A/HRC/43/2 C. General debate on agenda item 3 195. At the 21st meeting, on 5 March 2020, the Director of the Thematic Engagement, Special Procedures and Right to Development Division of OHCHR presented the reports of the Secretary-General (A/HRC/43/23, A/HRC/43/24, A/HRC/43/25, A/HRC/43/29 and A/HRC/43/65), the reports of the High Commissioner (A/HRC/43/28, A/HRC/43/34, A/HRC/43/35 and A/HRC/43/72) and the reports of OHCHR (A/HRC/43/32 and A/74/314) under agenda items 3 and 9. 196. At the same meeting, pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 37/24, the Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Chile, Frank Tressler Zamorano, as the Chair of the second intersessional meeting for dialogue and cooperation on human rights and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, presented the report of the intersessional meeting, held on 3 December 2019 (A/HRC/43/33). 197. Also at the same meeting, pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 26/9, the Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Ecuador, Emilio Izquierdo, as the Chairperson-Rapporteur of the open-ended intergovernmental working group on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights, with the mandate of elaborating an international legally binding instrument, presented the report on the working group’s fifth session, held from 14 to 18 October 2019 (A/HRC/43/55). 198. At the same meeting and at the 22nd and 23rd meetings, on 6 March 2020, the Human Rights Council held a general debate on thematic reports under agenda item 3, during which the following made statements: (a) Representatives of States members of the Human Rights Council: Afghanistan (also on behalf of Azerbaijan, Croatia, Cyprus, Ecuador, Egypt, Georgia, Greece, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Panama, Peru, the Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Slovenia, Somalia, Spain, Turkey, Yemen and the State of Palestine), Armenia, Australia (also on behalf of Liechtenstein and the Netherlands), Azerbaijan40 (on behalf of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries, with the exception of Colombia, Ecuador and Honduras), Bangladesh (also on behalf of Albania, Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, the Bahamas, Bahrain, Barbados, Belgium, Bhutan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Chile, the Comoros, Cuba, Denmark, Djibouti, Ecuador, Egypt, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Greece, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Lebanon, Libya, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, the Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, the Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Panama, Peru, the Philippines, Portugal, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Singapore, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Sudan, Spain, Sri Lanka, the Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, the Syrian Arab Republic, Togo, Tunisia, Ukraine, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Uruguay, Viet Nam, Yemen and the State of Palestine), Brazil, Cabo Verde41 (on behalf of the Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries), Cameroon, Chile, Croatia42 (also on behalf of the European Union, Albania, Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia and Ukraine), Denmark (also on behalf of Argentina, Austria, Chile, Czechia, Georgia, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Mexico, Norway, Peru and Switzerland), Fiji (also on behalf of Azerbaijan, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Denmark, Ecuador, Luxembourg, Portugal, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Thailand and Uruguay), Germany (also on behalf of Argentina, Australia, Austria, Czechia, Estonia, Finland, France, Ireland, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Maldives, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom of Great 40 41 42 GE. Observer of the Human Rights Council speaking on behalf of Member and observer States. Observer of the Human Rights Council speaking on behalf of Member and observer States. Observer of the Human Rights Council speaking on behalf of Member and observer States. 39

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