A/HRC/13/56 Uganda Alfred Ntunduguru Karokora Asian States Nominating Member State Expert nominated Japan Shigeki Sakamoto Republic of Korea Chinsung Chung Eastern European States Nominating Member State Expert nominated Russian Federation Vladimir Kartashkin Latin American and Caribbean States Nominating Member State Expert nominated Chile José Antonio Bengoa Cabello Western European and other States Nominating Member State Expert nominated Germany Wolfgang Stefan Heinz 48. The number of candidates for each regional group corresponded to the number of seats to be filled. The practice of holding a secret ballot pursuant to paragraph 70 of Council resolution 5/1 was dispensed with and Mona Zulficar, Alfred Ntunduguru Karokora, Shigeki Sakamoto, Chinsung Chung, Vladimir Kartashkin, José Antonio Bengoa Cabello and Wolfgang Stefan Heinz were elected as members of the Advisory Committee by consensus. K. Adoption of the report of the session 49. At the 45th meeting, on 26 March 2010, the Rapporteur and Vice-President of the Council made a statement in connection with the draft report of the Council (A/HRC/13/L.10). 50. At the same meeting, the Council adopted the draft report ad referendum and decided to entrust the Rapporteur with its finalization. 51. Also at the same meeting, the representatives of Nigeria (on behalf of the Group of African States) and Spain (on behalf of the European Union) and observers for the Human Rights Watch (also on behalf of the Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development, the Baha’i International Community, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network, the CIVICUS-World Alliance for Citizen Participation, the International Federation of Human Rights Leagues and the International Service for Human Rights) and Mouvement contre le racisme et pour l’amitié entre les peuples made general comments in connection with the session. 52. At the same meeting, the President of the Council made a closing statement. 89