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4.
With regard to paragraph 4, attention is drawn to the provisions of section VI of
General Assembly resolution 45/248 B of 21 December 1990, in which the Assembly reaffirmed
that the Fifth Committee was 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.
6/13. The Social Forum
1.
Under the terms of paragraphs 4, 5, 5 (c), 9 and 14 of resolution 6/13, the Human
Rights Council:
(a) Decided that the Social Forum shall continue meeting every year, and requested that
the next meeting of the Social Forum be held during 2008 in Geneva on dates suitable for the
participation of representatives of United Nations Members States and of the broadest possible
range of other stakeholders especially from developing countries;
(b)
Decided that the Social Forum will meet for three working days;
(c) Decided that the Social Forum may devote one day to an interactive debate with
relevant thematic procedures mandate-holders of the Council on issues related to the topics of
the Social Forum, and to formulating conclusions and recommendations to be presented to
relevant bodies through the Council;
(d) Requested the High Commissioner for Human Rights to facilitate the participation in
the 2008 Social Forum, to assist the Chairperson-Rapporteur as resource persons, of up to four
relevant Council thematic procedures mandate-holders, in particular the independent expert on
the question of human rights and extreme poverty and the independent expert on human rights
and international solidarity;
(e) Requested the Secretary-General to provide the Social Forum with all the services
and facilities necessary to fulfil its activities, and also request the High Commissioner for Human
Rights to provide all the necessary support to facilitate the convening and proceedings of the
Social Forum.
2.
It is estimated that, pursuant to the resolution adopted by the Council, a total cost of
$195,800 for the biennium 2008-2009 will be required for conference services under section 2,
General Assembly and Economic and Social Affairs and Conference Management, and section
28E, Administration Geneva, to be provided for the meetings of the Social Forum for three
working days per annum called for in paragraphs 4 and 5. It is also estimated that a total amount
of $56,600 for the biennium 2008-2009 will be required for travel and daily subsistence
allowance of four Council thematic procedures mandate holders to participate in the Social
Forum called for in paragraphs 5 (c) and 9 under section 23, Human Rights. The total estimated
requirements for the biennium 2008-2009 are as follows:
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