A/HRC/S-26/2 19. Also at the same meeting, the Chair of the Coordination Committee of Special Procedures of the Human Rights Council, Yanghee Lee, made a statement on behalf of the Coordination Committee. 20. At the same meeting, the Special Adviser of the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide, Adama Dieng, made a statement by video message. 21. Also at the same meeting, the representative of South Sudan made a statement as the State concerned. 22. At the same meeting, on the same day, statements were made by the following: (a) States Members of the Human Rights Council: Albania, Belgium, Botswana, China, France, Germany, Kenya, Mexico, Netherlands (also on behalf of Rwanda), Nigeria, Portugal, Slovakia* (on behalf of the European Union and Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Montenegro, the Republic of Moldova, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Ukraine), Slovenia, Sudan* (on behalf of the Group of Arab States), Switzerland, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of); (b) Observer States of the Human Rights Council: Australia, Brazil, Canada, Costa Rica, Croatia, Egypt, Eritrea, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Norway, Sudan, United States of America, Uruguay, Holy See; (c) Observers for non-governmental organizations: CIVICUS – World Alliance for Citizen Participation, East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project, Human Rights Watch, International Federation for Human Rights Leagues, Rencontre africaine pour la défense des droits de l’homme, United Nations Watch. 23. At the 2nd meeting, on the same day, a statement in exercise of the right of reply was made by the representative of Ethiopia. G. Action on the draft proposal 24. At the 2nd meeting, on 14 December 2016, the representatives of the United States of America (also on behalf of Albania, Paraguay and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) and Albania introduced draft resolution A/HRC/S-26/L.1, sponsored by Albania, Paraguay, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America, and co-sponsored by Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Sweden. Subsequently, Andorra, Argentina, Australia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Chile, Cyprus, Estonia, France, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, New Zealand, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Ukraine joined the sponsors. 25. At the same meeting, on the same day, the representative of the United States of America orally revised the draft resolution. 26. Also at the same meeting, the representative of South Sudan made a statement as the State concerned. 27. At the same meeting, in accordance with rule 153 of the rules of procedure of the General Assembly, the attention of the Human Rights Council was drawn to the estimated administrative and programme budget implications of the draft resolution as orally revised. * Observer of the Human Rights Council speaking on behalf of Member and observer States. 9

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