A/HRC/S-9/2 page 9 16. Also at the same meeting, the representatives of Israel and Palestine made statements as concerned parties. 17. At the same meeting, statements were made by the following States members of the Council: Angola, Argentina, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Chile (on behalf of the Group of Latin American and Caribbean States), China, Cuba (on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement), the Czech Republic (on behalf of the European Union and the candidate country Croatia), Djibouti, Egypt (also on behalf of the Group of African States and the Group of Arab States), France, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan (on behalf of the Organization of the Islamic Conference), Qatar, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Switzerland, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Zambia. 18. At the 2nd meeting, on 9 January 2009, statements were made by the following: (a) States members of the Council: Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Germany, Italy, Jordan, Mexico, Netherlands, Philippines, Senegal, Slovenia, Ukraine; (b) Observer States of the Council: Afghanistan, Algeria, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Botswana, Costa Rica, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Ecuador, Greece, Iceland, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Ireland, Jamaica, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Luxembourg, Maldives, Morocco, New Zealand, Norway, Oman, Peru, Portugal, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Viet Nam, Yemen; (c) Observer for the Holy See; (d) Observer for United Nations entities, specialized agencies and related organizations: United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (also on behalf of the United Nations Children’s Fund and the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs); (e) Observers for intergovernmental organizations: African Union, League of Arab States, Organization of the Islamic Conference; (f) Observer for a national human rights institution: National Council for Human Rights of Egypt; (g) Observers for non-governmental organizations: Al-Haq, Law in the Service of Man (also on behalf of the Badil Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights, the Adalah-Legal Centre for Arab Minority Rights in Israel and the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies), International Federation of Human Rights Leagues (also on behalf of the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights). 19. At the 3rd meeting, on 12 January 2009, statements were made by the following: (a) Observer for a national human rights institution: Irish Human Rights Commission;