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V. Human rights bodies and mechanisms
A. Complaint procedure
176. At the 9th and 20th meetings, on 15 and 23 September, the Council held two closed
meetings of the complaint procedure.
177. At the 20th meeting, on 23 September, the President made a statement on the outcome
of the meetings, stating: “The Human Rights Council has, in closed meetings, examined the
human rights situation in Maldives and in Turkmenistan, under the complaint procedure
established pursuant to Council resolution 5/1. The Council has decided to discontinue the
consideration of the human rights situation in Maldives and has decided to keep the human rights
situation in Turkmenistan under review.”
B. General debate on agenda item 5
178. At the 14th meeting, on 17 September, the Council held a general debate on human rights
bodies and mechanisms.
179. At that meeting, the Chairperson of the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee,
Miguel Alfonso Martinez (Cuba), presented his oral report.
180. At the same meeting, the Chairperson of the Social Forum, Mousa Burayzat (Jordan),
presented his oral report.
181. During the general debate on the above-mentioned oral reports and on item 5, the
following made statements:
(a) Representatives of States members of the Council: Angola, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh,
Brazil, Chile, China, Cuba, Egypt (on behalf of the African Group), France (on behalf of the
European Union, Albania, Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Georgia, Iceland,
Liechtenstein, Montenegro, the Republic of Moldova, Serbia, the former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia, Turkey and Ukraine), India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan (on behalf
of the Organization of the Islamic Conference), Republic of Korea, Russian Federation,
Switzerland (also on behalf of the Platform of Human Rights Education and Training);
(b) Observers for the following States: Latvia (also on behalf of Argentina, Armenia,
Australia, Canada, Colombia, Croatia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Maldives,
Mexico, Montenegro, New Zealand, Norway, Paraguay, Peru, the Republic of Korea, Serbia, the
former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uruguay, Zambia and the 27 States
members of the European Union), Morocco, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of);
(c) Observers for non-governmental organizations: Association of World Citizens,
European Bureau for Lesser-Used Languages, European Union of Public Relations, Indian
Council of South America (also on behalf of the International Education Development and
Interfaith International), International Educational Development, International Institute for
Peace, International Movement against All Forms of Discrimination and Racism, International
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