A/HRC/10/29
VII. Human rights situation in Palestine and other occupied Arab
territories
A.
Follow-up to Human Rights Council resolutions 7/30, 9/18 and S-9/1
726. At the 35th meeting, on 23 March 2009, the Deputy High Commissioner for Human
Rights introduced the reports of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, OHCHR and
the Secretary-General under agenda item 7, as requested by the Council in its resolutions
7/30 (A/HRC/10/15) and 9/18 (A/HRC/10/27), the report mandated by the Commission on
Human Rights in its resolution 2005/7 (A/HRC/10/35) and the follow-up to Council
resolution S-9/1.
727. At the same meeting, the Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Olivier De
Schutter, introduced the combined report of the Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone
to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, the
Special Representative of the Secretary-General for children and armed conflict, the Special
Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, the Representative of
the Secretary-General on the human rights of internally displaced persons, the Special
Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of
living, and on the right to non-discrimination in this context, the Special Rapporteur on the
right to food, the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, arbitrary or summary executions, the
Special Rapporteur on the right to education and the independent expert on the question of
human rights and extreme poverty, as requested by the Council in its resolution S-9/1
(A/HRC/10/22).
728. Also at the same meeting, the representative of Israel made a statement as a
concerned country, and the representative of Palestine made a statement as a concerned
party.
729. During the ensuing interactive dialogue on the combined report, at the same
meeting, the following made statements and asked the mandate holders questions:
(a)
Representatives of States Members of the Council: Bangladesh, Brazil (also
on behalf of India and South Africa), China, Cuba (on behalf of the Non-Aligned
Movement), Czech Republic7 (on behalf of the European Union), Egypt, Indonesia, Japan,
Jordan, Malaysia, Pakistan (on behalf of the Organization of the Islamic Conference),
Qatar, Senegal, Yemen7 (on behalf of the Group of Arab States);
(b)
Representatives of the following observer States: Algeria, Iraq, Kuwait,
Lebanon, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, United States of
America, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of);
(c)
Observers for intergovernmental organizations: African Union, League of
Arab States;
(d)
Observers for the following non-governmental organizations: Arab
Commission for Human Rights, Union of Arab Jurists, World Vision International.
730. At the same meeting, the Special Rapporteur on the right to food answered questions
and made comments and his concluding remarks.
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