A/HRC/14/37 IV. Human rights situations that require the Council’s attention A. General debate on agenda item 4 190. At its 18th meeting, on 8 June 2010, and at the 20th and 21st meetings, on 9 June 2010, the Human Rights Council held a general debate on agenda item 4, during which the following made statements: (a) Representatives of States Members of the Council: Belgium, China, Cuba, France, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Pakistan, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain5 (on behalf of the European Union, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, 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, Ethiopia, Germany, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Ireland, Israel, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Sweden, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic; (c) Observers for the following non-governmental organizations: Action internationale pour la paix et le développement dans la région des Grands Lacs, Agence international pour le développement (Aide-Fédération), Amnesty International, Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (Forum – Asia), Baha'i International Community, Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, Centre for Human Rights and Peace Advocacy (also on behalf of the Commission to Study the Organization of Peace), Centrist Democratic International, Charitable Institute for Protecting Social Victims, CIVICUS – World Alliance for Citizen Participation (also on behalf of the American Association of Jurists, Franciscans International and the International Association of Democratic Lawyers), European Region of the International Lesbian and Gay Federation (ILGAEurope), France Libertés : Fondation Danielle Mitterrand (also on behalf of the American Association of Jurists, Mouvement contre le racisme et pour l’amitié entre les peuples and International Educational Development, Inc.), Democracy Coalition Project, Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights, Human Rights Watch, Indian Council of South America, International Committee for the Respect and Application of the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights, International Educational Development, Inc., International Federation for Human Rights Leagues, International Humanist and Ethical Union, International Institute for Peace (also on behalf of the European Union of Public Relations), International Islamic Federation of Student Organizations, International Service for Human Rights, Organization for Defending Victims of Violence, Society for Threatened Peoples, The Democracy Coalition Project, Union de l’action féminine, United Nations Watch, Verein Sudwind Entwicklungspolitik, World Federation of Democratic Youth, World Muslim Congress. 191. At the 19th meeting, on 8 June 2010, statements in exercise of the right of reply were made by the representatives of Argentina, Belarus, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) and Zimbabwe. 192. At the same meeting, statements in exercise of a second right of reply were made by the representatives of Argentina, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Japan, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Zimbabwe. 5 76 Observer of the Human Rights Council speaking on behalf of Member and observer States. GE.12-17781