A/62/214 workers. The Special Rapporteur continues to research and hold consultations on the issue and will report to the Council thereon at a forthcoming session. 7. 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. 8. Between January and July 2007, the Special Rapporteur participated in a number of meetings convened by international organizations, Governments and civil society. In January, he spoke at a meeting in London of the International Planned Parenthood Federation and also met with the Chairperson of the WHO Commission on Social Determinants of Health. In February, he attended the UNAIDS reference group meeting in Geneva and delivered a keynote speech at a Public Health Alliance conference in Belfast. In March, he spoke at an event, organized by the United Nations Population Fund and the Centre for Reproductive Rights, in New York, during the session of the Commission on the Status of Women, and delivered a lecture on maternal mortality and human rights at Trinity College, Dublin. During the same month, he visited the Netherlands, held consultations with Medecins Sans Frontières and spoke at the Universities of Tilburg and Utrecht. In March, the Special Rapporteur attended the fourth session of the Human Rights Council and gave a keynote speech at the Midsin Global Health Conference in Newcastle, United Kingdom. In April, he gave a talk at the international secretariat of Amnesty International and in May attended a meeting organized by Glaxo Smith Kline to discuss its role in providing access to HIV/AIDS medicines. In June, he attended the annual meeting of the Council special procedures, organized by OHCHR. During the same month, he gave a keynote speech at a conference held in Prato, Italy, organized by Monash University, Australia, and King’s College, London, and also visited Poland to speak at a meeting organized by the Federation for Women and Family Planning. In July, he spoke at meetings in Wellington organized by the New Zealand Aid and International Development Agency, as well as the civil society organization Health Promotion Forum. He also taught on a health, development and human rights course organized by the Initiative for Health and Human Rights, University of New South Wales, Australia. 9. The Special Rapporteur continues to prepare draft guidelines for pharmaceutical companies on access to medicines and expects to have a draft for consultation in the coming weeks. 10. All United Nations documents relating to the work of the Special Rapporteur are available on the OHCHR website (www.ohchr.org/english/issues/health/right/). For ease of reference, these documents, selected conference papers and other information can also be found on the website of the Right to Health Unit, Human Rights Centre, University of Essex (www2.essex.ac.uk/human_rights_centre/ rth.shtm). II. Prioritization of health interventions and respect for human rights 11. Throughout his mandate, the Special Rapporteur has argued that the right to the highest attainable standard of health should shape, and be integrated into, relevant national and international policies. If this is to happen, new human rights 4 07-45379