A/HRC/13/43 nomination was based on the agreement reached by the core group and contained in the note verbale of 16 November 2009, addressed by the Permanent Representative of Chile to the President of the Human Rights Council, circulated to all States through their regional coordinators and presented to the representatives of more than 60 States at an information meeting on the working group held on 18 November 2009. B. Attendance 6. Representatives of the following States members of the Human Rights Council attended the working group’s meetings: Argentina, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Chile, China, Djibouti, Egypt, France, Ghana, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mauritius, Mexico, Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Ukraine, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America and Uruguay. 7. The following non-member States of the Human Rights Council also participated in the working group’s meetings: Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Australia, Austria, Belarus, Bulgaria, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Iceland, Israel, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Lithuania, Malaysia, Maldives, Morocco, New Zealand, Oman, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Singapore, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Viet Nam and Zimbabwe. 8. The Holy See and the Occupied Palestinian Territory were also represented by observers. 9. The following intergovernmental organizations were represented at the meetings of the working group: African Union, European Union and the International Organization of la Francophonie. 10. The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) participated in the session as well. 11. The following non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council were represented by observers: Good Neighbors International, International Commission of Jurists, International Federation Terre des Hommes, International Save the Children Alliance, Save the Children-Japan, International Service for Human Rights, Kindernothilfe, Norwegian Centre for Human Rights, Plan International, Inc., SOS Children’s Villages International, World Organization against Torture, World Vision International. 12. Pursuant to paragraph 3 of resolution 11/1, the Chairperson of the Committee on the Rights of the Child, Yanghee Lee, and Vice-Chairperson Jean Zermatten also attended the session of the working group as resource persons. The following experts addressed and engaged in an interactive dialogue with the working group: Najaat M’jid Maalla, Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography; Peter Newell, Vice-President of the NGO Group for the Convention on the Rights of the Child and Chairman of the Council of the Child Rights Information Network; and Marta Santos Pais, Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children. C. Documentation 13. 4 The working group had before it the following documents: GE.10-10385