A/HRC/43/2 167. During the ensuing interactive dialogue, at the same meeting, the following made statements and asked the Special Rapporteur questions: (a) Representatives of States members of the Human Rights Council: Afghanistan, Armenia, Bahrain, Cameroon, Indonesia, Libya, Marshall Islands, Nepal, Philippines, Qatar (on behalf of the Group of Arab States), Togo, Uruguay, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of); (b) Representatives of observer States: Azerbaijan, China, Cuba, Cyprus, Ecuador, Egypt, France, Georgia, Greece, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Montenegro, Norway, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Solomon Islands (also on behalf of Vanuatu), Syrian Arab Republic, Timor-Leste; (c) Observer for United Nations entities, specialized agencies and related organizations: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO); (d) Observer for an intergovernmental organization: European Union; (e) Observers for non-governmental organizations: Amnesty International (also on behalf of International Service for Human Rights), Article 19: International Centre against Censorship, British Humanist Association, Comisión Mexicana de Defensa y Promoción de los Derechos Humanos, Freemuse: the World Forum on Music and Censorship, Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights, International Organization for the Right to Education and Freedom of Education, International PEN, Rencontre Africaine pour la defense des droits de l'homme, Society for Threatened Peoples. 168. At the same meetings, the Special Rapporteur answered questions and made her concluding remarks. 169. At the 19th meeting, on the same day, the representatives of Armenia, Azerbaijan and China made statements in exercise of the right of reply. Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders 170. At the 18th meeting, on 4 March 2020, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, Michel Forst, presented his reports (A/HRC/43/51 and Add.1-2). 171. At the same meeting, the representatives of Colombia and Mongolia made statements as the States concerned. 172. Also at the same meeting, the national human rights institution, the Defensoria del Pueblo de Colombia, made a statement. 173. During the ensuing interactive dialogue, at the same meeting and at the 19th meeting, on the same day, the following made statements and asked the Special Rapporteur questions: (a) Representatives of States members of the Human Rights Council: Afghanistan, Armenia, Australia, Bahrain, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Croatia37 (also on behalf of Austria and Slovenia), Czechia, Denmark, Fiji, Germany, Indonesia, Italy, Marshall Islands, Mexico, Netherlands, Pakistan (also on behalf of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation), Peru, Peru (also on behalf of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Honduras, Mexico, Paraguay and Uruguay), Philippines, Qatar, Slovakia, Uruguay, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of); (b) Representatives of observer States: Albania, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Canada, China, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Honduras, Iceland, Iraq, Ireland, Latvia, Lesotho, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Maldives, Malta, Montenegro, Morocco, Norway, Paraguay, Russian Federation, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Tunisia, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, State of Palestine; 37 GE. Observer of the Human Rights Council speaking on behalf of Member and observer States. 35

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