A/HRC/10/29 B. Interactive dialogue with special procedures Working Group on Arbitrary Detention 89. At the 11th meeting, on 6 March 2009, the Chairperson-Rapporteur of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, Manuela Carmena Castrillo, presented her reports (A/HRC/10/21 and Add.1-5). 90. At the same meeting, the representatives of Colombia, Italy, Mauritania and Ukraine made statements as concerned countries. 91. During the ensuing interactive dialogue, at the same meeting, the following made statements and asked the Chairperson-Rapporteur questions: (a) Representatives of States Members of the Council: Brazil, Canada, Cuba, Czech Republic4 (on behalf of the European Union), France, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan (on behalf of the Organization of the Islamic Conference), Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Switzerland; (b) Representatives of the following observer States: Algeria, Iraq, Morocco, Norway, Peru; (c) Observers for the following non-governmental organizations: Centre for Human Rights and Peace Advocacy, Colombian Commission of Jurists, Friends World Committee for Consultation (also on behalf of Amnesty International), Human Rights Advocates, Nord-Sud XXI, Society for Threatened Peoples. 92. At the same meeting, the Chairperson-Rapporteur answered questions and made her concluding remarks. 93. Also at the same meeting, a statement in exercise of the right of reply was made by the representative of Iraq. Working Group on the use of mercenaries as a means of impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination 94. At the 11th meeting, on 6 March 2009, the Chairperson-Rapporteur of the Working Group on the use of mercenaries as a means of impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination, Alexander Nikitin, presented his reports (A/HRC/10/14 and Add.13). 95. At the same meeting, the representative of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland made a statement as a concerned country. 96. During the ensuing interactive dialogue, at the same meeting, the following made statements and asked the Chairperson-Rapporteur questions: (a) Representatives of States Members of the Council: Brazil, Cuba, Egypt (also on behalf of the Group of African States), Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan (on behalf of the Organization of the Islamic Conference), Russian Federation, South Africa, Switzerland; (b) Representatives of the following observer States: Peru, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of); (c) Observer for the International Committee of the Red Cross; (d) Observers for the following non-governmental organizations: Centre for Human Rights and Peace Advocacy, Human Rights Advocates. 97. At the same meeting, the Chairperson-Rapporteur answered questions and made his concluding remarks. GE.09-17451 101

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