A/HRC/9/28 page 82 V. Human rights bodies and mechanisms A. Complaint procedure 176. At the 9th and 20th meetings, on 15 and 23 September, the Council held two closed meetings of the complaint procedure. 177. At the 20th meeting, on 23 September, the President made a statement on the outcome of the meetings, stating: “The Human Rights Council has, in closed meetings, examined the human rights situation in Maldives and in Turkmenistan, under the complaint procedure established pursuant to Council resolution 5/1. The Council has decided to discontinue the consideration of the human rights situation in Maldives and has decided to keep the human rights situation in Turkmenistan under review.” B. General debate on agenda item 5 178. At the 14th meeting, on 17 September, the Council held a general debate on human rights bodies and mechanisms. 179. At that meeting, the Chairperson of the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee, Miguel Alfonso Martinez (Cuba), presented his oral report. 180. At the same meeting, the Chairperson of the Social Forum, Mousa Burayzat (Jordan), presented his oral report. 181. During the general debate on the above-mentioned oral reports and on item 5, the following made statements: (a) Representatives of States members of the Council: Angola, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Brazil, Chile, China, Cuba, Egypt (on behalf of the African Group), France (on behalf of the European Union, Albania, Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Georgia, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Montenegro, the Republic of Moldova, Serbia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Turkey and Ukraine), India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan (on behalf of the Organization of the Islamic Conference), Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, Switzerland (also on behalf of the Platform of Human Rights Education and Training); (b) Observers for the following States: Latvia (also on behalf of Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Canada, Colombia, Croatia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Maldives, Mexico, Montenegro, New Zealand, Norway, Paraguay, Peru, the Republic of Korea, Serbia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uruguay, Zambia and the 27 States members of the European Union), Morocco, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of); (c) Observers for non-governmental organizations: Association of World Citizens, European Bureau for Lesser-Used Languages, European Union of Public Relations, Indian Council of South America (also on behalf of the International Education Development and Interfaith International), International Educational Development, International Institute for Peace, International Movement against All Forms of Discrimination and Racism, International