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C.
Officers
10.
At its organizational session of the tenth cycle, on 7 December 2015, the Human
Rights Council elected the following officers:
President
Choi Kyong-lim (Republic of Korea)
Vice-Presidents
Jānis Kārkliņš (Latvia)
Ramón Alberto Morales Quijano (Panama)
Negash Kebret Botora (Ethiopia)
Vice-President
and Rapporteur
Bertrand de Crombrugghe (Belgium)
11.
At its organizational meeting on the thirty-third regular session, held on 31 August
2016, in accordance with rules 9 and 13 of the rules of procedure of the Human Rights
Council, the Council elected Geert Muylle (Belgium) as Vice-President and Rapporteur
from the Group of Western European and other States in order to replace Bertrand de
Crombrugghe, whose term of office had ended.
12.
The President and Vice-Presidents of the Human Rights Council also served as
officers for the twenty-fifth special session.
D.
Organization of work
13.
Pursuant to paragraph 124 of the annex to Human Rights Council resolution 5/1, an
open-ended informative consultation was held on 20 October 2016 in preparation for the
twenty-fifth special session.
14.
At its 1st meeting, held on 21 October 2016, the Human Rights Council considered
the organization of its work, including speaking time limits, which would be three minutes
for statements by States Members of the Council and two minutes for statements by
observer States of the Council, observers for non-Member States of the Council and other
observers. The list of speakers would be drawn up in chronological order of registration.
States Members of the Council would be given the floor first, followed by observer States
and observers for United Nations entities, specialized agencies and related organizations,
intergovernmental organizations and other entities, and observers of national human rights
institutions and non-governmental organizations.
15.
The special session was conducted in accordance with the relevant provisions
contained in Human Rights Council resolution 5/1.
E.
Resolution and documentation
16.
The resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council at its twenty-fifth special
session is reproduced in chapter I of the present report.
17.
The list of documents issued for the twenty-fifth special session is contained in the
annex to the present report.
F.
Statements
18.
At the 1st meeting, on 21 October 2016, the United Nations High Commissioner for
Human Rights made a statement (by video message).
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