A/HRC/S-4/5 page 5 D. Organization of work 9. The Council accepted the recommendation of its officers that the speaking time limits would be five minutes for statements by States members of the Council and concerned countries, and three minutes for statements by observers for non-member States of the Council and other observers, including United Nations entities, specialized agencies and related organizations, intergovernmental organizations and other entities, national human rights institutions and non-governmental organizations. The Council also accepted the recommendation of its officers that the list of speakers would be drawn up in chronological order of registration and that the order of speakers would be as follows: States members of the Council and concerned countries, followed by observers for non-member States of the Council and other observers. 10. The Council further accepted the recommendation that, with regard to statements in exercise of the right of reply, a limit of two statements per delegation for the entire session, three minutes for the first and two minutes for the second, would be observed. E. Decision and documentation 11. The decision adopted by the Council at its fourth special session, is reproduced in chapter I of the present report. 12. Annex I contains statements regarding the estimated administrative and programme budget implications presented to the Council on the draft resolutions A/HRC/S-4/L.1 and A/HRC/S-4/L.2, and the amendment to draft resolution A/HRC/S-4/L.1, as contained in document A/HRC/S-4/L.3, all of which had been withdrawn. Owing to insufficient time to prepare and present a revised statement regarding the estimated administrative and programme budget implications of the draft decision introduced by the President of the Council at the 4th meeting, on 13 December 2006, and adopted at the same meeting without a vote, the Secretariat will inform the General Assembly on the estimated resources required to implement the decision, in the revised estimates resulting from resolutions and decisions adopted by the Council. Such requirements are expected to be met from within resources available under section 23, Human Rights (see paragraphs 18 to 25 below). 13. Annex II contains the list of documents issued for the fourth special session. F. Statements 14. At the 1st meeting, on 12 December 2006, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr. Kofi Annan, made a televised recorded statement. 15. At the same meeting, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Ms. Louise Arbour, made a statement. 16. At the 1st and 2nd meetings, on 12 December 2006, and at the 3rd meeting, on 13 December the following made statements: (a) Representatives of States members of the Council: Algeria (on behalf of the Group of African States), Argentina, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, China, Cuba, Ecuador, Finland (on behalf of the European Union, acceding countries - Bulgaria and

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