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President
Choi Kyong-lim (Republic of Korea)
Vice-Presidents
Jānis Kārkliņš (Latvia)
Ramón Alberto Morales Quijano (Panama)
Negash Kebret Botora (Ethiopia)
Vice-President
and Rapporteur
Bertrand de Crombrugghe (Belgium)
10.
At its organizational meeting on the thirty-third regular session, held on 31 August
2016, in accordance with rules 9 and 13 of the rules of procedure of the Human Rights
Council, the Council elected Geert Muylle (Belgium) as Vice-President and Rapporteur
from the Group of Western European and other States, in order to replace Mr. Bertrand de
Crombrugghe, whose term of office had ended.
11.
The President and Vice-Presidents of the Human Rights Council also served as
officers for the twenty-sixth special session.
D.
Organization of work
12.
Pursuant to paragraph 124 of the annex to Human Rights Council resolution 5/1, an
open-ended informative consultation was held on 12 December 2016 in preparation for the
twenty-sixth special session.
13.
At its 1st meeting, held on 14 December 2016, the Human Rights Council
considered the organization of its work, including speaking time limits, which would be
three minutes for statements by States Members of the Council and two minutes for
statements by observer States of the Council, observers for non-Member States of the
Council and other observers. The list of speakers would be drawn up in chronological order
of registration. States Members of the Council would be given the floor first, followed by
observer States and observers for United Nations entities, specialized agencies and related
organizations, intergovernmental organizations and other entities, and observers of national
human rights institutions and non-governmental organizations.
14.
The special session was conducted in accordance with the relevant provisions
contained in Human Rights Council resolution 5/1.
E.
Resolution and documentation
15.
The resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council at its twenty-sixth special
session is reproduced in chapter I of the present report.
16.
The list of documents issued for the twenty-sixth special session is contained in the
annex to the present report.
F.
Statements
17.
At the 1st meeting, on 14 December 2016, the United Nations High Commissioner
for Human Rights made a statement.
18.
At the same meeting, the Chair of the Commission on Human Rights in South
Sudan, Yasmin Sooka, made a statement.
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