A/HRC/4/123 page 28 11. Also at the 5th meeting, statements in exercise of the right of reply were made by the representatives of Azerbaijan, Cuba and France, and the observers for Armenia, Cyprus and Turkey. At the same meeting, a second statement in exercise of the right of reply was made by the representative of Azerbaijan, and the observers for Armenia, Cyprus and Turkey. D. Adoption of the agenda 12. At the same meeting, the Council considered the provisional agenda (A/HRC/4/1) as proposed by the President. The agenda was adopted without a vote. For the text as adopted, see annex I to the report. E. Organization of work 13. At its 5th and 6th meetings, on 14 March 2007, the Council considered the organization of its work, and decided on the speaking-time limits, which would be as follows: 5 minutes for statements by States members of the Council and concerned countries, and 3 minutes for statements by observers for non-member States of the Council, and other observers, including United Nations entities, specialized agencies and related organizations, intergovernmental organizations and other entities, national human rights institutions and non-governmental organizations. The list of speakers would be drawn up in chronological order of registration and the order of speakers would be as follows: concerned countries, if any, followed by States members of the Council, observers for non-member States of the Council, and other observers. Statements in exercise of the right of reply would be limited to two statements per delegation, 3 minutes for the first and 2 minutes for the second, exercised at the end of the meeting, at the end of the day or at the end of the discussion of the issue. 14. At the 5th meeting, on the same day, the President proposed a draft decision, as contained in document A/HRC/4/L.5, on the dates of its fifth session, which was adopted without a vote. Statements in explanation of vote after the vote were made by the representatives of China and Cuba. For the text of the decision as adopted, see chapter I, section B, decision 4/101. 15. At the same meeting, the Council adopted the draft timetable for its fourth session, based on the “Draft framework for a programme of work of the Human Rights Council for the first year” as contained in the annex to its decision 1/105 of 30 June 2006, and as subsequently revised by its decision 2/103 of 6 October 2006. 16. At the 32nd meeting, on 30 March 2007, the President proposed a draft decision, as contained in document A/HRC/4/L.18, in which the Council decided, without a vote, to take note of the deferral of the draft proposals listed therein, to its fifth and future sessions, as decided by their main sponsors. For the text as adopted, see chapter I, section B, decision 4/105. 17. At the same meeting, the President recalled Council resolution 3/2 of 8 December 2006 entitled “Preparations for the Durban Review Conference”, in particular operative paragraph 2 which decided, inter alia, that “the Preparatory Committee shall hold an organizational session of one week in May 2007”, and informed the Council that the dates of the organizational session of the Preparatory Committee would be rescheduled to a future date to take place as soon as possible after the fifth session of the Council, as requested by the main sponsors and agreed upon by the Bureau of the Council.

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