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104. At the 4th meeting, on 14 September 2007, the High Commissioner made a statement.
105. At the same meeting, statements in exercise of the right of reply were made by the
representatives of Colombia, the Islamic Republic of Iran and Zimbabwe.
Update by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
106. At the 26th meeting, on 11 December 2007, Ms. Louise Arbour, the United Nations
High Commissioner for Human Rights gave an update on her activities and those of her Office.
107. At the same meeting, the representatives of Afghanistan, Brazil, Gabon, Sri Lanka and
the Sudan, as concerned countries, made statements.
108. During the ensuing related debate, at the same meeting, statements were made by the
following:
(a) Representatives of States members of the Council: Bangladesh, Canada, China, Cuba
(on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement), Egypt (on behalf of the Group of African States),
France, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Netherlands, Pakistan (also on behalf of the
Organization of the Islamic Conference), Philippines, Portugal4 (on behalf of the
European Union and candidate countries - Croatia and The former Yugoslav Republic
of Macedonia; countries of the stabilization and association process and potential candidates Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro; as well as Armenia, Moldova and Ukraine),
Republic of Korea, Senegal and Switzerland;
(b) Observers for the following States: Algeria, Morocco, New Zealand, Norway,
Sweden and United States of America;
(c) Observers for non-governmental organizations: Amnesty International, Asian Legal
Resource Centre, Human Rights Watch, Interfaith International, International Commission of
Jurists, International Federation of Human Rights Leagues, International NGO Forum on
Indonesian Development (also on behalf of Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development
(Forum-Asia)) and Nord Sud XXI (also on behalf of Union of Arab Jurists).
109. At the same meeting, the High Commissioner made concluding remarks.
110. At the same meeting, statements in exercise of the right of reply were made by the
representatives of Iraq, the Netherlands and Sri Lanka. A second statement in exercise of the
right of reply, in connection with the statements made in exercise of the right of reply, was made
by the representative of Sri Lanka.
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