Human Rights Council
Resolution 6/32.
Mandate of the Representative of the SecretaryGeneral on the human rights of internally
displaced persons
The Human Rights Council,
Recalling all previous resolutions on internally displaced persons adopted by
the General Assembly and the Commission on Human Rights, including Commission
on Human Rights resolution 2005/46 of 19 April 2005,
Recalling also General Assembly resolution 46/182 of 19 December 1991 on
the strengthening of the coordination of humanitarian emergency assistance of the
United Nations and the Guiding Principles annexed thereto,
Bearing in mind paragraph 6 of General Assembly resolution 60/251 of 15
March 2006,
Recalling its resolutions 5/1 on institution-building of the United Nations
Human Rights Council and 5/2 on the Code of Conduct for Special Procedures
Mandate-holders of the Human Rights Council, of 18 June 2007, and stressing that the
mandate-holder shall discharge his/her duties in accordance with those resolutions and
the annexes thereto,
Recalling also the provisions of its resolution 5/1 concerning the continuation
of mandate-holders for a period of up to six years, without prejudice to the provisions
contained in that resolution on the appointment procedure for special procedures,
Noting the report of the Secretary-General on the performance and
effectiveness of the new mechanism on internal displacement submitted to the
Commission on Human Rights at its sixty-second session (E/CN.4/2006/69),
1.
Commends the Representative of the Secretary-General for the
activities undertaken to date, for the catalytic role that he has played in raising the
level of awareness of the plight of internally displaced persons and for his ongoing