A/61/338 I. Introduction 1. By its resolution 60/251 of 15 March 2006, the General Assembly concluded the work of the Commission of Human Rights and created the Human Rights Council. The mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health is set out in Commission resolutions 2002/31 and 2004/27. The Human Rights Council, by its decision 1/102, extended all mandates of the former Commission on Human Rights, including that of the Special Rapporteur. The present report is submitted in accordance with that resolution. 2. From 10 to 18 January 2006, the Special Rapporteur undertook a country mission to Sweden, at the invitation of the Government. A report on his mission will be submitted to the Council at its fourth session. 3. In February 2006, together with four other special procedures mandate holders, the Special Rapporteur submitted a joint report to the Commission on Human Rights, focusing on the human rights situation of detainees at the United States of America naval base at Guantánamo Bay (E/CN.4/2006/120). The report will be considered at the third session of the Human Rights Council. 4. The Special Rapporteur has sent a number of urgent appeals and other communications to various Governments; he has also issued some press releases. He will report on the communications in his annual report to the Council. 5. Over the course of the year 2006, the Special Rapporteur has participated in a number of meetings convened by international organizations, Governments and civil society, including the following. In February and March, he participated in expert consultations on indicators organized by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). Between March and July, he held a series of consultations on the right to medicines with: representatives of international organizations, including WHO; the United Kingdom Department for International Development (DFID); OHCHR; and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) including Realizing Rights: the Ethical Globalization Initiative (EGI), Oxfam and 3D: Trade-Human Rights-Equitable Economy. In April, he spoke at a workshop on sexual rights, development and human rights organized by the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. At the invitation of a coalition of NGOs, the Special Rapporteur visited Australia in May, where he had various engagements, including participation in a human rights training programme organized by the Diplomacy Training Program, University of New South Wales. In May, he also held meetings with New Zealand’s Aid and International Development Agency in Wellington, and attended seminars in Mexico organized by the Graduate School of Public Administration and Public Policy, Monterrey Institute of Technological and Higher Studies, and the Coahuila State University Medicine School. In June, he attended the annual meeting of Human Rights Council special procedures, organized by OHCHR. During the same month, he attended a workshop hosted by the British Medical Association on “Improving health in the developing world: what can national medical associations do?” In July, the Special Rapporteur attended informal consultations with the United Nations Population Fund, WHO, UNICEF, the Pan American Health Organization and OHCHR, focusing on his current and future work on sexual and reproductive health rights. 6. All United Nations documents related to the work of the Special Rapporteur are available on the OHCHR website at http://www.ohchr.org/english/issues/ 4 06-51997