A/HRC/15/60
V.
Human rights bodies and mechanisms
A.
Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
249. At the 14th meeting, on 21 September 2009, the Chairperson-Rapporteur of the
Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, José Carlos Morales Morales,
presented the reports of the Expert Mechanism (A/HRC/15/35 and 36).
B.
General debate on agenda item 5
250. At its 14th and 15th meetings, on 21 September 2010, the Council held a general
debate on agenda item 5, during which the following made statements:
(a)
Representatives of States Members of the Council: Argentina, Belgium (on
behalf of the European Union, Albania, Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia,
Georgia, Iceland, Montenegro, the Republic of Moldova, Serbia, the former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia, Turkey and Ukraine), Chile, China, Finland49 (also on behalf of
Denmark, Iceland, Norway and Sweden), Guatemala, Japan, Mexico, Russian Federation,
United States of America;
(b)
Representatives of the following observer States: Australia, Denmark,
Honduras, Latvia (also on behalf of Albania, Australia, Austria, Armenia, Belgium, Bosnia
and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, the
Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece,
Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Liechtenstein,
Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico, Monaco, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway,
Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, the Republic of Korea, the Republic of Moldova,
Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia, Turkey, Ukraine, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland and Uruguay);
(c)
Observer for the Sovereign Military Order of Malta;
(d)
Observer for national human rights institutions: International Coordinating
Committee of national human rights institutions;
(e)
Observers for the following non-governmental organizations: Amnesty
International, Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, Centre for Human Rights and
Peace Advocacy, Colombian Commission of Jurists, Commission to Study the
Organization of Peace, European Union of Public Relations, Foundation for Aboriginal and
Islander Research Action, France Libertés: Fondation Danielle Mitterrand (also on behalf
of International Educational Development, Inc. and Mouvement contre le racisme et pour
l’amitié entre les peuples), Indian Council of South America, International Club for Peace
Research, International Committee for the Indians of the Americas (Incomindios
Switzerland), International Indian Treaty Council, International Institute for Peace,
International Service for Human Rights, International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs,
Liberation, Mbororo Social and Cultural Development Association, Nord-Sud XXI,
Permanent Assembly for Human Rights, Rencontre africaine pour la défense des droits de
l’homme, Society for Threatened Peoples, Syriac Universal Alliance, World Association
for the School as an Instrument of Peace.
251. At the 15th meeting, on the same day, a statement in exercise of the right of reply
was made by Paraguay.
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