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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;
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Observer of the Human Rights Council speaking on behalf of Member and observer States.
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