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III. Requests to the Advisory Committee stemming from
Human Rights Council resolutions
34. The Advisory Committee considered agenda item 3 at its 3rd and 4th meetings,
on 5 August; its 5th and 6th meetings, on 6 August; its 7th and 8th meetings, on 7 August;
its 9th meeting, on 8 August; and its 10th meeting, on 11 August, as well as at its private
meetings on 13 and 14 August.
A. Human rights education and training
35. Pursuant to Council resolution 6/10, the Advisory Committee, at its 3rd and 4th meetings,
on 5 August, held a discussion on human rights education and training.
36. At the 3rd meeting, on 5 August, a representative from OHCHR made a presentation.
During the ensuing discussion, at the 3rd and 4th meetings, on the same day, statements were
made by members of the Advisory Committee and by observers for Governments and
non-governmental organizations (see annex II).
37. At the 4th meeting, on the same day, the Advisory Committee established, without a
vote, an open-ended drafting group on human rights education and training, consisting of
one full-member expert from each regional group. The drafting group on human rights education
and training consisted of the following members of the Advisory Committee: Mr. Decaux,
Mr. Fix Fierro, Mr. Kartashkin, Ms. Quisumbing and Mrs. Warzazi.
38. The drafting group held seven meetings, on 5, 6, 7, 8 (two meetings), 12 and 13 August.
Three of the meetings were held privately.
Drafting group on human rights education and training: programme of work
39. At its 15th meeting, on 14 August, the Advisory Committee considered draft
recommendation A/HRC/AC/2008/1/L.7, sponsored by Mr. Decaux, Mr. Fix Fierro,
Mr. Kartashkin, Ms. Quisumbing and Mrs. Warzazi.
40. Mr. Decaux introduced the draft recommendation and orally revised it by modifying the
title, adding a fourth preambular paragraph, modifying paragraph 2 and inserting a new
paragraph 7.
41. Statements in connection with the draft recommendation were made by
Mr. Alfonso Martínez, Mr. Decaux, Mr. Heinz, Mr. Hüseynov and Ms. Quisumbing.
42.
A statement was made by Mr. Decaux in response to questions asked.
43. The draft recommendation was adopted, as orally revised, without a vote (for the text as
adopted, see chap. I, recommendation 1/1).
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