A/HRC/9/28 page 88 VIII. Follow-up to and implementation of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action General debate on agenda item 8 204. At the 10th meeting, on 15 September, the Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights introduced reports prepared by OHCHR and the Secretary-General under the relevant items (see chapters III and IX). 205. At the 16th meeting, on 18 September, the Council held a general debate on item 8, during which the representatives of Cuba (on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement), Egypt (on behalf of the African Group), France (on behalf of the European Union, Albania, Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Georgia, Liechtenstein, Montenegro, the Republic of Moldova, Serbia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Turkey and Ukraine) and Pakistan (on behalf of the Organization of the Islamic Conference) made statements. 206. During the general debate, at the 17th meeting, on 19 September, the following made statements: (a) Representatives of States members of the Council: Bangladesh, Brazil, Chile, Indonesia, Netherlands, Nigeria, Russian Federation, Slovenia, Switzerland; (b) Observers for the following States: Algeria, Austria, Costa Rica, Georgia, Morocco, Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand; (c) Observer for a national human rights institution: International Coordinating Committee for National Institutions; (d) Observers for the following non-governmental organizations: Amnesty International, Arab Commission for Human Rights, Association for World Education, Center for Inquiry (also on behalf of the International Humanist and Ethical Union and the Association for World Education), Interfaith International, International Commission of Jurists, International Humanist and Ethical Union (also on behalf of the Center for Inquiry), International Institute for Non-Aligned Studies, Soka Gakkai International (also on behalf of the International Organization for the Right to Education and Freedom of Education, the International Federation of Social Workers, Interfaith International, the World Student Christian Federation, the International Council of Women, the International Catholic Child Bureau, the Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development, the International Movement against All Forms of Discrimination and Racism, Pax Romana International Catholic Movement for Intellectual and Cultural Affairs and International Movement of Catholic Students, the International Organization for the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, Institute for Planetary Synthesis, World Federation of United Nations Associations, International Federation of University Women, International Alliance of Women, Union de l’action feminine, United Nations Watch. 207. At the same meeting, a statement in exercise of the right of reply was made by the representative of Iran (Islamic Republic of).