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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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