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10. Decides that the Social Forum will remain open for participation of representatives
of United Nations Member States and all other interested stakeholders such as intergovernmental
organizations, different components of the United Nations system, especially mandate-holders of
thematic procedures and mechanisms of the human rights machinery, regional economic
commissions, specialized agencies and organizations - in particular the United Nations
Development Programme, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and the World
Trade Organization, as well as representatives designated by human rights national institutions
and non-governmental organizations in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council
and other non-governmental organizations, in particular newly emerging actors such as small
groups and rural and urban associations from the North and the South, anti-poverty groups,
peasants’ and farmers’ organizations and their national and international associations, voluntary
organizations, youth associations, community organizations, trade unions and associations of
workers, as well as representatives of the private sector, regional banks, and other financial
institutions and international development agencies, based on arrangements, including
Economic and Social Council resolution 1996/31 of 25 July 1996, and practices observed by the
Commission on Human Rights, while ensuring the most effective contribution of these entities;
11. Requests the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to
seek effective means of ensuring consultation and the broadest possible participation of
representatives from every region, especially those from developing countries, in the Social
Forum, including by establishing partnerships with non-governmental organizations, the private
sector and international organizations;
12. Requests the Secretary-General to adopt the appropriate measures to disseminate
information about the Social Forum, invite the relevant individuals and organizations to the
Social Forum and take all practical measures required for the success of this initiative;
13. Invites the 2008 Social Forum to submit to the Human Rights Council a report
including a proposal of possible themes for the 2009 Social Forum;
14. Requests the Secretary-General to provide the Social Forum with all the
services and facilities necessary to fulfil its activities, and also requests the United Nations
High Commissioner for Human Rights to provide all the necessary support to facilitate the
convening and proceedings of the Social Forum;
15. Decides to continue consideration of this issue under the relevant agenda item when
the report of the 2008 Social Forum is submitted to the Human Rights Council.
21st meeting
28 September 2007
[Adopted without a vote. See chap. V.]
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