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VII. Human rights situation in Palestine and other
occupied Arab territories
A. Follow-up to Human Rights Council resolutions S-1/1,
S-1/3, S-3/1 and S-6/1
360. At the 9th meeting, on 6 March 2008, the President of the Council and the
High Commissioner for Human Rights reported on their efforts for the implementation of
Council resolutions S-1/1 and S-3/1 and on the compliance of Israel, the occupying Power, with
these two resolutions, as requested by the Council in its resolution 6/18 of 28 September 2007.
The High Commissioner also reported on her efforts to implement resolutions S-1/3 and S-6/1.
The representatives for Israel, Palestine and the Syrian Arab Republic made statements, as
concerned countries or parties.
361. During the ensuing general debate on the follow-up to Council resolutions S-1/1, S-3/1
and S-6/1 on item 7, at the 9th and 10th meetings on the same day, the following made
statements:
(a) Representatives of States members of the Council: Bangladesh, China, Cuba
(on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement), Djibouti, Egypt (also on behalf of the Group of
African States), France, India, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, Pakistan (on behalf of the Organization
of the Islamic Conference), Palestine3 (on behalf of the Group of Arab States), Philippines,
Qatar, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Slovenia (on behalf of the European Union,
Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, the former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia and Ukraine), Sri Lanka, Switzerland;
(b) Observers for the following States: Algeria, Argentina, Belarus, Iceland, Iran
(Islamic Republic of), Kuwait, Lebanon, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Morocco, Norway, Sudan,
Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United States of America, Venezuela (Bolivarian
Republic of), Yemen;
(c) Observers for intergovernmental organizations: African Union, League of
Arab States;
(d) Observers for the following non-governmental organizations: Al-Haq, Law in the
Service of Man (also on behalf of Adalah - Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel and
the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights), Badil Resource Center for Palestinian Residency
and Refugee Rights, B’nai B’rith International (also on behalf of the Coordinating Board of
Jewish Organizations), Comité international pour le respect et l’application de la Charte africaine
des droits de l’homme et des peuples, Defence for Children International, Indian Movement
Tupaj Amaru (also on behalf of the World Peace Council), International Association of
Democratic Lawyers, International Commission of Jurists, International League for the Rights
and Liberation of Peoples, Mouvement contre le racisme et pour l’amitié entre les peuples,
Union of Arab Jurists (also on behalf of the Arab Lawyers Union, the General Arab Women
Federation and the International Organization for the Elimination of All Forms of Racial
Discrimination), Nord-Sud XXI, United Nations Watch.
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