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C.
Officers
11.
At its organizational session of the eighth cycle, on 16 December 2013, the Human
Rights Council elected the following officers, who also served as officers for the twentyfirst special session:
President:
Baudelaire Ndong Ella (Gabon)
Vice-Presidents:
Alberto D’Alotto (Argentina)
Maurizio Enrico Serra (Italy)
Dilip Sinha (India)
Vice-President and Rapporteur: Kateřina Sequensová (Czech Republic)
D.
Organization of work
12.
Pursuant to paragraph 124 of the annex to Human Rights Council resolution 5/1, an
open-ended informative consultation was held on 22 July 2014 in preparation for the
twenty-first special session.
13.
At its 1st meeting, held on 23 July 2014, 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.
14.
The special session was conducted in accordance with the relevant provisions
contained in Human Rights Council resolution 5/1.
E.
Resolution and documentation
15.
The resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council at its twenty-first special
session is reproduced in chapter I of the present report.
16.
The list of documents issued for the twenty-first special session is contained in
annex I to the present report.
F.
Statements
17.
At the 1st meeting, on 23 July 2014, the United Nations High Commissioner for
Human Rights made a statement.
18.
At the same meeting, the Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and
Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator in the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian
Affairs made a statement on behalf of the Emergency Relief Coordinator in the Office.
19.
Also at the same meeting, the Acting Director of Legal Affairs of the United Nations
Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) made a
statement on behalf of the Commissioner-General of UNRWA.
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