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E. Election of officers
6.
In accordance with rule 103 of the rules of procedure of the General Assembly, at
its 1st meeting, on 4 August 2008, the Advisory Committee elected the following officers by
acclamation:
Chairperson:
Miguel Alfonso Martínez (Cuba)
Vice-Chairpersons:
Chung Chinsung (Republic of Korea)
Vladimir Kartashkin (Russian Federation)
Mona Zulficar (Egypt)
Rapporteur:
Emmanuel Decaux (France)
7.
At the same meeting, Mr. Bengoa, Mr. Kartashkin, Ms. Quisumbing, Mrs. Warzazi and
Mr. Ziegler made statements in connection with the election of the Chairperson. After his
election, the Chairperson of the Advisory Committee, Mr. Alfonso Martínez, made a statement.
8.
Also at the same meeting, Mr. Burney, Mr. Heinz, Mr. Hüseynov and Mr. Kaigama made
statements in connection with the election of the Vice-Chairpersons and the Rapporteur.
F. Adoption of the agenda
9.
At its 1st and 2nd meetings, on 4 August 2008, the Advisory Committee had before it a
note by the Secretary-General containing the provisional agenda for the first session
(A/HRC/AC/2008/1/1). The annotations to the provisional agenda are contained in
document A/HRC/AC/2008/1/1/Add.1.
10. At the same meetings, statements in connection with the provisional agenda for the
first session were made by members of the Advisory Committee and by observers for
Governments and non-governmental organizations (for the detailed list of speakers,
see annex II).
11. At the 3rd meeting, on 5 August, the Chairperson of the Advisory Committee proposed
revisions to the provisional agenda, as agreed upon by the Bureau. The Chairperson proposed
that the order of consideration of items 3 and 4 be exchanged; thus, the previous item 3 became
the new item 4, and the previous item 4 became the new item 3. The Advisory Committee had
before it the revised provisional agenda for the first session (A/HRC/AC/2008/1/1/Rev.1).
12. At the same meeting, statements in connection with the revised provisional agenda for the
first session were made by members of the Advisory Committee (see annex II).
13. Also at the same meeting, the agenda, as amended, was adopted without a vote
(see annex I).
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