A/RES/65/281 1. Reaffirms its resolution 60/251; 2. Decides that the present resolution shall supplement its resolution 60/251; 3. Decides also to maintain the status of the Human Rights Council as a subsidiary body of the General Assembly and to consider again the question of whether to maintain this status at an appropriate moment and at a time no sooner than ten years and no later than fifteen years; Decides further that from 2013, the Human Rights Council will start its 4. yearly membership cycle on 1 January; Decides that, as a transitional measure, the period of office of members 5. of the Human Rights Council ending in June 2012, June 2013 and June 2014 will exceptionally be extended until the end of the respective calendar year; Decides also to continue its practice of allocating the agenda item 6. entitled “Report of the Human Rights Council” to the plenary of the General Assembly and to the Third Committee, in accordance with its decision 65/503 A, with the additional understanding that the President of the Council will present the report in her or his capacity as President to the plenary of the General Assembly and the Third Committee and that the Third Committee will hold an interactive dialogue with the President of the Council at the time of her or his presentation of the report of the Council to the Third Committee; Decides further that the annual report of the Human Rights Council shall 7. cover the period from 1 October to 30 September, including the regular September session of the Council; 8. Decides to consider through its Fifth Committee all financial implications emanating from the resolutions and decisions contained in the annual report of the Human Rights Council, including those emanating from its September session; 9. Recognizes the need to provide adequate financing to fund unforeseen and extraordinary expenses arising from resolutions and decisions of the Human Rights Council, and in this regard requests the Secretary-General to present a report with options for consideration by the Fifth Committee at the main part of the sixtysixth session of the General Assembly, taking into account the relevant conclusions and recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions; 10. Adopts the text entitled “Outcome of the review of the work and functioning of the Human Rights Council” annexed to the present resolution. 100th plenary meeting 17 June 2011 2