A/HRC/44/2 Rights and Soka Gakkai International), Institut International pour les Droits et le Développement, International Youth and Student Movement for the United Nations, Iraqi Development Organization, South Youth Organization (by video message), Terra de Direitos (by video message). 166. At the same meeting, the Independent Expert answered questions and made his concluding remarks. Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises 167. At the 16th meeting, on 9 July 2020, the Chair of the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises, Anita Ramasastry, presented the reports of the Working Group (A/HRC/44/43 and Add.1–2 and 4) (by video message). 168. At the same meeting, the representatives of Georgia and Honduras (by video message) made statements as the States concerned. 169. During the ensuing interactive dialogue, at the same meeting and at the 18th meeting, on 10 July 2020, the following made statements and asked the Chair of the Working Group questions: (a) Representatives of States Members of the Human Rights Council: Armenia, Burkina Faso (on behalf of the Group of African States), Germany, Indonesia, Japan, Nepal, Netherlands (also on behalf of Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland), Philippines (by video message), Russian Federation47 (also on behalf of Argentina, Ghana and Norway), Spain (by video message), Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of); (b) Representatives of observer States: Belgium, Ecuador, Ghana, Ireland, Jordan, Mozambique, Syrian Arab Republic, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, State of Palestine; (c) Observer for an intergovernmental organization: European Union; (d) Observer for a national human rights institution: Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (by video message); (e) Observers for non-governmental organizations: Americans for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain, Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (by video message), Centre Europe-tiers monde (also on behalf of FIAN International, Friends of the Earth International and International Association of Democratic Lawyers), China Society for Human Rights Studies (by video message), France Libertes : Fondation Danielle Mitterrand, Institut International pour les Droits et le Développement, Institute for NGO Research (by video message), Iraqi Development Organization, Peace Brigades International Switzerland (also on behalf of International Service for Human Rights) (by video message), Society for Threatened Peoples; 170. At the 18th meeting, on 10 July 2020, the Chair of the Working Group answered questions and made her concluding remarks (by video teleconference). 47 GE. Observer of the Human Rights Council speaking on behalf of Member and observer States. 35

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