A/HRC/11/37 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). GE.09-16766 83

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