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D.
President:
Joachim Rücker (Germany)
Vice-Presidents:
Juan Esteban Aguirre Martínez (Paraguay)
Filloreta Kodra (Albania)
Mukhtar Tileuberdi (Kazakhstan)
Vice-President and Rapporteur:
Mothusi Bruce Rabasha Palai (Botswana)
Organization of work
10.
Pursuant to paragraph 124 of the annex to Human Rights Council resolution 5/1, an
open-ended informative consultation was held on 16 December 2015 in preparation for the
twenty-fourth special session.
11.
At its 1st meeting, held on 17 December 2015, the Human Rights Council
considered the organization of its work, including speaking time limits, which would be
three minutes for statements by States Members of the Council and two minutes for
statements by observer States of the Council, observers for non-Member States of the
Council and other observers. The list of speakers would be drawn up in chronological order
of registration. States Members of the Council would be given the floor first, followed by
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 Human Rights Council resolution 5/1.
E.
Resolution and documentation
13.
The resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council at its twenty-fourth special
session is reproduced in chapter I of the present report.
14.
The list of documents issued for the twenty-fourth special session is contained in the
annex to the present report.
F.
Statements
15.
At the 1st meeting, on 17 December 2015, the United Nations High Commissioner
for Human Rights made a statement.
16.
At the same meeting, the Special Adviser of the Secretary-General on the Prevention
of Genocide, Adama Dieng, made a statement.
17.
Also at the same meeting, the Chair of the Coordination Committee of Special
Procedures of the Human Rights Council, Michael K. Addo, made a statement on behalf of
the Coordination Committee.
18.
At the same meeting, the African Union Commissioner for Political Affairs, Aisha
Laraba Abdullahi, made a statement on behalf of the African Union Commission.
19.
Also at the same meeting, the representative of Burundi made a statement as the
State concerned.
20.
At the same meeting, on the same day, statements were made by the following
States Members of the Human Rights Council: Algeria, Argentina, Bolivia (Plurinational
State of), Brazil, China, Estonia, France, Gabon, Germany, Ghana, Ireland, Japan, Kenya,
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