A/HRC/45/37 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 8 July 2020 Original: English Human Rights Council Forty-fifth session 14 September–2 October 2020 Agenda item 5 Human rights bodies and mechanisms Annual report of the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee Note by the Secretariat 1. In accordance with paragraph 38 of the annex to Human Rights Council resolution 16/21, the annual report of the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee, consisting of the reports of its two sessions held in 2020, was to be considered by the Council at its fortyfifth session. 2. The Advisory Committee held its twenty-fourth session from 17 to 21 February 2020, however its twenty-fifth session, scheduled to be held from 17 to 21 August 2020, was postponed to February 2021 due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. 3. The annual report of the Advisory Committee, which will be the subject of an interactive dialogue with the Chair of the Committee, will therefore consist only of the report of the Committee on its twenty-fourth session. 4. The report of the Advisory Committee on its twenty-fourth session is contained in document A/HRC/AC/24/2. GE.20-09074(E) 