A/HRC/10/29 documents and what was being done in the United Nations. The Council was a United Nations forum, and Serbia, as a sovereign State, was a member of the United Nations with all its territory, which meant that Kosovo and Metohija were a part of Serbia. Therefore, Serbia requested that the forum not be used to negotiate and discuss the status of the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and the unilateral declaration of independence. Serbia expressed its appreciation to all the delegations that played an active role in the process before the Council, as well as civil society representatives. It addressed special thanks to the members of the troika, composed of Ghana, Pakistan and Ukraine, who facilitated the process. Finally, it thanked the President for the professional conduct of the process. 11. Turkmenistan 533. The review of Turkmenistan was held on 9 December 2008 in conformity with all the relevant provisions contained in Council resolution 5/1, and was based on the national report submitted by Turkmenistan in accordance with the annex to Council resolution 5/1, paragraph 15 (a) (A/HRC/WG.6/3/TKM/1); the compilation prepared by OHCHR in accordance with paragraph 15 (b) (A/HRC/WG.6/3/TKM/2); and the summary prepared by OHCHR in accordance with paragraph 15 (c) (A/HRC/WG.6/3/TKM/3). 534. At the 30th meeting, on 19 March 2009, the Council considered and adopted the outcome of the review on Turkmenistan (see section C below). 535. The outcome of the review on Turkmenistan comprises the report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review (A/HRC/10/79), the views of Turkmenistan concerning the recommendations and/or conclusions, as well as its voluntary commitments and replies presented before the adoption of the outcome by the plenary to questions or issues that were not sufficiently addressed during the interactive dialogue in the Working Group (see also A/HRC/10/79/Add.1). (a) Views expressed by the State under review on the recommendations and/or conclusions as well as on its voluntary commitments and on the outcome 536. The Director of the Institute for Human Rights and Democracy under the President of Turkmenistan and head of delegation, Dr. Shirin Ahmedova, expressed gratitude to the States and international organizations that had made their recommendations during the review. Turkmenistan would bear in mind the comments made in order to carry out further reforms in the country and to prepare national reports, including under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. Turkmenistan had closely followed up on its international obligations and reformed its national human rights system. 537. On 14 December 2008, Turkmenistan held elections to the Mejlis (Parliament), with international observers. On 9 January 2009, in conformity with the new Constitution, the Parliament held its first session and elected its chairperson by secret ballot. From 125 representatives of the Mejlis, 21 are women (17 per cent), including the Chairperson of Parliament, and the chairpersons of two of the five parliamentary committees. The President, in his statement at the opening of Parliament, focused on developing further the process of democratization, civil society, the need to reform national legislation to bring it into line with the new Constitution and the provisions of the international instruments ratified by Turkmenistan. 538. In January 2009, the Inter-ministerial Committee submitted its report for 2008. The Committee’s role is to monitor national legislation with regard to human rights and to prepare proposals on the implementation of international human rights law and on institutional transformation. It addressed proposals to Parliament on the need to reform the penitentiary system and the system of juvenile justice; mechanisms of legal protection; the 174 GE.09-17451