A/HRC/19/2 International Commission of Jurists, International Committee for the Indians of the Americas (Switzerland), International Educational Development, Inc., International Humanist and Ethical Union, International Human Rights Association of American Minorities, International Islamic Federation of Student Organizations, International Movement against All Forms of Discrimination and Racism, Iranian Elite Research Center, Islamic Human Rights Commission, Islamic Women’s Institute of Iran, Jubilee Campaign, Lawyer’s Rights Watch Canada, Liberation, Ligue internationale contre le racisme et l’antisémitisme, Maarij Foundation for Peace and Development, Mouvement contre le racisme et pour l’amitié entre les peuples (also on behalf of International Educational Development and the Women’s Human Rights International Association), Nonviolent Radical Party, Transnational and Transparty, Nord-Sud XXI, Organization for Defending Victims of Violence, Organisation pour la communication en Afrique et de promotion de la coopération économique international, Physicians for Human Rights, Press Emblem Campaign, Regional Center for Human Rights and Gender Justice (also on behalf of Conectas Direitos Humanos), Rencontre africaine pour la défense des droits de l’homme, Reporters sans frontières international, Society for Threatened People (also on behalf of International Educational Development), Union of Arab Jurists, United Nations Watch, United Schools International, United Towns Agency for North-South Cooperation, Verein Sudwind Entwicklungspolitik, World Environment and Resources Council, World Muslim Congress. 289. At the 34th meeting, statements in exercise of the right of reply were made by the representatives of Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belarus, China, Cuba, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Georgia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Japan, the Russian Federation, Sri Lanka, the Sudan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) and Zimbabwe. 290. At the same meeting, statements in exercise of a second right of reply were made by the representatives of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Georgia and Japan. 291. At the 35th meeting, on 14 March 2012, statements in exercise of the right of reply were made by the representatives of Burkina Faso, China, Ethiopia, Honduras, Morocco, Nigeria and Sri Lanka. E. Consideration of and action on draft proposals Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran 292. At the 53rd meeting, on 22 March 2012, the representative of Sweden introduced draft resolution A/HRC/19/L.22, sponsored by Panama, the Republic of Moldova, Sweden, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and the United States of America, and cosponsored by Australia, Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Maldives, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Subsequently, Andorra and Israel joined the sponsors. 293. At the same meeting, the representative of Cuba made general comments in relation to the draft resolution. 294. Also at the same meeting, the representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran made a statement as the State concerned. 176 GE.13-14768