A/HRC/22/41 II. Organization of the second session A. Election of the Chairperson-Rapporteur 6. At its first meeting, on 13 August 2012, the working group elected the Permanent Representative of South Africa, Abdul S. Minty as its Chairperson-Rapporteur. B. Attendance 7. Representatives of the following Member States attended the meetings of the second session: Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belgium, Canada, Bulgaria, Chile, China, Republic of Congo, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Ecuador, Egypt, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Ireland, Italy, Japan, Lesotho, Lithuania, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Philippines, Portugal, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic, Turkey, Tunisia, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America, Uruguay and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of). The African Union and the European Union participated in the session as well. The International Committee of the Red Cross also participated. 8. The following non-governmental organizations in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council were represented: International Commission of Jurists, International Peace Messenger Cities, International Organisation on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, International Service for Human Rights, Mani Tese, and the Organisation de la mutualité des volontaires africains. 9. Pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 15/26, Faiza Patel, ChairpersonRapporteur of the Working Group on the use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination attended the session as a resource person. Other invited resource persons were James Cockayne, CoDirector of the Center on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation; Patricia Feeney, Executive Director of Rights and Accountability in Development (RAID); Nils Melzer, Research Director of the Competence Center for Human Rights at the University of Zurich, and Chris Sanderson, chairman of the Security in Complex Environments Group of ADS. Stuart Groves participated as a regional expert. C. Organization of the session 10. In his introductory remarks, the Chairperson-Rapporteur stated that the mandate of the working group might appear to be relatively straightforward, but the complexity of the issues made it a difficult one. He felt encouraged by the fact that there seemed to be agreement on the need to develop of a regulatory framework, although there were divergences on what aspects and segments of the industry should be regulated, how they should be regulated and at what level. 11. At its first meeting, on 13 August 2012, the working group adopted its agenda (A/HRC/WG.10/2/1) and the programme of work. 4