A/HRC/42/26 B. Interactive discussion 31. During the plenary discussion, interventions were made by the representatives of Angola (on behalf of the African Group), Bangladesh, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Botswana, Canada (on behalf of the International Organization of la Francophonie), Costa Rica (on behalf of Argentina, Chile, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay), Croatia (on behalf of Austria and Slovenia), Denmark (youth delegate), Dominica, Ecuador, Estonia (on behalf of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway and Sweden), the European Union, Fiji (one statement on behalf of the Geneva Pledge Group and one on behalf of 12 Pacific small island developing States, Kiribati, Federated States of Micronesia, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu), Ireland, Madagascar, Marshall Islands (on behalf of a group of small island States, Fiji, Haiti, Marshall Islands and Singapore), Nauru (on behalf of the 15 beneficiary States of the Voluntary Technical Assistance Trust Fund to Support the Participation of Least Developed Countries and Small Island Developing States in the work of the Human Rights Council, Bahamas, Comoros, Dominica, Djibouti, Fiji, the Gambia, Kiribati, Madagascar, Nauru, Nepal, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Rwanda, Somalia and Vanuatu), Trinidad and Tobago (on behalf of the member States of the Caribbean Community), Thailand (on behalf of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations), Vanuatu, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) and Viet Nam. 32. Representatives of the following international and non-governmental organizations also spoke: the Australian Human Rights Commission, Conectas – Direitos Humanos, Franciscans International (in a joint statement with Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University, Dominicans for Justice and Peace (Order of Preachers) and the Lutheran World Federation), the Global Initiative for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (in a joint statement with Franciscans International, FIAN International, International Movement ATD Fourth World and International Women’s Rights Action Watch Asia Pacific), Institut International de L’Écologie Industrielle et de L’Économie Verte, the International Youth and Student Movement for the United Nations and UN-Women. 33. Statements by the following member States were not delivered, owing to lack of time: Australia, China, France, India, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Maldives, Mozambique, Nepal, Netherlands, Pakistan, Senegal, Seychelles, Spain and Timor-Leste.3 34. For the same reason, statements by the following organizations were not delivered: Aid Organization, the Asian-Pacific Resource and Research Centre for Women (in a joint statement with the Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development, the Beyond Beijing Committee, the Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation, the Federation of American Women’s Clubs Overseas (FAWCO), SERAC-Bangladesh, Marie Stopes International and Rutgers), Association of World Citizens, International Lesbian and Gay Federation-Europe (in a joint statement with the International Lesbian and Gay Association and the Swedish Federation of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights), the International Federation for the Protection of the Rights of Ethnic, Religious, Linguistic and Other Minorities, International Human Rights Association of American Minorities, InternationalLawyers.Org, International Organization for the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, Istituto Internazionale Maria Ausiliatrice delle Salesiane di Don Bosco, Kayan - Feminist Organization, Maat Foundation for Peace, Development and Human Rights, Organisation pour la Communication en Afrique et de Promotion de la Cooperation Economique Internationale, Partners For Transparency, Plan International Inc., Sikh Human Rights Group and Verein Südwind Entwicklungspolitik. 4 35. Speakers agreed that the negative impacts of climate change disproportionately affected the enjoyment of a broad range of human rights by women and girls. Those rights included the right to life, health, decent work, food, water and sanitation, education, housing, development and culture. Sea-level rise, droughts, flooding, more frequent 3 4 Statements received by the Secretariat are available on the Human Rights Council extranet. Ibid. 7