A/HRC/43/2
C.
General debate on agenda item 3
195. At the 21st meeting, on 5 March 2020, the Director of the Thematic Engagement,
Special Procedures and Right to Development Division of OHCHR presented the reports of
the Secretary-General (A/HRC/43/23, A/HRC/43/24, A/HRC/43/25, A/HRC/43/29 and
A/HRC/43/65), the reports of the High Commissioner (A/HRC/43/28, A/HRC/43/34,
A/HRC/43/35 and A/HRC/43/72) and the reports of OHCHR (A/HRC/43/32 and A/74/314)
under agenda items 3 and 9.
196. At the same meeting, pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 37/24, the
Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Chile, Frank Tressler Zamorano, as the Chair
of the second intersessional meeting for dialogue and cooperation on human rights and the
2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, presented the report of the intersessional
meeting, held on 3 December 2019 (A/HRC/43/33).
197. Also at the same meeting, pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 26/9, the
Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Ecuador, Emilio Izquierdo, as the
Chairperson-Rapporteur of the open-ended intergovernmental working group on
transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights, with
the mandate of elaborating an international legally binding instrument, presented the report
on the working group’s fifth session, held from 14 to 18 October 2019 (A/HRC/43/55).
198. At the same meeting and at the 22nd and 23rd meetings, on 6 March 2020, the Human
Rights Council held a general debate on thematic reports under agenda item 3, during which
the following made statements:
(a)
Representatives of States members of the Human Rights Council: Afghanistan
(also on behalf of Azerbaijan, Croatia, Cyprus, Ecuador, Egypt, Georgia, Greece, India,
Indonesia, Iraq, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Panama, Peru, the Philippines, Qatar, Saudi
Arabia, Slovenia, Somalia, Spain, Turkey, Yemen and the State of Palestine), Armenia,
Australia (also on behalf of Liechtenstein and the Netherlands), Azerbaijan40 (on behalf of
the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries, with the exception of Colombia, Ecuador and
Honduras), Bangladesh (also on behalf of Albania, Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, the
Bahamas, Bahrain, Barbados, Belgium, Bhutan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana,
Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Chile, the Comoros, Cuba, Denmark, Djibouti, Ecuador,
Egypt, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Greece, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, India,
Indonesia, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lao People’s
Democratic Republic, Lebanon, Libya, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, the
Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal,
the Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Panama, Peru, the Philippines, Portugal, Qatar,
Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Singapore, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Sudan, Spain,
Sri Lanka, the Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, the Syrian Arab Republic, Togo, Tunisia,
Ukraine, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland, Uruguay, Viet Nam, Yemen and the State of Palestine), Brazil, Cabo Verde41 (on
behalf of the Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries), Cameroon, Chile, Croatia42
(also on behalf of the European Union, Albania, Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia,
Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia and Ukraine), Denmark (also on behalf of Argentina,
Austria, Chile, Czechia, Georgia, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg,
Mexico, Norway, Peru and Switzerland), Fiji (also on behalf of Azerbaijan, Brazil, Canada,
Chile, Denmark, Ecuador, Luxembourg, Portugal, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Thailand and
Uruguay), Germany (also on behalf of Argentina, Australia, Austria, Czechia, Estonia,
Finland, France, Ireland, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Maldives, Mexico, the Netherlands, New
Zealand, Norway, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom of Great
40
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42
GE.
Observer of the Human Rights Council speaking on behalf of Member and observer States.
Observer of the Human Rights Council speaking on behalf of Member and observer States.
Observer of the Human Rights Council speaking on behalf of Member and observer States.
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