A/HRC/14/37 36. During the ensuing discussion at the same meeting, and at the 6th meeting on 2 June 2010, the following made statements: (a) Representatives of States Members of the Council: Argentina, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Chile, China, Cuba, Djibouti, Egypt (on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement), France, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria (on behalf of the Group of African States), Norway, Pakistan (also on behalf of the Organization of the Islamic Conference), Qatar, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Spain1 (on behalf of the European Union), Sudan1 (on behalf of the Group of Arab States), United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America, Uruguay; (b) Representatives of the following observer States: Afghanistan, Algeria, Australia, Austria, Belarus, Canada, Ecuador, El Salvador, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Ireland, Kuwait, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Lebanon, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Malaysia, Maldives, Morocco, New Zealand, Oman, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Viet Nam, Yemen; (c) Observer for the Holy See; (d) Observers for intergovernmental organizations: African Union, League of Arab States; (e) Observer for a national human rights institution: Palestinian National Institution for Human Rights; (f) Observers for the following non-governmental organizations: Amnesty International, Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (also on behalf of Al-Haq, Law in the Service of Man), Commission of the Churches on International Affairs, Human Rights Watch, Indian Movement Tupaj Amaru, International Federation for Human Rights Leagues (also on behalf of the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights), International Human Rights Association of American Minorities, International Islamic Federation of Student Organizations, Mouvement contre le racisme et pour l’amitié entre les peuples (also on behalf of the American Association of Jurists, Centre Europe – Tiers Monde, France Libertés : Fondation Danielle Mitterrand, the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom and the World Federation of Trade Unions), Nord-Sud XXI (also on behalf of the Arab Lawyers Union, the International Organization for the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination and the Union of Arab Jurists), United Nations Watch, World Muslim Congress. H. Selection and appointment of mandate holders 37. At its 36th meeting, on 18 June 2010, the Council appointed special procedures mandate holders in accordance with Council resolution 5/1 (see annex V). 38. At the same meeting, the representatives of Brazil, Burundi, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Uganda and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland made statements in relation to the appointment of mandate holders. 1 GE.12-17781 Observer of the Human Rights Council speaking on behalf of Member and observer States. 53