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(d)
Observers for the following non-governmental organizations: Amnesty
International, Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, Human Rights Watch, International
Educational Development, Inc. Reporters Sans Frontières International – Reporters Without
Borders International.
287.
D.
At the 28th meeting, on 9 March 2012, the Chairperson answered questions.
General debate on agenda item 4
288. At the 32nd and 34th meetings, on 13 March 2012, and at the 35th meeting, on 14
March, the Human Rights Council held a general debate on agenda item 4, during which
the following made statements:
(a)
Representatives of States Members of the Human Rights Council: Austria,
Belgium, China, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark77 (on behalf of the European Union,
Albania, Croatia, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Montenegro, the former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia and Serbia), Ecuador, Hungary, Maldives, Norway, Poland, Somalia77 (also on
behalf of Albania, Austria, Belgium, Benin, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Costa Rica,
Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Djibouti, Estonia, Finland, France,
Germany, Greece, Honduras, Hungary, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta,
Maldives, Mauritius, Mexico, Montenegro, the Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Poland,
Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Sweden, Switzerland,
Ukraine, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States
of America), Spain, Switzerland, United States of America;
(b)
Representatives of observer States: Algeria, Australia, Belarus, Canada,
Croatia, France, Germany, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Ireland, Japan, Democratic People’s
Republic of Korea, Netherlands, Slovakia, Slovenia, United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland;
(c)
Observer for a national human rights institution: National Human Rights
Commission of Korea;
(d)
Observers for the following non-governmental organizations: Action
internationale pour la paix et le développement dans la région des Grands Lacs, African
Association of Education for Development, Al Zubair Charitable Foundation (also on
behalf of the Maarij Foundation for Peace and Development), American Association of
Jurists (also on behalf of the International Association of Jurists, Mouvement contre le
racisme et pour l’amitié entre les peuples and the World Federation of Trade Unions),
Amnesty International, Arab Lawyers Union, Asian Forum for Human Rights and
Development, Asian Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Network, Asian Legal Resource
Centre, Baha’i International Community, Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies,
Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network, Canners International Permanent Committee, Center
for Inquiry (also on behalf of the International Humanist Ethical Union), Centre for Human
Rights and Peace Advocacy, Centrist Democratic International, Charitable Institute for
Protecting Social Victims, CIVICUS – World Alliance for Citizen Participation, Comité
international pour le respect et l’application de la Charte africaine des droits de l’homme et
des peuples, Democracy Coalition Project, Federation international des droits de l’homme,
France Libertés : Fondation Danielle Mitterrand (also on behalf of International
Educational Development and Mouvement contre le racisme et pour l’amitié entre les
peuples), Freedom House, Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights, Human Rights House
Foundation (also on behalf of Be Active, Be Emancipated), Human Rights Watch, Indian
Council of South America, Institute for Women’s Studies and Research, International
Association for Democracy in Africa, International Association of Schools of Social Work,
International Buddhist Foundation, International Buddhist Relief Organisation,
GE.13-14768
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