A/HRC/30/47 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 9 July 2015 Original: English Human Rights Council Thirtieth session Agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development Report of the open-ended intergovernmental working group to consider the possibility of elaborating an international regulatory framework on the regulation, monitoring and oversight of the activities of private military and security companies on its fourth session* Chair-Rapporteur: Abdul S. Minty (South Africa) Summary The Human Rights Council, in its resolution 22/33, extended the mandate of the open-ended intergovernmental working group to consider the possibility of elaborating an international regulatory framework on the regulation, monitoring and oversight of the activities of private military and security companies for a period of two years in order for it to undertake and fulfil the mandate as outlined in paragraph 77 of its report on its second session (A/HRC/22/41). The Council also requested the working group to present its recommendations to the Council at its thirtieth session. Those recommendations are contained in section V of the present report. * The annexes to the present report are circulated as received. GE.15-11613(E) *1511613*