A/HRC/PRST/16/1 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 21 April 2011 Original: English Human Rights Council Sixteenth session Agenda item 5 Human rights bodies and mechanisms President’s statement* PRST 16/1 Reports of the Advisory Committee At the 48th meeting, on 25 March 2011, the President of the Human Rights Council read out the following statement: “The Human Rights Council, 1. Takes note of the reports of the Advisory Committee on its fifth and sixth sessions (A/HRC/16/60 and A/HRC/16/61); 2. Notes that, at the fifth session, four recommendations were made by the Advisory Committee relating to the following: (a) A draft set of principles and guidelines for the elimination of discrimination against persons affected by leprosy and their family members; (b) A study on discrimination in the context of the right to food; (c) The promotion of the right of peoples to peace; (d) The enhancement of international cooperation in the field of human rights; 3. Also notes that at the sixth session, five recommendations were made by the Advisory Committee relating to the following: (a) Missing persons; (b) A study on discrimination in the context of the right to food; (c) The promotion of the right of peoples to peace; * The present statement will be contained in the report of the Human Rights Council on its sixteenth session (A/HRC/16/2), chap. III. GE.11-12984