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[GENEVA, 26 March 2008] - The Human Rights Council has adopted a list of candidates for UN Special Procedures positions today without a vote. The list, which was proposed by the President of the Council, includes the name of the new Special Rapporteur on Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography, Ms. Najat M'jid Maala (Morocco). List of candidates Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, and on the right to non-discrimination in this context Ms. Raquel Rolnik (Brazil) Special Rapporteur on the right to food Mr. Olivier de Schutter (Belgium) Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous people Mr. James Anaya (United States of America) Special Rapporteur on the slae of children child prostitution and child pornography Ms. Najat M’jid Maala (Morocco) Independent Expert on the effects of economic reform policies and foreign debt on the full enjoyment of human rights, particularly economic, social and cultural rights Mr. Cephas Lumina (Zambia) Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar Mr. Tomas Ojea Quintana (Argentina) Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967 Mr. Richard Falk (United States of America) Independent Expert on the question of human rights and extreme poverty Ms. Maria Magdalena Sepúlveda (Chile) Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences Ms. Gulnara Shahinian (Armenia) Working Group on Arbitrary Detention Mr. Malick El Hadji Sow (Senegal) Mr. Aslan Abashidze (Russia) Mr. Roberto Garreton (Chile) Working Group on enforced or involuntary disappearances Mr. Jeremy Sarkin (South Africa) Working Group on African descent Mr. Milton Nettleford (Jamaica) Independent Expert appointed by the Secretary-General on the situation of human rights in Somalia Mr. Shamsul Bari (Bangladesh) Special Representative of the Secretary-General on the situation of human rights defenders Ms. Margaret Sekaggya (Uganda) Further information