A/HRC/13/56 (a) Representatives of States Members of the Council: Belgium, Brazil, China, Djibouti, Egypt, Hungary, Indonesia, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Pakistan (on behalf of the Organization of the Islamic Conference), Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Slovenia, Uruguay; (b) Representatives of the following observer States: Austria, Canada, Colombia, Congo, Denmark, Lebanon, Portugal, Switzerland, Thailand, Uzbekistan; (c) Observer for the United Nations entities, specialized agencies and related organizations: UNICEF; (d) Observer for an intergovernmental organization: European Union; (e) Observers for the following non-governmental organizations: General Federation of Iraqi Women (also on behalf of the General Arab Women Federation, International Educational Development and the Union of Arab Jurists), International Save the Children Alliance (also on behalf of the International Catholic Child Bureau, International Federation Terre des Hommes, Myochikai (Arigatou Foundation)), Women’s World Summit Foundation (also on behalf of the American Association of Jurists and the World Vision International). 138. At the 20th meeting, on 12 March 2010, the Special Representative answered questions and made her concluding remarks. 139. At the same meeting, on the same day, a statement in exercise of the right of reply was made by the representative of Iraq. D. Report of the open-ended working group to explore the possibility of elaborating an optional protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child to provide a communications procedure 140. At the 20th meeting, on 12 March 2010, the Chairperson-Rapporteur of the openended working group to explore the possibility of elaborating an optional protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child to provide a communications procedure, Drahoslav Štefánek, presented the report of the working group on its first session, held from 16 to 18 December 2009 (A/HRC/13/43). E. General debate on agenda item 3 141. At the 20th and 21st meetings, on 12 March 2010, and at the 22nd meeting, on 15 March 2010, the Council held a general debate on agenda item 3, during which the following made statements: (a) Representatives of States Members of the Council: Angola, Argentina (also on behalf of Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela (Bolivarian State of)), China, Finland2 (also on behalf of Chile, Egypt, France, Kenya, Maldives, Slovakia, Slovenia, Thailand and Uruguay), Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan (also on behalf of the Organization of the Islamic Conference), Russian Federation, Spain2 (on behalf of the European Union, Albania, Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Georgia, Iceland, Montenegro, Serbia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Ukraine), Slovakia, Ukraine, United States of America; (b) Representatives of the following observer States: Algeria, Canada, Denmark, Georgia, Iceland, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Kuwait, Thailand; 102