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(e) Observers for non-governmental organizations: Al-Hakim Foundation, Asian Legal
Resource Centre (also on behalf of the Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development
(Forum-Asia), Lawyers Rights Watch Canada and Pax Romana), Association of World Citizens,
Baha’i International Community, Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, Franciscans International,
Fraternité Notre Dame, Friends World Committee for Consultation (Quakers), Human Rights
Watch, Interfaith International, International Association of Democratic Lawyers (also on
behalf of the Asian Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Network, the Asian Legal Resource Centre,
Lawyers Rights Watch Canada and Nord-Sud XXI), International Educational Development,
International Federation of University Women (also on behalf of Femmes Africa Solidarité, the
International Council of Women, the International Federation of Business and Professional
Women, the Women’s Federation of World Peace, the Women’s International League for Peace
and Freedom, the World Movement of Mothers, the Women’s World Summit Foundation, the
Worldwide Organization for Women and Zonta International), International Fellowship of
Reconciliation, International Humanist and Ethical Union (also on behalf of the Association
for World Education), International Islamic Federation of Students Organization (also on
behalf of the International Human Rights Association of American Minorities), International
League for the Rights and Liberation of Peoples, Marangopoulos Foundation for Human Rights,
Nord-Sud XXI, Philippine Human Rights Information Centre (PHILRIGHTS), Society for
Threatened Peoples, Union de l’action féminine, Union of Arab Jurists, United Nations Watch,
World Federation of Trade Unions (also on behalf of the Europe-Third World Centre and the
Federation of Cuban Women), World Muslim Congress.
214. At the same meeting, statements in exercise of the right of reply were made by the
representatives of Belarus, Benin, Chile, Cuba, Egypt, India, Iran (Islamic Republic of),
Morocco, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, the Sudan, Thailand, Uzbekistan and Zimbabwe.
F. Consideration and action on draft proposals
Enhancement of international cooperation in the field of human rights
215. At the 39th meeting, on 27 March 2008, the representative of Cuba (on behalf of the
Non-Aligned Movement) introduced draft resolution A/HRC/7/L.5, sponsored by Cuba
(on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement) and co-sponsored by Bolivia. Subsequently, China
joined the sponsors.
216. The draft resolution was adopted without a vote (for the text as adopted, see part one,
chapter I, resolution 7/3).
Mandate of the independent expert on the effects of foreign debt and other related
international financial obligations of States on the full enjoyment of all human rights,
particularly economic, social and cultural rights
217. At the 39th meeting, on 27 March 2008, the representative of Cuba introduced draft
resolution A/HRC/7/L.9, sponsored by Cuba and co-sponsored by Bolivia, the Democratic
People’s Republic of Korea, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mauritania, Nicaragua,
Qatar, the Syrian Arab Republic and Uganda. Subsequently, Algeria, Belarus, Burkina Faso,
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