A/HRC/11/37 VI. Universal periodic review 168. At the 14th meeting, on 9 June 2009, the President made a statement in relation to the status of documentation of the fourth session of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review. 169. Pursuant to General Assembly resolution 60/251, Council resolution 5/1 and the President’s statements (PRST/8/1 and PRST/9/2) on modalities and practices for the universal periodic review process, the Council considered the outcome of the reviews conducted during the fourth session of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review, held from 2 to 13 February 2009. A. Consideration of universal periodic review outcomes 170. In accordance with paragraph 4.3 of President’s statement PRST/8/1, the section below contains a summary of the views expressed on the outcome by States under review, Member and observer States of the Council, as well as general comments made by other relevant stakeholders before the adoption of the outcome by the plenary. Germany 171. The review of Germany was held on 2 February 2009 in conformity with all the relevant provisions contained in Council resolution 5/1, and was based on the following documents: (a) The national report submitted by Germany in accordance with the annex to Council resolution 5/1, paragraph 15 (a) (A/HRC/WG.6/4/DEU/1); (b) The compilation prepared by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in accordance with paragraph 15 (b) (A/HRC/WG.6/4/DEU/2); (c) The summary prepared by OHCHR in accordance with paragraph 15 (c) (A/HRC/WG.6/4/DEU/3). 172. At its 14th meeting, on 9 June 2009, the Council considered and adopted the outcome of the review on Germany (see section C below). 173. The outcome of the review on Germany comprises the report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review (A/HRC/11/15), the views of Germany concerning the recommendations and/or conclusions, and its voluntary commitments and replies presented before the adoption of the outcome by the plenary to questions or issues that were not sufficiently addressed during the interactive dialogue in the Working Group (see also A/HRC/11/15/Add.1). 1. Views expressed by the State under review on the recommendations and/or conclusions as well as on its voluntary commitments and the outcome 174. The Permanent Representative of Germany to the United Nations Office at Geneva presented the additional views of Germany to the recommendations made during the working group review on 2 February 2009. The full text of the German comments to the 44 clustered recommendations is contained in the addendum to the report of the Working Group (A/HRC/11/15/Add.1). 84 GE.09-16766