A/HRC/16/12 Introduction 1. The Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review, established in accordance with Human Rights Council resolution 5/1, held its ninth session from 1 to 12 November 2010. The review of the Republic of the Marshall Islands was held at the 10th meeting, on 5 November 2010. The delegation of the Marshall Islands was headed by the Minister for Foreign Affairs, John M. Silk. At its 14th meeting, on 9 November 2010, the Working Group adopted the report on the Republic of the Marshall Islands. 2. On 21 June 2010, the Human Rights Council selected the following group of rapporteurs (troika) to facilitate the review of the Marshall Islands: Bahrain, Brazil and Zambia. 3. In accordance with paragraph 15 of the annex to resolution 5/1, the following documents were issued for the review of the Republic of the Marshall Islands: (a) A national report submitted/written presentation made in accordance with paragraph 15 (a) (A/HRC/WG.6/9/MHL/1); (b) A compilation prepared by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in accordance with paragraph 15 (b) (A/HRC/WG.6/9/MHL/2); (c) A summary prepared by OHCHR in accordance with paragraph 15 (c) (A/HRC/WG.6/9/MHL/3). 4. A list of questions prepared in advance by Germany, Latvia, Slovenia and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland was transmitted to the Republic of the Marshall Islands through the troika. Those questions are available on the extranet of the universal periodic review. I. Summary of the proceedings of the review process 5. During the interactive dialogue, 21 delegations made statements. Recommendations made during the dialogue are found in section II of the present report. A. Presentation by the State under review 6. At the 10th meeting, on 5 November 2010, the Minister for Foreign Affairs presented the national report, which had been prepared with the participation of civil society organizations. Referring to budgetary constraints faced by the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the head of the delegation expressed appreciation to OHCHR, the Regional Rights Resource Team of the Secretariat of the Pacific Community, and bilateral partners such as Germany and Canada for their generosity and assistance concerning the participation of the Marshall Islands delegation in the review. 7. The Marshall Islands noted that the preparation of the national report had been the culmination of months of consultations by the Resource Development Committee, which had been established by the Cabinet late in 2009 to prepare for and subsequently develop the report with communities and among Committee members, noting that the Committee comprised not only Government offices, but non-governmental organizations as well. However, owing to the sporadic services of the local airline, committee consultations had been limited to the urban centres of Majuro and Ebeye. 3