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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 16 February 2009 in preparation for the tenth special
session.
11. At its 1st meeting, on 20 February 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 three minutes for statements by observers for non-Member States of
the Council and other observers. The representatives of United Nations agencies and experts who
had been invited to participate in the session would each have up to five minutes of speaking
time. The list of speakers would be drawn up in chronological order of registration. The main
sponsor Member States for the convening of the special session 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 tenth special session is reproduced in chapter I
of the present report.
14. The list of documents issued for the tenth special session is contained in the annex to the
present report.
F. Statements
15.
At the 1st meeting, on 20 February 2009, the President of the Council made a statement.
16. At the same meeting, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights made a
statement.
17. Also at the same meeting, the representatives of Brazil and Egypt (on behalf of the Group
of African States) made statements as main sponsor Member States for the convening of the
special session.
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