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II. Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner
for Human Rights and reports of the Office of the
High Commissioner and the Secretary-General
A. Update by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
76. At the 1st meeting, on 2 June 2008, the United Nations High Commissioner for
Human Rights gave an update on her activities and those of her Office.
77. During the ensuing general debate, at the 1st and 2nd meetings, on 2 June 2008, statements
were made by the following:
(a) Representatives of States members of the Council: Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada,
China, Egypt (on behalf of the Group of African States), France, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan,
Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, Nigeria, Pakistan (on behalf of the Organization of the Islamic
Conference), Philippines, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, Senegal, Slovenia (on behalf
of the European Union, Albania, Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Georgia, Iceland,
Moldova, Montenegro, Serbia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Ukraine),
South Africa, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland;
(b) Observers for the following States: Algeria, Argentina, Burkina Faso, Chile,
Ecuador, Ireland, Maldives, Morocco, Nepal, New Zealand, Norway, Thailand, Tunisia,
Uzbekistan;
(c) Observer for an intergovernmental organization: International Organization of
la Francophonie;
(d) Observers for non-governmental organizations: Comisión Jurídica Para el
Autodesarrollo de Los Pueblos Originarios Andinos (CAPAJ), Indian Council of South America,
International Service for Human Rights (also on behalf of Action Canada for Population and
Development, Amnesty International, the Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development
(Forum-Asia), the Asian Legal Resource Centre, the Association for the Prevention of Torture,
the Baha’i International Community, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, the Canadian
HIV/AIDS Legal Network, the Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions, the Colombian
Commission of Jurists, Conectas Direitos Humanos, Franciscans International, Friends World
Committee For Consultation (Quakers), Human Rights Watch, the International Centre for
Human Rights and Democratic Development (Rights and Democracy), the International
Commission of Jurists, the International Federation of Human Rights Leagues, the Latin
American Committee for the Defence of Women’s Rights, the Lutheran World Federation and
Pax Romana), Nord-Sud XXI (also on behalf of the Arab Lawyers Union, the General
Arab Women Federation and the Union of Arab Jurists).
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