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18. At the same meeting, statements were made by the representatives of groups of States:
Cuba (on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement), Czech Republic (on behalf of
the European Union, Albania, Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Georgia,
Liechtenstein, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, the Republic of
Moldova, Serbia, Turkey and Ukraine), Egypt (on behalf of the group of Arab States) and
Pakistan (on behalf of members of the Organization of the Islamic Conference).
19. Also at the same meeting, statements were made by the independent expert on the effects
of foreign debt and other related international financial obligations of States on the full
enjoyment of human rights, particularly economic, social and cultural rights, Cephas Lumina; the
representative of the International Labour Organization, Raymond Torres; the representative of
the World Trade Organization, Willy Alfaro; and the representative of the World Health
Organization, Andrew Cassels.
20. At the same meeting, statements were made by the following States Members of the
Council: Angola, Argentina, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Canada, Chile, China, Djibouti, Ghana, India,
Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, the Philippines, Qatar,
the Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Switzerland and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland.
21. At the 2nd meeting, on 20 February 2009, statements were made by the independent expert
on the question of human rights and extreme poverty, Magdalena Sepúlveda Carmona;
Linos-Alexander Sicilianos, member of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial
Discrimination; the representative of the International Organization for Migration,
Michele Klein-Salomon; and the representative of the United Nations Conference on Trade and
Development, Alfredo Calcagno.
22.
At the same meeting, statements were made by the following:
(a) Observer States of the Council: Algeria, Belarus, Bhutan, Botswana, Colombia,
Côte d’Ivoire, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Iceland, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Israel,
Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Morocco, Nepal, Norway, Panama, Singapore, Sudan, Tunisia, Turkey,
United Arab Emirates, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Yemen;
(b)
Observer for the Holy See;
(c)
Observer for Palestine;
(d)
Observer for an intergovernmental organization: African Union;
(e) Observers for non-governmental organizations: Arab Commission for Human Rights,
Dominicans for Justice and Peace (also on behalf of the Association Points-Coeur, Caritas
Internationalis, the International Catholic Child Bureau and the International Organization for
the Right to Education and Freedom of Education), Europe-Third World Centre, Indian Council
of South America, Indian Movement Tupaj Amaru, International Federation of Human Rights
Leagues, Nord-Sud XXI, Permanent Assembly for Human Rights and Rencontre africaine pour
la defense des droits de l’homme (also on behalf of the International Youth and Student
Movement for the United Nations and Organisation pour la communication en Afrique et de
promotion de la coopération economique internationale).
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