In its resolution 18/6, the Human Rights Council established the mandate of the Independent Expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order and requested the Independent Expert to report annually to the Council and the General Assembly. The mandate of the Independent Expert, and the Council’s request for annual reporting to both bodies, was most recently renewed in Council resolution 45/4.
In his fifth report to the Human Rights Council (A/HRC/51/32), the Independent Expert, Livingstone Sewanyana, looks at some of the main obstacles to maintaining and strengthening international peace and security from the perspective of his mandate, and possible ways to overcome them. He sets out recommendations for decisive change needed on several fronts to achieve a democratic and equitable international order.
The Independent Expert intends for his report to the Human Rights Council to also be a submission to the General Assembly. The Secretariat therefore has the honour to refer the Assembly to that report.