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B. Follow-up to decisions of the Human Rights Council
1. Follow-up to resolution 4/2
42. At the 6th meeting, on 13 June 2007, the Council discussed the follow-up to its
resolution 4/2 of 27 March 2007 entitled “Human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian
Territory: follow-up to Human Rights Council resolutions S-1/1 and S-3/1”. The Council had
before it the report (A/HRC/5/11) of Mr. John Dugard, Special Rapporteur on the situation of
human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, submitted pursuant to
resolution S-1/1.
43. At the same meeting, the President of the Council and the United Nations High
Commissioner for Human Rights reported to the Council on the implementation of resolution 4/2
and updated the Council on the follow-up to the report of the Commission of Inquiry on Lebanon
(A/HRC/5/9), pursuant to Council resolution 3/3 (see paragraph 47 below).
44. Also, at the same meeting, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, head of the High-Level
Fact-Finding Mission, established pursuant to Council resolution S-3/1, reported to the Council
(A/HRC/5/20) on the implementation of the mandate of the mission. The observers for Israel and
Palestine made statements, as concerned countries, or parties.
45. During the ensuing interactive dialogue, at the same meeting, the following delegations
made statements and put questions to Archbishop Desmond Tutu:
(a) Representatives of States members of the Council: Algeria, Bangladesh, Cuba,
Germany (on behalf of the European Union), Indonesia, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan (on behalf
of the Organization of the Islamic Conference) and South Africa;
(b) Observers for the following States: Central African Republic, Iran (Islamic Republic
of), the Sudan and Syrian Arab Republic;
(c) Observer for the following intergovernmental organization: Organization of the
Islamic Conference;
(d) Observers for the following non-governmental organizations: Amnesty International,
Badil Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights (also on behalf of Defence
for Children International), B’nai B’rith International (also on behalf of the Coordinating Board
of Jewish Organizations), International League for the Rights and Liberation of Peoples,
North South XXI (also on behalf of General Arab Women Federation and Union of Arab
Jurists), and United Nations Watch.
46. At the same meeting, Ms. Christine Chinkin, member of the High-Level Fact-Finding
Mission to Beit Hanoun, established pursuant to Council resolution S-3/1, responded to
questions and made her concluding remarks.
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