A/HRC/13/56 VIII. Follow-up to and implementation of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action 821. At its 36th meeting, on 23 March 2010, the Council held a general debate on agenda item 8, during which the following made statements: (a) Representatives of States Members of the Council: Argentina (also on behalf of Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)), China, Colombia2 (on behalf of the Group of Latin American and Caribbean States), Côte d’Ivoire2 (on behalf of the Group of African States, the Group of Latin American and Caribbean States and the Philippines), Indonesia, Italy, Nigeria (on behalf of the Group of African States), Pakistan (on behalf of the Organization of the Islamic Conference), Russian Federation, Spain2 (on behalf of the European Union, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Liechtenstein, Montenegro, Serbia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Turkey and Ukraine), Sudan2 (on behalf of the Group of Arab States), United States of America, Viet Nam2 (on behalf of ASEAN); (b) Representatives of the following observer States: Algeria, Australia (also on behalf of Canada and New Zealand), Morocco, Paraguay; (c) Observers for the following national human rights institutions: Advisory Council on Human Rights of Morocco, Comision Nacional de los Derechos Humanos de Honduras, Comision Nacional de los Derechos Humanos de Mexico, Commission nationale des droits de l’homme du Togo, National Human Rights Committee of Qatar, Network of National Human Rights Institutions of the Americas, New Zealand Human Rights Commission; (d) Observers for the following non-governmental organizations: Action internationale pour la paix et le développement dans la région des Grands Lacs, Amnesty International, Association for World Education (also on behalf of the World Union for Progressive Judaism), Centrist Democratic International, Commission to Study the Organization of Peace, Indian Council of Education, Indian Council of South America, Inter-African Committee on Traditional Practices Affecting the Health of Women and Children (also on behalf of the Women’s Federation for World Peace International), International Service for Human Rights (also on behalf of Al-Haq, Law in the Service of Man, Amnesty International, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network and Human Rights Watch), Latin American Federation of Associations of Relatives of Disappeared Detainees, Nord-Sud XXI, United Nations Watch, World Peace Council, World Union for Progressive Judaism (also on behalf of the Association for World Education). 822. At the same meeting, the representative of Iran (Islamic Republic of) made a statement in exercise of the right of reply. 201