A/HRC/2/2 A/HRC/Sub.1/58/36 page 116 F. Organization of work and conduct of business 14. The Sub-Commission considered item 1 of the agenda at its 1st and 2nd meetings on 7 August 2006, and at its 3rd meeting, on 9 August. 15. In the general debate on agenda item 1, statements were made by members of the Sub-Commission. For the list of speakers, see annex II. 16. At its 2nd meeting, on 7 August, the Sub-Commission, taking note of Human Rights Council decision 1/102 of 30 June 2006, by which the Council decided that the final session of the Sub-Commission should be convened, starting 31 July for a period of up to four weeks, if so decided by the Sub-Commission, including its pre-sessional and in-sessional working groups, decided to utilize all three weeks of meeting time available to it in order to be able to carry out its programme of work, including the tasks requested by the Council. For the text of the decision, see chapter II, section B, decision 2006/101. 17. At the same meeting, the Sub-Commission, upon the recommendation of its officers, decided, without a vote, the following with respect to sessional working groups: (a) To establish a sessional working group with a mandate to elaborate detailed principles and guidelines concerning the promotion and protection of human rights when combating terrorism under agenda item 6 (c) and to nominate the following members of the Sub-Commission as members of the working group: Mr. Bíró, Mr. Chen Shiqiu, Ms. Koufa, Mr. Salama and Ms. Sardenberg Zelner Gonçalves. For the text of the decision, see chapter II, section B, decision 2006/102; (b) To establish a sessional working group on the administration of justice under agenda item 3 and to nominate the following members of the Sub-Commission as members of the working group: Ms. Hampson, Ms. Motoc, Ms. Rakotoarisoa, Mr. Tuñón-Veilles and Mr. Yokota. For the text of the decision, see chapter II, section B, decision 2006/103; (c) To establish a sessional working group to examine the working methods and activities of transnational corporations under agenda item 4 and to nominate the following members of the Sub-Commission as members of the working group: Mr. Alfonso Martínez, Mr. Alfredsson, Mr. Bíró, Ms. Chung and Mr. Guissé. For the text of the decision, see chapter II, section B, decision 2006/104. 18. The Sub-Commission accepted the recommendations of its officers regarding limitations on the frequency and duration of statements. Members of the Sub-Commission would be entitled to make one or more statements of 10 minutes maximum per item. Observers for non-governmental organizations would be limited to one statement of seven minutes per item. With regard to joint statements by non-governmental organizations, the following timing was agreed upon: 1 or 2 non-governmental organizations: 7 minutes; 3 to 5 non-governmental organizations: 10 minutes; 6 to 10 non-governmental organizations: 12 minutes; more than 10 non-governmental organizations: 15 minutes. National human rights institutions would be allowed to make statements on the same basis as non-governmental organizations.

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