A/HRC/S-8/2 page 7 C. Officers 9. At its second organizational meeting of the third cycle, on 19 June 2008, the Council elected the following officers, who also served as officers for the eighth special session: President: Martin Ihoeghian Uhomoibhi (Nigeria) Vice-Presidents: Erlinda F. Basilio (Philippines) Alberto J. Dumont (Argentina) Marius Grinius (Canada) Vice-President and Rapporteur: Elchin Amirbayov (Azerbaijan) D. Organization of work 10. Pursuant to paragraph 124 of the annex to Council resolution 5/1, the President of the Council held open-ended informative consultations on 26 November 2008 on the conduct and organization of the eighth special session. 11. At its 1st meeting, on 28 November 2008, the Council decided on the organization of its work, including speaking-time limits, which were five minutes for the concerned State and member States and three minutes for observer States and other observers. The list of speakers would be drawn up in chronological order of registration. The concerned State and member States would be given the floor first, followed by observer States and other observers. 12. The special session was conducted in accordance with the relevant provisions contained in paragraphs 119-128 of the annex to Council resolution 5/1. E. Resolution and documentation 13. The resolution adopted by the Council at its eighth special session is reproduced in chapter I of the present report. 14. The list of documents issued for the eighth special session is contained in the annex to the present report. F. Statements 15. At the 1st meeting, on 28 November 2008, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights made a statement. 16. At the same meeting, the Chairperson-Rapporteur of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, on behalf of the coordination committee of special procedures mandate holders of the Council, made a statement. 17. Also at the same meeting, the representative of the Democratic Republic of the Congo made a statement as the concerned State.