7/13. Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the sale of children,
child prostitution and child pornography
26. Under the terms of paragraphs 2, 2 (i), and 5 of its resolution 7/13, the Council:
(a) Decided to extend the mandate of the Special Rapporteur for a period of three years;
(b) Requested the Special Rapporteur to submit a report on the implementation of his/her mandate to the Council, in accordance with its annual programme of work;
(c) Requested the Secretary-General and the High Commissioner for Human Rights to provide all the necessary human, technical and financial assistance to the Special Rapporteur for the effective fulfilment of his/her mandate.
27. Pursuant to the adoption of the resolution by the Council, a total amount of $59,800 per annum or $119,600 per biennium will be required to implement the activities, arising from the terms of the resolution as follows:
(a) Travel of the Special Rapporteur for consultations/to attend the annual meeting of special procedures and to present a report to the Council, as well as for two field missions ($42,800 per annum);
(b) Travel of staff to accompany the Special Rapporteur during field missions ($9,800 per annum);
(c) Local transportation, security, communications and other miscellaneous expenses during field missions ($7,200 per annum).
28. The requirements to implement the activities for the mandate of the Special Rapporteur have been included under section 23, Human Rights, of the programme budget for the biennium 2008-2009. Since the period for renewal of the mandate extends into the biennium 2010-2011, the requirements for that period will be considered in the context of the preparation of the proposed programme budget for the biennium 2010-2011. No additional appropriations will be required as a result of the adoption of the resolution.
29. With regard to paragraph 5, attention is drawn to the provisions of section VI of General Assembly resolution 45/248 B, and subsequent resolutions, the most recent of which is resolution 62/236, in which the Assembly reaffirmed that the Fifth Committee was the appropriate Main Committee of the Assembly entrusted with responsibilities for administrative and budgetary matters and reaffirmed the role of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions.
7/14. The right to food
30. Under the terms of paragraph 37 of its resolution 7/14, the Council decided to convene a panel discussion on the realization of the right to food in the period of its main session
of 2009.
31. In view of the terms of paragraph 37 of the resolution, the conference servicing costs of the panel are expected to be met within the conference servicing entitlements of the Council approved for the 2008-2009 biennium under section 2, General Assembly and Economic and Social Council Affairs, and section 28 E, Administration - Geneva.
32. However, pursuant to the adoption of the resolution by the Council, a total additional amount of $28,600 will be required under section 23, Human Rights, to cover the travel cost of the expert participation in the panel discussion. Although it is anticipated that an additional amount of $28,600 would be required for the biennium 2008-2009, under section 23, additional resources are not requested at this time, as the Secretariat will, to the extent possible, absorb the additional requirements within the appropriations for section 23, Human Rights, for the biennium 2008-2009.
7/15. Situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s
Republic of Korea
33. Under the terms of paragraphs 2, 6 and 7 of its resolution 7/15, the Council:
(a) Decided to extend the mandate of the Special Rapporteur, in accordance with Commission on Human Rights resolutions 2004/13 and 2005/11, for a period of one year;
(b) Requested the Secretary-General to provide the Special Rapporteur with all necessary assistance and adequate staffing to carry out his mandate effectively and to ensure that the mechanism works with the support of OHCHR;
(c) Invited the Special Rapporteur to submit regular reports on the implementation of his mandate to the Council and the General Assembly.
34. Pursuant to the adoption of the resolution by the Council, a total amount of $62,300 per annum or $124,600 per biennium will be required to implement the activities, arising from the terms of the resolution as follows:
(a) Travel of the Special Rapporteur for three trips to Geneva per year (each for five days) for consultations/to attend the annual meeting of special procedures and to present a report to the Council and for two field missions per year, of an estimated duration of 10 days each ($44,000 per annum);
(b) Travel of staff to accompany the Special Rapporteur during field missions ($11,100 per annum);
(c) Local transportation, security, communications and other miscellaneous expenses during field missions ($7,200 per annum).
35. The requirements to implement the activities for the mandate of the Special Rapporteur have been included under section 23, Human Rights, of the programme budget for the biennium 2008-2009. No additional appropriations will be required as a result of the adoption of the resolution.
36. With regard to paragraph 6, attention is drawn to the provisions of section VI of General Assembly resolution 45/248 B, and subsequent resolutions, the most recent of which is resolution 62/236, in which the Assembly reaffirmed that the Fifth Committee was the
appropriate Main Committee of the Assembly entrusted with responsibilities for administrative and budgetary matters and reaffirmed the role of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions.
7/21. Mandate of the Working Group on the use of mercenaries
as a means of violating human rights and impeding the
exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination
37. Under the terms of paragraphs 2, 3, 7, 9 and 10 of its resolution 7/21, the Council:
(a) Decided to extend the mandate of the Working Group for a period of three years;
(b) Also decided to authorize the Working Group to hold three sessions per year of five working days each, two in Geneva and one in New York, in fulfilment of the mandate outlined in its resolution;
(c) Requested OHCHR to inform the Council, in a timely manner, of the dates and places for the convening of the other regional governmental consultations on this matter, in conformity with paragraph 15 of General Assembly resolution 62/145, bearing in mind that this process may lead to the holding of a high-level round table of States, under the auspices of the United Nations, to discuss the fundamental question of the role of the State as holder of the monopoly of the use of force, with the objective of facilitating a critical understanding of the responsibilities of the different actors, including private military and security companies, in the current context, and their respective obligations for the protection and promotion of human rights and in reaching a common understanding as to which additional regulations and controls were needed at the international level;
(d) Requested the Secretary-General and the High Commissioner for Human Rights to provide the Working Group with all the necessary assistance and support for the fulfilment of its mandate, both professional and financial, including through the promotion of cooperation between the Working Group and other components of the United Nations system that deal with countering mercenary-related activities, in order to meet the demands of its current and future activities;
(e) Requested the Working Group to consult States, intergovernmental organizations, non-governmental organizations and other relevant actors of civil society in the implementation of the resolution and to report its findings on the use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination to the General Assembly at its sixty-third session and to the Council in 2009, in accordance with its annual programme of work.
38. Pursuant to the adoption of the resolution by the Council, the total cost to implement the activities called for in the resolution is estimated at $656,300 per annum or $1,312,600 per biennium, as reflected in the table below.
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