A/HRC/8/52 page 88 Jurists, International Cooperation for Development and Solidarity (also on behalf of Bischöfliches Hilfswerk Misereor and the Global Policy Forum), International Indian Treaty Council, International NGO Forum on Indonesian Development. 112. At the 5th meeting, on 4 June 2008, the Special Representative answered questions and made his concluding remarks. D. Open-ended Working Group on an optional protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 113. At the 5th meeting, on 4 June 2008, the Chairperson of the Open-ended Working Group on an optional protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Catarina de Albuquerque, presented the report on the fifth session of the Working Group (A/HRC/8/7 and Corr.1). 114. During the ensuing general debate, at the same meeting, the following made statements: (a) Representatives of States members of the Council: Bangladesh, Brazil, Chile2 (on behalf of the Group of Latin American and Caribbean States), Cuba, Egypt (on behalf of the Group of African States), France, India, Indonesia, Italy, Mexico, Pakistan, Qatar (on behalf of the Group of Arab States), Russian Federation, South Africa, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; (b) Observers for the following States: Algeria, Argentina, Austria, Croatia, Ecuador, Finland, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Poland, Portugal, Syrian Arab Republic, Turkey; (c) Observer for: Holy See; (d) Observer for a national human rights institution: Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines (also on behalf of the Danish Institute for Human Rights, the German Institute for Human Rights, the Mexican Human Rights Commission and the National Consultative Commission on Human Rights of France); (e) Observers for non-governmental organizations: Amnesty International, Colombian Commission of Jurists, Europe-Third World Centre (also on behalf of Mouvement contre le racisme et pour l’amitié entre les peuples and the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom), Foodfirst Information and Action Network (also on behalf of the Asia Pacific Women’s Watch, the Baha’i International Community, the Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions and the International Federation of Human Rights Leagues), Indian Council of South America (also on behalf of the International Human Rights Association of American Minorities and the Union of Arab Jurists), Permanent Assembly for Human Rights.

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