A/HRC/S-28/2 Vice-Presidents Vice-President and Rapporteur D. Evan P. Garcia (Philippines) Cristobal Gonzalez-Aller Jurado (Spain)1 François Xavier Ngarambé (Rwanda)2 Organization of work 10. Pursuant to paragraph 124 of the annex to Human Rights Council resolution 5/1, an open-ended informative consultation was held on 17 May 2018 in preparation for the twenty-eighth special session. 11. At its first meeting, on 18 May 2018, the Human Rights Council considered the organization of its work, including speaking time limits, which would be 2 minutes and 30 seconds for States Members of the Council and 1 minute and 30 seconds for observer States of the Council and other observers. The list of speakers would be drawn up in chronological order of registration. States Members of the Council would be given the floor first, followed by observer States and observers for United Nations entities, specialized agencies and related organizations, intergovernmental organizations and other entities, and observers of national human rights institutions and non-governmental organizations. 12. The special session was conducted in accordance with the relevant provisions contained in Human Rights Council resolution 5/1. E. Resolution and documentation 13. The resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council at its twenty-eighth special session is reproduced in chapter I of the present report. 14. The list of documents issued for the twenty-eighth special session is contained in the annex to the present report. F. Statements 15. At the first meeting, on 18 May 2018, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights made a statement. 16. At the same meeting, in the light of the subject of the special session, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, Michael Lynk, made a statement by video message. 17. Also at the same meeting, the representatives of Israel and the State of Palestine made statements as the States concerned. 18. At the same meeting, statements were made by the following: (a) States Members of the Human Rights Council: Afghanistan, Angola, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria (on behalf of the European Union), China, Cuba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ecuador, Egypt, Iraq, Mexico, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan (also on behalf of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation), Peru, Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, South Africa, Switzerland, Togo (on behalf of the Group of African States), Tunisia, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates (also on behalf of the Group of Arab 1 2 At its organizational meeting, held on 7 May 2018, the Human Rights Council, in accordance with rules 9 and 13 of its rules of procedure, elected Cristobal Gonzalez-Aller Jurado (Spain) as VicePresident and Rapporteur from the Group of Western European and other States to replace Antje Leendertse (Germany), whose term of office had ended. In accordance with rules 9 and 13 of the rules of procedure of the Human Rights Council and in the light of the fact that, on 12 May 2018, Marta Maurás (Chile) had ceased to be able to carry out her functions as Vice-President and Rapporteur for the twelfth cycle, François Xavier Ngarambé exceptionally assumed the function of Rapporteur for the twenty-eighth special session. 5