A/HRC/S-5/2 page 7 F. Statements 15. At the 1st meeting, on 2 October 2007, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Ms. Louise Arbour, made a statement. 16. At the same meeting, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Mr. Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro, made a statement. 17. At the same meeting, the representative of Myanmar, as a concerned country, made a statement. 18. At the same meeting, and at the 2nd meeting, on the same day, statements were made by the following: (a) Representatives of States members of the Council: Bangladesh, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, Cuba, Egypt (on behalf of the Group of African States), France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mexico, Netherlands, Pakistan (on behalf of the Organization of the Islamic Conference), Peru, Philippines, Portugal1 (on behalf of the European Union; candidate countries - Croatia, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Turkey; countries of the stabilization and association process and potential candidates Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Serbia; as well as Armenia, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine), Republic of Korea, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovenia, South Africa, Switzerland, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Zambia; (b) Observers for non-member States: Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Cambodia, Chile, Colombia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Morocco, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Singapore, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, United States of America and Viet Nam; (c) Observers for non-governmental organizations: Amnesty International, Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (also on behalf of Ain O Salish Kendro (Ask) Law and Mediation Centre, Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development, Asian Indigenous and Tribal People’s Network, Asian Partnership for the Development of Human Resources in Rural Asia, EarthRights International, International Movement Against All Forms of Discrimination and Racism, International NGO Forum on Indonesia Development, International Women’s Rights Action Watch, MINBYUN-Lawyers for Democratic Society, Pax Romana, Peace Boat, People’s Solidarity for Participatory Democracy and Tebtebba Foundation (Indigenous Peoples’ International Centre For Policy Research And Education)), Asian Legal Resource Centre, Human Rights Watch, International Commission of Jurists, International Federation of Human Rights Leagues, United Nations Watch, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom and Worldview International Foundation. 19. At the 2nd meeting, on the same day, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar made concluding remarks. 1 Observer State of the Council speaking on behalf of States members and observer States.