A/HRC/S-23/2 18. At the same meeting, a member of the Coordination Committee of Special Procedures of the Human Rights Council, Mireille Fanon-Mendès France, made a statement on behalf of the Coordination Committee. 19. Also at the same meeting, the High Representative of the African Union for Mali and the Sahel, Pierre Buyoya, made a statement on behalf of the African Union. 20. At the same meeting, statements were also made by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Cameroon, Pierre Moukoko Mbonjo; the Minister of Justice and Human Rights of Chad, Mahamat Issa Halikimi; and the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nigeria, Danjuma Nanpon Sheni. 21. Also at the same meeting, on the same day, statements were made by the following States Members of the Human Rights Council: Algeria (on behalf of the Group of African States), Argentina, China, Côte d’Ivoire, Estonia, Ethiopia (on behalf of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development), Germany, Latvia (on behalf of the European Union, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Montenegro, Serbia and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia), Montenegro, Morocco (also on behalf of the members and observers of the International Organization of la Francophonie), Netherlands, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, Tunisia 1 (on behalf of the Group of Arab States), United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America, Zimbabwe 1 (on behalf of the Southern African Development Community). 22. At the same meeting, a statement was made by Denmark, an observer State of the Human Rights Council, also on behalf of Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. 23. At the 2nd meeting, on the same day, statements were made by the following: (a) States Members of the Human Rights Council: Botswana, Brazil, Congo, Cuba, Ethiopia, France, Gabon, Ghana, India, Ireland, Japan, Maldives, Mexico, Pakistan, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Viet Nam; (b) Observer States of the Human Rights Council: Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, Benin, Burundi, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Ecuador, Egypt, Greece, Guinea, Holy See, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Nepal, Niger, Philippines, Poland, Senegal, Slovenia, Somalia, South Sudan, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic, Togo, Turkey, Uruguay; (c) Observers for intergovernmental organizations: Organization of Islamic Cooperation; (d) Observers for non-governmental organizations: Amnesty International, Caritas Internationalis (International Confederation of Catholic Charities), Human Rights Watch, Indian Council of South America (CISA), International Federation for Human Rights Leagues, International Movement Against All Forms of Discrimination and Racism (IMADR), Organisation pour la communication en Afrique et de promotion de la coopération économique internationale – OCAPROCE Internationale, Rencontre africaine pour la défense des droits de l’homme, Tchad agir pour l’environnement, Union of Arab Jurists, United Nations Watch. 1 8 Observer of the Human Rights Council speaking on behalf of Member and observer States.