A/HRC/9/28 page 80 Montenegro, the Republic of Moldova, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Ukraine), Ghana, Japan, Netherlands, Pakistan, Russian Federation, Switzerland, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; (b) Observers for the following States: Belarus, Belgium, Czech Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Estonia, Georgia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Ireland, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Yemen; (c) Observer for the following intergovernmental organization: League of Arab States; (d) Observers for the following non-governmental organizations: Asian Legal Resource Centre, Europe-Third World Centre (also on behalf of Mouvement contre le racisme et pour l’amitié entre les peuples, the World Federation of Trade Unions and the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom), Interfaith International, International Humanist and Ethical Union (also on behalf of the Association for World Education and the Centre for Enquiry), Union de l’action feminine. 164. At the 13th meeting, on 17 September, during the general debate, observers for the following non-governmental organizations made statements: African-American Society for Humanitarian Aid and Development, Al-Zubair Charity Organization, Arab Lawyers Union, Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (also on behalf of People’s Solidarity for Participatory Democracy), Baha’i International Community, Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, Child Development Foundation, Colombian Commission of Jurists, European Union of Public Relations, Franciscans International, Hawa Organization for Women, Human Rights Watch, International Commission of Jurists, International Educational Development, International Federation of Human Rights Leagues, International Human Rights Association of American Minorities, International Movement against All Forms of Discrimination and Racism (also on behalf of the Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development), International Organization for the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, Liberation, Lutheran World Federation (also on behalf of the International Movement against All Forms of Discrimination and Racism), Mbororo Social and Cultural Development Association, MINBYN - Lawyers for a Democratic Society (also on behalf of the Asian Legal Resource Centre), Mouvement contre le racisme et pour l’amitié entre les peuples, North-South XXI, Society for Threatened Peoples (also on behalf of the Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development, the Asian Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Network and Mouvement contre le racisme et pour l’amitié entre les peuples), Society Studies Centre, Sudan Council for Voluntary Agencies, Sudanese Women General Union, Union of Arab Jurists (also on behalf of People’s Solidarity for Participatory Democracy), United Nations Watch, World Muslim Congress, World Organization against Torture. 165. At the same meeting, statements in exercise of the right of reply were made by the representatives of Afghanistan, China, Colombia, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Ethiopia, France, Georgia, India, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Japan, Morocco, Myanmar, the Netherlands, Pakistan, the Russian Federation, Sri Lanka, the Sudan, Uzbekistan and Zimbabwe.