A/HRC/12/50 IV. A. Human rights situations that require the Council’s attention General debate on agenda item 4 185. At the 11th, 12th and 13th meetings, on 22 September 2009, the Council held a general debate on agenda item 4, during which the following made statements: (a) Representatives of States Members of the Council: Argentina, Belgium, China, Cuba, France, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Nigeria (on behalf of the Group of African States), Norway, Sweden1 (also on behalf of the European Union, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Montenegro and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia), United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America; (b) Representatives of the following observer States: Algeria, Australia, Austria, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Kenya, Luxembourg , New Zealand, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Switzerland; (c) Observers for the following non-governmental organizations: Agir ensemble pour les droits de l’homme, Al-Hakim Foundation (also on behalf of Interfaith International), American Association of Jurists, Amnesty International, Asian Legal Resource Center, Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development, Association for World Education (also on behalf of the International Humanist and Ethical Union), Bahá’í International Community, Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, Centre Europe TiersMonde (also on behalf of Mouvement contre le racisme et pour l’amitié entre les peuples), Centrist Democratic International, Colombian Commission of Jurists, Comisión Jurídica para el Autodesarollo de los Pueblos Originarios Andinos, Commission to Study the Organization of Peace, Conectas Human Rights, European Union for Public Relations, France Libertés: Fondation Danielle Mitterrand, Franciscans International, Human Rights First, Human Rights Watch, Indian Council of South America, Interfaith International, International Club for Peace Research, International Commission of Jurists, International Educational Development, International Federation of Human Rights, International Human Rights of American Minorities, International Humanist and Ethical Union, International Institute for Peace, International Movement against All Forms of Discrimination and Racism, International Youth and Student Movement for the United Nations, Lawyers Rights Watch Canada, Liberation, Maryan Ghasemi Educational Charity Institute, Mbororo Social and Cultural Development Association, Mouvement contre le racisme et pour l’amitié entre les peuples, Nord Sud XXI (also on behalf of Union of Arab Jurists), Organisation pour la promotion de la coopération économique internationale, Society for Threatened Peoples, United Nations Watch, Women’s Human Rights International Association, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, World Federation of Trade Unions, World Muslim Congress, World Peace Council, World Organization against Torture (also on behalf of the Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims). 186. At the 13th meeting, on 22 September, statements in exercise of the right of reply were made by the representatives of Afghanistan, Algeria, Cameroon, China, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, the Holy See, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Japan, Morocco, Myanmar, the Russian Federation, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Uzbekistan, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) and Zimbabwe. 187. At the same meeting, statements in exercise of a second right of reply were made by the representatives of Algeria, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Japan and Morocco. 90