A/HRC/10/29 VIII. Follow-up to and implementation of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action General debate on agenda item 8 763. At the 37th meeting, on 24 March 2009, the Council held a general debate on agenda item 8, during which the following made statements: (a) Representatives of States Members of the Council: Argentina, Chile (also on behalf of the Group of Latin American and Caribbean States), Czech Republic7 (on behalf of the European Union, Albania, Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Iceland, Montenegro, the Republic of Moldova, Serbia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Turkey and Ukraine), Indonesia, Pakistan (on behalf of the Organization of the Islamic Conference), Russian Federation; (b) Representatives of the following observer States: Algeria, Austria, Colombia, Denmark (also on behalf of Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden), Iran (Islamic Republic of), Kuwait, Morocco, Turkey, United States of America; (c) Observers for national human rights institutions: European Group of National Human Rights Institutions (on behalf of its A-status members), International Coordinating Committee of National Human Rights Institutions, National Human Rights Commission of Korea, National Human Rights Institution of Mexico (also on behalf of the national human rights institutions of Australia, India, Ireland, Malaysia, New Zealand and the Republic of Korea); (d) Observers for the following non-governmental organizations: Arab Commission for Human Rights, Centrist Democratic International, European Region of the International Lesbian and Gay Association (also on behalf of the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network, the Danish National Organisation for Gay Men and Lesbians, Federatie van Netherlandse Verenigingen tot Integratie van Homoseksualiteit coc Nederland, Public Services International and the Swedish Federation of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights), Indian Council of South America, International Federation of University Women (also on behalf of the Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University, Federación de Asociaciones de Defensa y Promoción de los Derechos Humanos, the Federation of American Women’s Clubs Overseas, the Federation of Associations of Former International Civil Servants, Femmes Africa Solidarité, the General Board of Church and Society of the United Methodist Church, the International Alliance of Women, the International Federation of Business and Professional Women, the International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse, the Pan Pacific and Southeast Asia Women’s Association, Soka Gakkai International, the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, the Women’s International Zionist Organization, the Women’s World Summit Foundation, the World Federation for Mental Health, the Worldwide Organization for Women and Zonta International), International Humanist and Ethical Union, Union de l’action feminine. 214 GE.09-17451