A/HRC/4/111 page 5 Central America and the Spanish-speaking Caribbean, the Andean region, the Southern Cone and North America and the English-speaking Caribbean. These mini-plenary meetings would comprise State and civil society representatives. 9. It was further agreed at the first plenary meeting that the final documents of the Regional Conference would comprise the reports of the mini-plenaries and the conclusions of the Regional Conference, presented by the Chairperson. E. Plenary meeting 10. At the second plenary meeting, a report was submitted on the review and appraisal of the implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action, prepared by Mr. Alvaro Bello, consultant to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. 11. At the third plenary meeting, held on 27 July 2006, the following State representatives took the floor: Mr. Guillermo Rishchynski, Ambassador of Canada; Mr. Gilberto Rincón Gallardo, President of the National Council for the Prevention of Discrimination (CONAPRED) of Mexico; Mr. Pedro Vaz Ramela, Ambassador of Uruguay to Brazil; Mr. Marín Nazareno Chávez, National Executive Secretary of the Council for Afro-Ecuadorian Development (CODAE) of Ecuador; Ms. Ana Elizabeth Cubias Medina, Assistant Director of Foreign Policy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of El Salvador, Ms. Clara Inés Vargas, Director of Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Colombia; Mr. Juan Martabit, Ambassador of the Permanent Mission of Chile to the United Nations Office at Geneva; Mr. Roger Echeverría, Legal Adviser to the Office of the Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs for Africa of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela; Ms. Matilde Ribeiro, Minister of the Special Secretariat for the Promotion of Racial Equality (SEPPIR) of Brazil; Ms. Ana González, Director of the Office of Human Rights of Argentina; Mr. Rafael Bernal, Deputy Minister for Culture of Cuba; Mr. Jorge Ramírez, representative of the National Institute for the Development of Andean, Amazonian and Afro-Peruvian Peoples (INDEPA) of Peru; Mr. Juan Bosco Bernal, Ambassador of Panama to Brazil; Mr. Pedro Gumucio Dagron, Chargé d’Affaìres of the Embassy of the Republic of Bolivia in Brazil; Ms. Liza Tuckler, Counsellor of the Ambassador of Nicaragua to Brasilia; and Mr. Manuel Estuardo Roldán Barillas, Ambassador of Guatemala to Brazil. 12. At the same meeting, the following speakers took the floor: Mr. Manuel María Páez Monges, Ombudsman of Paraguay, and Ms. Annick Thebia-Melsan of the International Organization of la Francophonie (OIF). 13. At the fourth plenary meeting, held on 27 July 2006, the following representatives of civil society organizations addressed the Regional Conference: Ms. María das Graças Tapajós Mota, representative of indigenous peoples; Mr. Alejandro Rojas, representative of migrants; Ms. Sergia Galván, representative of peoples of African descent; Ms. Thatiane Silva and Mr. Martín Negrete, youth representatives; Ms. Sonia María Nacimiento and Mr. Jacimar Almeida Gouvea, representatives of women; Ms. Márcia Cabral, representative of gays, lesbians, transsexuals and bisexuals; and Mr. Cláudio Giovanovitch, representative of the Roma and gypsy peoples.

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