A/HRC/15/60 VIII. Follow-up to and implementation of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action 743. At its 22nd meeting, on 24 September 2010, the Council held a general debate on agenda item 8, 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), Brazil (on behalf of MERCOSUR), China, Costa Rica50 (on behalf of the Group of Latin American and Caribbean States), Nigeria (on behalf of the Group of African States), Norway, Pakistan (on behalf of the Organization of the Islamic Conference), Russian Federation, Syrian Arab Republic50 (also on behalf of the Group of Arab States), United States of America; (b) Representatives of the following observer States: Algeria, Azerbaijan, Morocco, Slovenia. (c) Observers for the following non-governmental organizations: Action Canada for Population and Development, Action internationale pour la paix et le développement des Grands Lacs, Afro-Asian People’s Solidarity Organization, Agence internationale pour le développement, Amnesty International, Association for World Education, Centrist Democratic International, European Union for Public Relations, Femmes Afrique Solidarité, France Libertés (also on behalf of the American Association of Jurists, International Educational Development Inc. and Mouvement contre le racisme et pour l’amitié entre les peuples), Fundación Para la Libertad, Indian Council of Education, International Club for Peace Research, International Humanist and Ethical Union, International Institute for Non-aligned Studies, International Institute for Peace, International Lesbian and Gay Association – Europe, International Service for Human Rights (also on behalf of the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network, the Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development and Human Rights Watch), Marangopoulos Foundation for Human Rights, Verein Sudwind Entwicklungspolitik, Widows Rights International, World Federation of Democratic Youth, World Union for Progressive Judaism. GE.11-17043 195