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C. Officers
9.
At its second organizational meeting of the third cycle, on 19 June 2008, the Council
elected the following officers, who also served as officers for the eleventh special session:
President:
Martin Ihoeghian Uhomoibhi (Nigeria)
Vice-Presidents:
Erlinda F. Basilio (Philippines)
Alberto J. Dumont (Argentina)
Marius Grinius (Canada)
Vice-President and Rapporteur:
Elchin Amirbayov (Azerbaijan)
D. Organization of work
10. Pursuant to paragraph 124 of the annex to Council resolution 5/1, an open-ended
informative consultation was held on 25 May 2009 in preparation for the eleventh special
session.
11. At the 1st meeting of the eleventh special session, on 26 May 2009, the Council considered
the organization of its work, including speaking-time limits, which would be five minutes for
statements by States Members of the Council and concerned countries, and three minutes for
statements by observers for non-Member States of the Council and other observers, including
United Nations entities, specialized agencies and related organizations, intergovernmental
organizations and other entities, national human rights institutions and non-governmental
organizations. The list of speakers would be drawn up in chronological order of registration. The
concerned parties would be given the floor first, followed by States Members of the Council,
observer States and observers for United Nations entities, specialized agencies and related
organizations, intergovernmental organizations and other entities, and observers of national
human rights institutions and non-governmental organizations.
12. The special session was conducted in accordance with the relevant provisions contained in
Council resolution 5/1.
E. Resolution and documentation
13. The resolution adopted by the Council at its eleventh special session is reproduced in
chapter I of the present report.
14. The list of documents issued for the eleventh special session is contained in the annex to
the present report.
F. Statements
15.
At the 1st meeting, on 26 May 2009, the President of the Council made a statement.
16. At the same meeting, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights made a
video statement.
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