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Excerpt from UN Human Rights Council President’s Text, 17 June 2007
Agenda and Framework for the Program of Work
I. Principles
o Universality
o Impartiality
o Objectivity
o Non-selectiveness
o Constructive dialogue and co-operation
o Predictability
o Flexibility
o Transparency
o Accountability
o Balance
o Inclusive/comprehensive
o Implementation and follow-up of decisions
II. Agenda
Item 1 Organizational and procedural matters.
Item 2 Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and reports of the OHCHR and the Secretary General.
Item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development.
Item 4 Human rights situations that require the Council’s attention.
Item 5 Human Rights Bodies and Mechanisms.
Item 6 Universal Periodic Review.
Item 7 Human rights situation in Palestine and other occupied Arab territories.
Item 8 Follow-up and implementation of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action.
Item 9 Racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related forms of intolerance, follow-up and implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action.
Item 10 Technical assistance and capacity building.
III. Framework for the Program of Work
Item 1: Organizational and procedural matters:
o Election of the Bureau.
o Adoption of the annual programme of work.
o Adoption of the programme of work of the session.
o Selection and appointment of mandate-holders.
o Election of members of the HRC Advisory Committee.
o Adoption of the report of the session.
o Adoption of the Annual Report.
Item 2: Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and reports of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Secretary General.
o Presentation of the annual report and updates.
Item 3: Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development.
o Economic, social and cultural rights.
o Civil and political rights.
o Rights of peoples, and specific groups and individuals.
o Right to development.
o Interrelation of human rights and human rights thematic issues.
Item 4: Human rights situations that require the Council’s attention. Item 5: Human Rights Bodies and Mechanisms:
o Report of the Advisory Committee.
o Report of the Complaint procedure.
Item 6: Universal Periodic Review.
Item 7: Human rights situation in Palestine and other occupied Arab territories:
o Human rights violations and implications of the Israeli occupation of Palestine and other occupied Arab territories.
o Right to self-determination of the Palestinian people.
Item 8: Follow-up and implementation of Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action.
Item 9: Racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related forms of intolerance, follow-up and implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action.
Item 10: Technical assistance and capacity building.
