A/HRC/20/39 Activity Date Format Briefing for South- 16–17 Regional East Asian November 2009 countries Location Countries invited Bangkok, Thailand Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Nepal, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, Philippines, Timor-Leste, Viet Nam, Indonesia and Malaysia Number of participants 50 2008 Activity Date Briefing for the 6–7 October English-speaking 2008 Caribbean countries Briefing for Asian countries Number of participants Format Location Countries invited Regional Bridgetown, Barbados Bahamas, Belize, Dominica, Jamaica, Guyana, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenada, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, Zambia, Tonga, India, New Zealand 47 Bangkok, Thailand Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Philippines, Viet Nam 24 20–21 Regional November 2008 13