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5.
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 2024
Social Forum, bearing in mind the principle of regional rotation;
6.
Requests the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human
Rights to make available the most recent and relevant United Nations reports and documents,
including statistical reports, as background documents for the dialogues and debates that will
be held at the 2024 Social Forum;
7.
Requests the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to
facilitate the participation in the 2024 Social Forum – in order to contribute to the interactive
dialogues and debates held at the Forum and to assist the Chair-Rapporteur as resource
persons – of no fewer than 10 experts, including, as appropriate, representatives of academic,
scientific and technological sectors, civil society and grass-roots organizations in developing
countries, representatives of relevant international organizations, including the United
Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, and relevant special procedures
of the Human Rights Council;
8.
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 non-governmental
organizations in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council;
9.
Also decides that the Social Forum will 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 Office of the High Commissioner to seek effective means for
ensuring consultation and the broadest possible participation of representatives from every
region, in particular representatives of persons with disabilities, especially those from
developing countries, in the Social Forum, including by establishing partnerships with nongovernmental 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;
12.
Requests the 2024 Social Forum to submit a report containing its conclusions
and recommendations to the Human Rights Council at its fifty-eighth session;
13.
Requests the Secretary-General to provide the Social Forum with all the
services and facilities necessary to fulfil its activities, and requests the High Commissioner
to provide all the support necessary to facilitate the convening and proceedings of the Forum;
14.
Encourages all States Members of the United Nations to participate in the
discussions of the Social Forum so that worldwide representation in the debates can be
ensured;
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