A/HRC/16/29 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 23 December 2010 Original: English Human Rights Council Sixteenth session Agenda items 2 and 3 Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and reports of the Office of the High Commissioner and the Secretary-General Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development Compilation of United Nations manuals, guides, training material and other tools on minority issues* Report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Summary The present report is submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 13/12 of 25 March 2010 which requested the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to prepare a compilation of United Nations’ manuals, guides, training material and other tools dealing with minority issues. Various United Nations entities have published methodological material which can provide useful guidance in the promotion and protection of the rights of minorities. This report provides summaries of the essential contents of such material. * Late submission. GE.10-17926