A/HRC/S-25/2 19. At the same meeting, the Chairperson of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic, Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro, made a statement. 20. Also at the same meeting, the representative of the Coordination Committee of Special Procedures of the Human Rights Council, Catalina Devandas-Aguilar, made a statement on behalf of the Coordination Committee. 21. At the same meeting, the representative of the Syrian Arab Republic made a statement as the State concerned. 22. Also at the same meeting, on the same day, statements were made by the following: (a) States Members of the Human Rights Council: Albania, Algeria, Belgium, China, Cuba, Ecuador, France, Germany, Latvia, Maldives, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Nigeria, Paraguay, Portugal, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia* (on behalf of the European Union, Albania, Montenegro, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Turkey and Ukraine), Slovenia, Switzerland, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of); (b) Observer States of the Human Rights Council: Australia, Bahrain, Belarus, Brazil, Canada, Costa Rica, Czechia, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Egypt, Estonia, Greece, Iceland (also on behalf of Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden), Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kuwait, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malaysia, New Zealand, Pakistan, Poland, Rwanda, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America, Uruguay, Holy See; (c) Observer for a United Nations entity, specialized agency and related organization: United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF); (d) 23. Observer for the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. At the 2nd meeting, on the same day, statements were made by the following: (a) Observer States of the Human Rights Council: Argentina, Iran (Islamic Republic of); (b) Observers for non-governmental organizations: American Association of Jurists, Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, CIRID (Centre independent de recherches et d’iniatives pour le dialogue), CIVICUS – World Alliance for Citizen Participation, Human Rights Watch, International Federation for Human Rights Leagues, International Organization for the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, InternationalLawyers.Org, Rencontre africaine pour la défense des droits de l’homme, Union of Arab Jurists, United Nations Watch. G. Action on the draft proposal 24. At the 2nd meeting, on 21 October 2016, the representative of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland introduced draft resolution A/HRC/S-25/L.1, sponsored by France, Germany, Italy, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America, and cosponsored by Albania, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Iceland, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Montenegro, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and * Observer of the Human Rights Council speaking on behalf of Member and observer States. 7