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Special Representative of the Secretary-General on the situation of human rights
defenders
65. At the 26th meeting, on 14 March 2008, the representative of Norway, as the main sponsor
of the resolution related to the mandate of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on
the situation of human rights defenders, made a statement.
66. At the same meeting, the Chairperson of the Coordinating Committee on the Special
Procedures mandate-holders, Gay McDougall, made a statement on behalf of the Special
Representative of the Secretary-General on the situation of human rights defenders, Hina Jilani.
67.
During the ensuing discussion at the same meeting, the following made statements:
(a) Representatives of States members of the Council: Brazil, Canada, Netherlands,
Pakistan (on behalf of the Organization of the Islamic Conference), Russian Federation, Slovenia
(on behalf of the European Union, Albania, Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Georgia,
Iceland, Moldova, Montenegro, Serbia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
and Ukraine), Switzerland;
(b)
Observer for the following State: United States of America;
(c) Observer for national human rights institutions: International Coordinating
Committee of National Human Rights Institutions (on behalf of the National Human Rights
Commission of Rwanda, Senegalese Committee for Human Rights and Uganda Human Rights
Commission);
(d) Observers for non-governmental organizations: Front Line, the International
Foundation for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (also on behalf of the International
Federation of Human Rights Leagues and the World Organization against Torture),
Human Rights First (also on behalf of Amnesty International, the Asian Forum for
Human Rights and Development (Forum-Asia), Front Line, the International Foundation for
the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, the International Service of Human Rights and
the World Organization against Torture), International Service for Human Rights and
Nord-Sud XXI.
68.
At the same meeting, the representative of Norway made a concluding statement.
Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar
69. At the 28th meeting, on 17 March 2008, the representative of Slovenia (on behalf of the
European Union, Albania, Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Iceland, Liechtenstein,
Moldova, Montenegro, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Turkey and Ukraine), as
the main sponsor of the resolution related to the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the
situation of human rights in Myanmar, made a statement.
70. At the same meeting, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar,
Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro, made a statement.
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