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Vice-Presidents:
Andrej Logar (Slovenia)
Dyan T. Djani (Indonesia)
Carlos Portales (Chile)
Vice-President and Rapporteur:
Hisham Badr (Egypt)
D.
Organization of work
10.
Pursuant to paragraph 124 of the annex to Council resolution 5/1, an open-ended
informative consultation was held on 14 October 2009 in preparation for the twelfth special
session.
11.
At its 1st meeting, on 15 October 2009, the Council considered the organization of its
work, including speaking time limits, which would be three minutes for statements by States
Members of the Council and concerned countries, and two minutes for statements by observers
for non-Member States of the Council and other observers, including United Nations entities,
specialized agencies and related organizations, intergovernmental organizations and other
entities, national human rights institutions and non-governmental organizations. The list of
speakers would be drawn up in chronological order of registration. The concerned parties would
be given the floor first, followed by States Members of the Council, observer States and
observers for United Nations entities, specialized agencies and related organizations,
intergovernmental organizations and other entities, and observers of national human rights
institutions and non-governmental organizations.
12.
The special session was conducted in accordance with the relevant provisions contained
in Council resolution 5/1.
E.
Decision, resolution and documentation
13.
The decision and resolution adopted by the Council at its twelfth special session are
reproduced in chapter I of the present report.
14.
The list of documents issued for the twelfth special session is contained in the annex to
the present report.
F.
Statements
15.
At the 1st meeting, on 15 October 2009, the United Nations High Commissioner for
Human Rights made a statement.
16.
At the same meeting, the representatives of Israel and Palestine made statements as
concerned parties.
17.
Also at the same meeting, statements were made by the following:
(a)
Representatives of States Members of the Council: Bahrain, Brazil, Chile, China,
Cuba, Egypt (also on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement), France, India, Indonesia, Italy,
Japan, Jordan, Mauritius, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Nicaragua, Nigeria (on behalf of the
Group of African States), Pakistan (on behalf of the Organization of the Islamic Conference),
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