkin, Chairperson of the Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights at its fifty-seventh session. 3. The Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, Ms. Mehr Khan Williams, addressed the Sub-Commission at its 1st meeting, on 7 August 2006. B. Attendance 4. The session was attended by members of the Sub-Commission, by observers for States Members of the United Nations, by observers for non-member States and by observers for intergovernmental organizations, United Nations bodies, specialized agencies, other organizations, national human rights institutions and non-governmental organizations. (See A/HRC/Sub.1/58/Misc.1). C. Resolutions and documentation 5. The Sub-Commission adopted 22 resolutions and 12 decisions, and agreed upon one Chairperson’s statement by consensus. The texts of these resolutions, decisions and Chairperson’s statements appear in chapter I, sections A, B and C, respectively. 6. Pursuant to General Assembly resolution 60/251 of 15 March 2006 entitled “Human Rights Council”, all mandates, mechanisms, functions and responsibilities of the Commission on Human Rights, including the Sub-Commission, were assumed, as of 19 June 2006, by the Human Rights Council. Consequently, the symbol series E/CN.4/Sub.2/_, under which the Sub-Commission reported to the Commission on Human Rights was replaced by the series A/HRC/Sub.1/_. Documents submitted by members of the Sub-Commission and other experts entrusted with the preparation of reports and/or working papers prior to 19 June 2006, however, continue to bear the symbol series E/CN.4/Sub.2/_. For a list of documents issued for the fifty-eighth session, see annex VII. D. Election of officers 7. At its 1st meeting, on 7 August 2006, the Sub-Commission elected the following officers by acclamation: Chairperson: Mr. Marc Bossuyt (Belgium)

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