A/HRC/8/WG.2/TF/2 page 5 C. Adoption of the agenda 6. At the same meeting, the task force adopted its agenda (A/HRC/8/WG.2/TF/1; see also annex I) and programme of work. D. Attendance 7. The following expert members of the task force attended the session: Stephen Marks (United States of America), Nico Schrijver (Netherlands), Margaret Sekaggya (Uganda), and Jorge Vargas Gonzalez (Colombia). Solita Collas Monsod (Philippines) was unable to attend. 8. Representatives of the following trade, development and financial institutions and organizations participated as institutional members: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Bank and World Trade Organization (WTO). 9. The Chairperson-Rapporteur of the Working Group attended the meeting. The following experts contributed to the work of the task force as resource persons: Roberto Bissio (Instituto del Tercer Mundo and Social Watch), Bronwen Manby (AfriMap), Margot Salomon (London School of Economics) and Xigen Wang (Wuhan University). 10. Representatives of the following States members of the Human Rights Council attended the meeting of the high-level task force as observers: Bangladesh, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Canada, China, Cuba, Egypt, France, Germany, Ghana, Guatemala, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mexico, the Netherlands, Pakistan, the Philippines, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Romania, the Russian Federation, Senegal, Slovenia, Switzerland and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. 11. The following States were also represented at the high-level task force as observers: Afghanistan, Algeria, Argentina, Barbados, Belgium, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Chile, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Ecuador, Haiti, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Mauritania, Morocco, Nepal, Oman, Rwanda, Serbia, Sweden, Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tunisia, Turkey, Yemen and Zimbabwe. The Holy See and Palestine were also represented. 12. The following United Nations bodies and intergovernmental organizations were represented: World Health Organization (WHO), the African Peer Review Mechanism secretariat, the African Union, the European Commission (EC), the European Union (EU), the Organization of the Islamic Conference, the League of Arab States, and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). 13. The following non-governmental organizations in consultative status were represented by observers: the Arab Bureau for Human Rights, Association of World Citizens, Caritas Internationalis, the Friedrich-Ebert Foundation, Franciscans International, Interfaith International, the International Coordinating Committee of National Human Rights Institutions, Mouvement contre le racisme et pour l’amitié entre les Peuples (MRAP), New Humanity and the Arab Lawyers Union.