A/HRC/39/1 10. At its thirty-ninth session, the Human Rights Council will elect Advisory Committee members for the four vacant seats, one from the Group of African States, one from the Group of Asia-Pacific States, one from the Group of Latin American and Caribbean States and one from the Group of Western European and other States. 11. Paragraph 70 of the annex to resolution 5/1 provides that the Human Rights Council shall elect the members of the Advisory Committee, in secret ballot, from the list of candidates whose names have been presented in accordance with the agreed requirements. 12. Pursuant to paragraph 67 of the annex to resolution 5/1, the Human Rights Council adopted decision 6/102 containing technical and objective requirements for the submission of candidatures for members of the Advisory Committee, with the aim of ensuring that the best possible expertise is made available to the Council. 13. In accordance with paragraph 71 of the annex to Human Rights Council resolution 5/1, the list of candidates for the four vacant seats and relevant information have been made available to Member States and to the public in a note by the Secretary-General (A/HRC/39/74). Report on the session 14. At the end of its thirty-ninth session, the Human Rights Council will have before it for adoption a draft report prepared by the Rapporteur. It will contain a technical summary of the proceedings of the session. 2. Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and reports of the Office of the High Commissioner and the Secretary-General 15. All reports of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the Secretary-General are submitted under agenda item 2, which remains an open-ended item throughout the session. The reports will be considered under the relevant agenda items, as appropriate. The specific timing of their introduction will be reflected in the programme of work. Composition of staff of OHCHR 16. Pursuant to its resolution 36/1, the Human Rights Council will consider the report of the High Commissioner on the geographical composition of the staff of OHCHR and the actions taken within the current staff selection system to achieve an equitable geographical representation of the Office (A/HRC/39/22). Mission by OHCHR to improve the human rights situation and accountability in Burundi 17. In its resolution 36/2, the Human Rights Council requested OHCHR to urgently dispatch a team of three experts to engage with the Burundian authorities and all other stakeholders, in particular United Nations agencies and the African Union, to collect and preserve information, to determine the facts and circumstances in accordance with international standards and practice, in cooperation with the Government of Burundi, and to forward to the judicial authorities of Burundi such information in order to establish the truth and ensure that the perpetrators of deplorable crimes are all accountable to the judicial authorities of Burundi; and to make recommendations for technical assistance and capacitybuilding and ways of improving the situation of human rights in the country with a view to providing support to the country in fulfilling its human rights obligations, ensuring accountability and combating impunity. Pursuant to the same resolution, the High Commissioner will present his final report on the mission of OHCHR during an interactive dialogue (A/HRC/39/40). Mental health and human rights 18. Reference is made to the report of the High Commissioner on the outcome of the consultation on the fulfilment of a human rights perspective in mental health (A/HRC/39/36) (see para. 44 below). 3

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