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V.
Human rights bodies and mechanisms
A.
Complaint procedure
161. At its 12th meeting, on 8 June 2009, and its 27th meeting, on 17 June 2009, the
Council held two closed meetings of the complaint procedure.
162. At the 28th meeting, on 18 June 2009, the President made a statement on the
outcome of the meetings, stating that the Human Rights Council had, in closed meetings,
decided to discontinue consideration of the human rights situation in the Democratic
Republic of the Congo under the complaint procedure established pursuant to Council
resolution 5/1.
B.
General debate on agenda item 5
163. At its 13th meeting, on 9 June 2009, the Council held a general debate on agenda
item 5, during which the following made statements:
(a)
Representatives of States Members of the Council: Bahrain, Brazil, Canada,
China, Czech Republic4 (on behalf of the European Union, Albania, Armenia, Bosnia and
Herzegovina, Croatia, Iceland, Montenegro, Republic of Moldova, Serbia, the former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Turkey and Ukraine), Nigeria;
(b)
Representatives of the following observer States: United States of America;
(c)
Observers for the following non-governmental organizations: Amnesty
International, Arab Commission for Human Rights, Commission to Study the Organization
of Peace, Conectas Direitos Humanos, Human Rights Council of Australia (also on behalf
of the Asian Legal Resource Centre, the Baha’i International Community and the Cairo
Institute for Human Rights Studies), Indian Council of Education, International Institute for
Non-Aligned Studies, International Service for Human Rights.
C.
Consideration of and action on draft proposals
System of special procedures
164. At the 29th meeting, on 18 June 2009, the representative of Cuba introduced draft
resolution A/HRC/11/L.8, sponsored by Cuba (on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement)
and co-sponsored by China and the Russian Federation.
165. At the same meeting, the representative of Cuba orally revised the draft resolution
by modifying the title, the fourth preambular paragraph, paragraphs 1 and 2, and adding a
new paragraph 3.
166. Also at the same meeting, the representatives of Canada, Germany (on behalf of
States Members of the European Union that are members of the Council) and Switzerland
made general comments in relation to the draft resolution.
167. At the same meeting, the draft resolution, as orally revised, was adopted without a
vote (for the text as adopted, see part one, chap. I, resolution 11/11).
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