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IV. Human rights situations that require the Council’s attention
A.
Interactive dialogue with a special procedure mandate holder
Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar
300. At the 15th meeting, on 22 September 2020, the Special Rapporteur on the situation
of human rights in Myanmar, Thomas Andrews, presented, pursuant to Human Rights
Council resolution 43/26, an oral progress report (by video message).
301. At the same meeting, the representative of Myanmar made a statement as the State
concerned.
302. During the ensuing interactive dialogue, at the same meeting, the following made
statements and asked the Special Rapporteur questions:
(a)
Representatives of States members of the Human Rights Council: Australia,
Bangladesh, Czechia, Denmark, Indonesia, Japan, Mauritania, Nepal, Pakistan (also on
behalf of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation), Republic of Korea, Venezuela
(Bolivarian Republic of) (by video message);
(b)
Representatives of observer States: Belarus, Belgium, Cambodia, China,
Croatia, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, France, Iraq, Lao People’s Democratic
Republic, Liechtenstein, Maldives, Norway, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Sweden,
Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Viet Nam;
(c)
Observer for an intergovernmental organization: European Union;
(d)
Observers for non-governmental organizations: Amnesty International,
Article 19: International Centre Against Censorship (by video message), Asian Forum for
Human Rights and Development (by video message), Association Ma’onah for Human
Rights and Immigration (by video message), CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen
Participation, European Centre for Law and Justice, International Commission of Jurists,
International Federation for Human Rights Leagues, Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (by
video message), Save the Children International (also on behalf of CARE International).
303. At the same meeting, the Special Rapporteur answered questions and made his
concluding remarks.
304. Also at the same meeting, the representative of Myanmar raised a point of order in
relation to visual material displayed during the meeting.
305.
Four42 delegations supported the point of order while seven43 spoke against it.
306. Under rules 113 and 127 of the rules of procedure of the General Assembly, the
Council conducted a roll-call vote at the request of the representative of the Bolivarian
Republic of Venezuela, on the question of whether States members of the Human Rights
Council agreed with the assessment of the Bureau that the visual material could be
displayed. The result of the vote was 25 in favour and 1 against with 9 abstentions.
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Belarus, China, Cuba and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of).
Australia, Bangladesh, Denmark, Czechia, Germany, Japan and the Netherlands.
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