L.6 : DRAFT RESOLUTION PROPOSED BY THE PRESIDENT

Submitted by the President at 4.00 pm on 5/12/2006
3/…	Implementation of the General Assembly resolution 60/251: agenda, annual  programme of work, methods of work and rules of procedure of the Human Rights Council
	
The Human Rights Council, 
PP1.  Recalling its decisions 1/103, 1/104 and 1/105,
PP2.  Underlying the importance of a comprehensive implementation of the General Assembly resolution 60/251;
PP3. Taking into account the debate held during its 3rd session on these issues;
OP1. Decides  to establish an open –ended intergovernmental, intersessional working group to formulate concrete recommendations on its agenda, its annual  programme of work, its methods of work as well as its rules of procedure in accordance with the  General Assembly resolution 60/251 , to undertake transparent, well scheduled and inclusive consultations, with the participation of all stakeholders;
OP2. Further decides that the working group shall have at its disposal 10 days  of fully serviced meetings, half of them to be scheduled before the fourth session of the Human Rights Council and half of them- before its fifth session which shall allow sufficient time and flexibility for the fulfilment of its mandate;
OP3. Requests the President of the Council to chair the working group with the assistance, if necessary, of one or more facilitators;
OP4. Further requests the Office of the High-Commissioner for Human Rights to provide the working group with any background information it may require on these issues; 
OP5. Requests the working group to report to the Council at its fourth session on progress made. 
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