A/HRC/39/1 Agenda of the session 3. The agenda of the Human Rights Council is contained in section V of the annex to Council resolution 5/1. The Council will have before it the present annotations relating to items included in the agenda for the thirty-ninth session. Composition of the Human Rights Council 4. The composition of the Human Rights Council at its thirty-ninth session is as follows: 1 Afghanistan (2020); Angola (2020); Australia (2020); Belgium (2018); Brazil (2019); Burundi (2018); Chile (2020); China (2019); Côte d’Ivoire (2018); Croatia (2019); Cuba (2019); Democratic Republic of the Congo (2020); Ecuador (2018); Egypt (2019); Ethiopia (2018); Georgia (2018); Germany (2018); Hungary (2019); Iceland (2019); Iraq (2019); Japan (2019); Kenya (2018); Kyrgyzstan (2018); Mexico (2020); Mongolia (2018); Nepal (2020); Nigeria (2020); Pakistan (2020); Panama (2018); Peru (2020); Philippines (2018); Qatar (2020); Republic of Korea (2018); Rwanda (2019); Saudi Arabia (2019); Senegal (2020); Slovakia (2020); Slovenia (2018); South Africa (2019); Spain (2020); Switzerland (2018); Togo (2018); Tunisia (2019); Ukraine (2020); United Arab Emirates (2018); United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (2019); and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (2018). Bureau of the Human Rights Council 5. At its organizational session held on 4 December 2017, and its organizational meetings held on 10 January, 7 May and 4 June 2018, the Human Rights Council elected the following members of the Bureau for its twelfth cycle, which runs from 1 January to 31 December 2018: President Vojislav Šuc (Slovenia) Vice-Presidents Evan P. Garcia (Philippines) François Xavier Ngarambé (Rwanda) Cristóbal González-Aller Jurado (Spain) Vice-President and Rapporteur Juan Eduardo Eguiguren (Chile) Selection and appointment of mandate holders 6. In accordance with paragraph 47 of the annex to Human Rights Council resolution 5/1, paragraph 22 of the annex to Council resolution 16/21 and the requirements set out in Council decision 6/102, the members of the Consultative Group for the selection of mandate holders to be appointed at the thirty-ninth session of the Human Rights Council are: Negash Kebret Botora (Ethiopia), Victor Arturo Cabrera Hidalgo (Ecuador), Kok Jwee Foo (Singapore), Aviva Raz Shechter (Israel) and Vaqif Sadiqov (Azerbaijan). The Group will propose to the President of the Council a list of candidates for the following mandates: Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus and Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Eritrea. 7. In accordance with the procedure stipulated in paragraphs 52 and 53 of the annex to Human Rights Council resolution 5/1, the appointment of special procedure mandate holders will be completed upon the subsequent approval by the Council. The mandate holders in question will be appointed before the end of the thirty-ninth session. Election of members of the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee 8. At its seventh session, the Human Rights Council conducted the first elections of the 18 members of the Advisory Committee. Four members were elected for a one-year term, seven for a two-year term and seven for a three-year term. 9. Pursuant to Council decision 18/121, the term of office of four members of the Advisory Committee will end on 30 September 2018. 1 2 The term of membership of each State expires at the end of the year indicated in parentheses.

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