A/HRC/S-14/1 Ghana, Hungary, Japan, the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Maldives, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Nigeria, Norway, Poland, the Republic of Korea, the Republic of Moldova, Senegal, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Uganda, Ukraine, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the United States of America and Zambia. 4. In addition to the above-mentioned Member States, the request was also signed by the following observers of the Council: Austria, Bulgaria, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia and Sweden. 5. As more than one third of the membership of the Council supported the abovementioned request, the President of the Council convened informative consultations on the matter on 22 December 2010 and decided to convene a special session of the Council on 23 December 2010. A. Opening and duration of the session 6. The Council held its fourteenth special session at the United Nations Office at Geneva on 23 December 2010. It held two meetings during the session. 7. The fourteenth special session was opened by Fedor Rosocha, Vice-President of the Council. B. Attendance 8. The special session was attended by representatives of States Members of the Human Rights Council, observer States of the Council, observers for non-Member States of the United Nations and other observers, as well as observers for United Nations entities, specialized agencies and related organizations, intergovernmental organizations and other entities, national human rights institutions and non-governmental organizations. C. Officers 9. At its first organizational meeting of the fifth cycle, on 21 June 2010, the Council elected the following officers, who also served as officers for the fourteenth special session: D. President: Sihasak Phuangketkeow (Thailand) Vice-Presidents: Arcanjo Maria Do Nascimento (Angola) Rodolfo Reyes Rodríguez (Cuba) Fedor Rosocha (Slovakia) Vice-President and Rapporteur: Bente Angell-Hansen (Norway) Organization of work 10. Pursuant to paragraph 124 of the annex to Council resolution 5/1, an open-ended informative consultation was held on 22 December 2010 in preparation for the fourteenth special session. 11. At its 1st meeting, held on 23 January 2010, the Council considered the organization of its work, including speaking time limits, which would be three minutes for statements by States Members of the Council and two minutes for statements by observers for nonMember States of the Council and other observers. The list of speakers would be drawn up 5