A/HRC/S-12/1 page 9 Philippines, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Slovenia, South Africa, Sweden1 (on behalf of the European Union), Tunisia1 (on behalf of the Group of Arab States), United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America; (b) Representatives of the following observer States: Algeria, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Malaysia, Sudan, United Arab Emirates, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Yemen. 18. At the 2nd meeting, on 16 October 2009, statements were made by the following: (a) Representatives of the following observer States: Afghanistan, Australia, Canada, Costa Rica, Iceland, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Kuwait, Lebanon, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Maldives, Morocco, Panama, Syrian Arab Republic, Turkey, Switzerland; (b) Observers for intergovernmental organizations: African Union, League of Arab States, Organization of the Islamic Conference; (c) Observer for a national human rights institution: Palestinian Independent Commission for Human Rights; (d) Observers for non-governmental organizations: Action Canada for Population and Development, ADALAH – Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, Al-Haq, Law in the Service of Man (also on behalf of Badil Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights and Defense for Children International), Amnesty International, Badil Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights, B'nai B'rith International, Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, Human Rights Watch, International Commission of Jurists, International Committee for the Respect and Application of the African Charter on Human and People's Rights (also on behalf of Action internationale pour la paix et le développment dans la Région des Grands Lacs), International Federation of Human Rights Leagues (also on behalf of the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights), International Organization for the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, Mouvement contre le Racisme et pour l'Amitié entre les Peuples, Nord-Sud XXI, Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, United Nations Watch, Union of Arab Jurists (also on behalf of the Arab Lawyers Union, the Arab Organization for Human Rights, the General Arab Women Federation, International Educational Development, Inc. and Ittijah: Union of Arab Community-based Organizations), Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (also on behalf of the International Youth and Student Movement for the United Nations), World Union for Progressive Judaism (also on behalf of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, Inc.) G. Action on the draft proposal 19. At the 2nd meeting, on 16 October 2009, the representative of Pakistan (also on behalf of the Group of African States, the Group of Arab States, the Organization of the Islamic Conference and the Non-Aligned Movement) introduced draft resolution A/HRC/S-12/L.1, sponsored by Egypt (on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement, with the exception of Chile, 1 Observer of the Council speaking on behalf of Member and observer States.