A/HRC/44/2 115. At the same meeting, the national human rights institution, Defensor del Pueblo de Ecuador, made a statement (by video message). 116. During the ensuing interactive dialogue, at the 8th meeting, on 3 July 2020, and at the 9th meeting, on 6 July 2020, the following made statements and asked the Special Rapporteur questions: (a) Representatives of States Members of the Human Rights Council: Armenia, Bangladesh, Brazil, Burkina Faso (on behalf of the Group of African States), India, Indonesia, Mexico, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines (by video message), Qatar, Republic of Korea, Sudan, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of); (b) Representatives of observer States: Algeria, Belgium, Botswana, Cuba, Djibouti, Egypt, France, Georgia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Lithuania (by video message), Luxembourg, Malaysia, Maldives, Montenegro, Morocco, Norway, Paraguay, Portugal, Russian Federation, Sri Lanka, Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, Tunisia, Viet Nam, State of Palestine; (c) Observer for United Nations entities, specialized agencies and related organizations: UNFPA; (d) Observer for an intergovernmental organizations: European Union; (e) Observer for the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (by video message); (f) Observers for non-governmental organizations: Action Canada for Population and Development (by video message), Associazione Comunita Papa Giovanni XXIII, Center for Reproductive Rights, Centre Europe-tiers monde, China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation (by video message), China NGO Network for International Exchanges (by video message), Edmund Rice International, Global Institute for Water, Environment and Health, International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse (also on behalf of HelpAge International, International Federation on Ageing and Human Rights Watch), iuventum. 117. At the 9th meeting, on 6 July 2020, the Special Rapporteur answered questions and made his concluding remarks (by video teleconference). Working Group on discrimination against women and girls 118. At the 9th meeting, on 6 July 2020, the Chair of the Working Group on discrimination against women and girls, Elizabeth Broderick, presented the reports of the Working Group (A/HRC/44/51 and Add.1) (by video message). 119. At the same meeting, the representative of Greece made a statement as the State concerned. 120. During the ensuing interactive dialogue, at the same meeting and at the 11th meeting, on 7 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, Australia (by video message), Bahrain, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso (on behalf of the Group of African States), India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Latvia37 (also on behalf of Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Lithuania, Norway and Sweden), Libya, Mexico (also on behalf 37 26 Observer of the Human Rights Council speaking on behalf of Member and observer States.

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