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21. At the 10th meeting, on 6 March 2008, the President outlined the modalities for
consideration of draft resolutions, which would be as follows: 3 minutes for introduction of the
draft resolution, 3 minutes for statements by concerned countries and for statements in
explanation of vote before and statements in explanation of vote after the vote, and 3 minutes for
statements by States members of the Council who refrained from making statements before the
vote, to do so after the vote.
22. At the 13th meeting, on 9 March 2008, the President outlined the modalities for the
interactive dialogue with mandate-holders of special procedures, which would be as
follows: 10 minutes for the presentation by the mandate-holder of the main report, with a
further 2 minutes to present each additional report, 5 minutes for concerned countries, if any,
and States members of the Council, 3 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, and 5 minutes for concluding remarks by
the mandate-holder. Members and observer States wishing to take the floor could signal their
intention by raising their nameplates. Other observers were requested to register their names on
the list of speakers.
23. At the 23rd meeting, on 13 March 2008, the President outlined the modalities for the
interactive dialogue where the dialogue addresses a report by a single mandate-holder. The
modalities would then be as follows: 10 minutes for the presentation by the mandate-holder
of the main report, with a further 2 minutes to present each additional report, 5 minutes
for concerned countries, if any, 3 minutes for statements by States members of the
Council, 2 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, and 5 minutes for concluding remarks by the mandate-holder.
24. At the 24th meeting, on 14 March 2008, the President outlined the modalities for the
review, rationalization and improvement of mandates, which would be as follows: 8 minutes for
statements by main sponsors of resolutions related to the mandate in question, 6 minutes for
statements by mandate-holders, 5 minutes for statements by concerned countries, if applicable,
3 minutes for statements by States members of the Council, 2 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 mandate-holder would be given 3 minutes to make final remarks and the main sponsors
of the resolution related to the mandate would be given 5 minutes for conclusion of the
debate.
25. At the 30th meeting, on 18 March 2008, the President outlined the modalities for the panel
on intercultural dialogue, which would be as follows: 10 minutes for each statement from the
panellists, 3 minutes for statements by States members of the Council, 2 minutes for statements
by observers for non-member States of the Council and other observers, including
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