A/HRC/8/7* page 17 Portugal and Switzerland preferred one year as provided for in the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, while Poland preferred six months as provided for in the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. Articles 25 and 26 136. No comments were made to these articles. V. REVIEW OF THE SECOND REVISED DRAFT 137. At the second part of the session, from 31 March to 4 April 2008, the Working Group had before it a second revised draft of the optional protocol (A/HRC/8/WG.4/3) and a note with additional drafting proposals, prepared by the Chairperson dated 25 March 2008. In her opening statement, the Chairperson underlined the need for all to show flexibility in order to reach consensus and expressed her hope that the Working Group would be able to complete its mandate and conclude the session with a text for transmission to the Human Rights Council. Preamble 138. The Working Group agreed to replace paragraph 1 with the wording of preambular paragraph 1 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. 139. Paragraphs 2 and 3 were accepted as drafted. 140. Paragraph 4 was left pending owing to a lack of consensus on a proposal by the Islamic Republic of Iran to reflect language from paragraph 5 of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action. 141. The discussion on paragraph 6 was left pending. 142. Paragraph 5 was approved as drafted after some discussion, without reference to Economic and Social Council resolution 1985/17. Delegates discussed inserting, “established by ECOSOC resolution 1985/17” after “Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights”. Some delegations agreed to the insertion, others discussed whether to insert this reference as a footnote, while a third group cautioned against such an insertion. Article 1 143. Article 1 was accepted as drafted. Article 2 144. With regard to paragraph 1, Egypt (on behalf of the African Group) and Portugal preferred the deletion of the language in brackets. Algeria stated that the scope of the protocol should include Part I of the Covenant. Canada, Greece, Poland, Turkey, the United Kingdom and the