A/HRC/15/30 Introduction 1. In its resolution 8/13, the Human Rights Council requested the Advisory Committee to formulate a draft set of principles and guidelines for the elimination of discrimination against persons affected by leprosy and their family members. The Council also requested the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) to hold a meeting to exchange views among relevant actors, including Governments, observers of the United Nations, relevant United Nations bodies, specialized agencies and programmes, non-governmental organizations, scientists, medical experts, as well as representatives of persons affected by leprosy and their family members, on measures to eliminate discrimination against persons affected by leprosy and their family members. 2. At its first session, the Advisory Committee designated Shigeki Sakamoto to formulate the draft set of principles and guidelines. Mr. Sakamoto was invited to participate in the meeting organized by OHCHR on 15 January 2009. 3. At its third session, the Advisory Committee endorsed the draft set of principles and guidelines prepared by Mr. Sakamoto, taking into account the report of OHCHR on the above-mentioned meeting (A/HRC/10/62), and submitted it to the Council for consideration at its twelfth session. 4. In its resolution 12/7, the Council requested OHCHR to collect the views on the draft set of principles and guidelines of relevant actors, including Governments, observers of the United Nations, relevant United Nations bodies, specialized agencies and programmes, non-governmental organizations, scientists and medical experts, as well as representatives of persons affected by leprosy and their family members, and to make those views available to the Advisory Committee. It also requested the Committee to finalize the draft set of principles and guidelines for submission to the Council by its fifteenth session, taking into full consideration the views of the above-mentioned relevant actors. 5. The revised draft set of principles and guidelines for the elimination of discrimination against persons affected by leprosy and their family members (A/HRC/AC/5/2) was presented by Mr. Sakamoto to the Advisory Committee at its fifth session. At the same session, taking into account the comments received from Committee members and other participants during the debate, the draft set of principles and guidelines was endorsed by the Committee, as orally revised, and annexed to recommendation 5/3. It is submitted to the Council, as an annex to the present document, for consideration by the Council at its fifteenth session. 2