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ongoing globalization process and the negative impact of the current economic and
financial crises;
4.
Stresses the need for increased and sustained participation and contribution of
civil society and all other relevant actors listed in the present resolution to the promotion
and effective realization of the right to development;
5.
Decides that the Social Forum will meet for three working days in 2018, in
Geneva, on dates suitable for the participation of representatives of States Members of the
United Nations and of the broadest possible range of other stakeholders, especially from
developing countries, and also decides that, at its next meeting, the Forum should focus on
the possibilities of using sport and the Olympic ideal to promote human rights for all and to
strengthen universal respect for them;
6.
Requests the President of the Human Rights Council to appoint, as early as
possible, from candidates nominated by regional groups, the Chair-Rapporteur for the 2018
Social Forum, bearing in mind the principle of regional rotation;
7.
Requests the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to make
available the most recent and relevant United Nations reports and documents on the
possibilities of using sport and the Olympic ideal to promote human rights for all and to
strengthen universal respect for them as background documents for the dialogues and
debates that will be held at the 2018 Social Forum;
8.
Also requests the High Commissioner to facilitate participation in the 2018
Social Forum, in order to contribute to interactive dialogues and debate at the Forum and to
assist the Chair-Rapporteur as resource persons, of no fewer than 10 experts, including
representatives of civil society and grass-roots organizations in developing countries;
9.
Decides that the Social Forum will remain open to the participation of
representatives of States Members of the United Nations and all other interested
stakeholders, such as intergovernmental organizations, different components of the United
Nations system, especially mandate holders of thematic procedures and mechanisms of the
human rights machinery, regional economic commissions and specialized agencies and
organizations, and representatives designated by national human rights institutions and nongovernmental organizations in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council,
and will also be open to other non-governmental organizations whose aims and purposes
are in conformity with the spirit, purposes and principles of the Charter of the United
Nations, including newly emerging actors, such as small groups and rural and urban
associations from the North and the South, anti-poverty groups, peasants’ and farmers’
organizations and their national and international associations, voluntary organizations,
environmental organizations and activists, youth associations, community organizations,
trade unions and associations of workers, and representatives of the private sector, on the
basis of arrangements, including Economic and Social Council resolution 1996/31 of 25
July 1996 and practices observed by the Commission on Human Rights, through an open
and transparent accreditation procedure, in accordance with the rules of procedure of the
Human Rights Council, while ensuring the most effective contribution of these entities;
10.
Requests the High Commissioner to seek effective means of ensuring
consultation and the broadest possible participation of representatives from every region,
especially from developing countries, in the Social Forum, including by establishing
partnerships with non-governmental organizations, the private sector and international
organizations;
11.
Requests the Secretary-General to take appropriate measures to disseminate
information about the Social Forum, to invite relevant individuals and organizations to the
Forum, and to take all practical measures required for the success of this initiative;
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