A/HRC/21/39 especially those in which people in situations of extreme poverty express their views, and other relevant stakeholders, and to report to the Human Rights Council at its 7 th session. 2007: first round of consultations 7. The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) circulated the draft and obtained views from Member States, relevant UN agencies and intergovernmental organizations, United Nations special procedures, national human rights institutions and civil society organisations. 8. Civil society organizations and other actors were further consulted through two parallel consultations. An online consultation, undertaken by the United Nations NonGovernmental Liaison Service (UN-NGLS), was open from 20 August through 20 September 2007. In order to seek the views of persons living in poverty and extreme poverty and of NGOs working with them, the International Movement ATD Fourth World, conducted consultations in 5 countries: Thailand, Peru, Senegal, Poland, and France. 9. The High Commissioner submitted a report (A/HRC/7/32) on the findings of the consultations to the Human Rights Council at its seventh session in March 2008. The report contains annexes with detailed results of the consultations. 2008-2009: second round of consultations 10. The Human Rights Council, in its resolution 7/27 of March 2008, noted with satisfaction the High Commissioner’s report, welcomed the substantial contributions, and invited OHCHR to further consult relevant stakeholders and allow them to comment on the report of the High Commissioner, including through the organization of a seminar on the draft Guiding Principles that took place from 27-28 January 2009, and to submit a report to the Human Rights Council at its 12th session in October 2009. 11. Between 2007 and 2008, OHCHR further consulted with Member States, other UN agencies, national human rights institutions, civil society organizations, international experts, and other relevant stakeholders. Additional consultations were organized with civil society organisations and with persons living in extreme poverty, convened by ATD Fourth World and by Baha’i International. 12. The two-day seminar organized by OHCHR in January 2009 (27-28 January) aimed at discussing: (a) the added value and practical utility of the draft guiding principles on extreme poverty and human rights in helping to implement existing human rights norms and standards in the context of the fight against extreme poverty; (b) the technical legal merit of the draft guiding principles on extreme poverty and human rights; and (c) possible way forward on the draft guiding principles. In addition, OHCHR commissioned a background papera summarising all inputs and comments received during the consultations to inform the seminar discussions and produced a technical reviewb of the draft guiding principles. 13. Several States and other stakeholders participated, sending written submissions as well as physically engaging in the seminar. The main outcomes of the consultations and the seminar were detailed in a report submitted by OHCHR to the 11th session of the Human Rights Council (A/HRC/11/32). a b 26 Available from www.ohchr.org/Documents/Issues/Poverty/20090127backgroundpaperonDGPs.pdf. Available from www.ohchr.org/Documents/Issues/Poverty/DGP-Tech-review.pdf.