A/HRC/S-5/2 page 5 II. Organization of work of the fifth special session 1. Pursuant to paragraph 10 of General Assembly resolution 60/251 of 15 March 2006, as well as in accordance with rule 6 of the Council’s rules of procedure as contained in Council resolution 5/1 of 18 June 2007, the Council “shall hold special sessions, when needed, at the request of a member of the Council with the support of one third of the membership of the Council”. 2. By letter dated 27 September 2007, addressed to the President of the Human Rights Council (A/HRC/S-5/1), the Permanent Representative of Slovenia to the United Nations Office at Geneva requested the holding of a special session entitled “The Human Rights Situation in Myanmar”, to be held on Tuesday, 2 October 2007, immediately after the first part of the sixth session of the Human Rights Council. 3. The letter, received by the President on 28 September 2007, was accompanied by signatures in support of the above-mentioned request from the following 17 States members of the Council: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, France, Germany, Guatemala, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Peru, Republic of Korea, Romania, Slovenia, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Uruguay. Brazil subsequently signed the above-mentioned request. 4. As more than one third of the membership of the Council supported the above-mentioned request, the special session of the Council was convened on 2 October 2007. 5. In addition to the above-mentioned States members of the Council, the request was also supported by the following observer States of the Council: Albania, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Chile, Côte d’Ivoire, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Guinea, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Turkey and United States of America. Morocco, Serbia and Singapore subsequently signed the above-mentioned request. A. Opening and duration of the session 6. The Council held its fifth special session at the United Nations Office at Geneva on 2 October 2007. It held two meetings (see A/HRC/S-5/SR.1-2)* during the session. 7. The fifth special session was opened by the President of the Council, Mr. Doru Romulus Costea. * Summary records of each of the meetings are subject to correction. They are considered final with the issuance of a consolidated corrigendum (A/HRC/S-5/SR.1-2/Corrigendum).