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IV. Human rights situations that require the Council’s attention
A. General debate on agenda item 4
141. At its 11th and 12th meetings, on 8 June 2009, and its 13th meeting, on 9 June 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, Canada, Cuba,
Czech Republic1 (on behalf of the European Union, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia,
Montenegro and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia), France, Germany, Italy, Japan,
Netherlands, Switzerland, United Arab Emirates1 (on behalf of the Group of Arab States),
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland;
(b)
Representatives of the following observer States: Australia, Belgium, Ireland, Israel,
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Sudan, Sweden, United States of America;
(c)
Observers for the following non-governmental organizations: Amnesty International,
Arab Commission for Human Rights, Asamblea Permanente por los Derechos Humanos, Asian
Forum for Human Rights and Development, Asian Legal Resource Centre, Association for
World Education (also on behalf of the World Union for Progressive Judaism), Baha’i
International Community, Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, Centre Europe Tiers Monde
(also on behalf of Mouvement contre le racisme et pour l’amitié entre les peoples), Centrist
Democratic International, Cercle de recherche sur les droits et les devoirs de la personne
humaine, Charitable Institute for Protecting Social Victims, Colombian Commission of Jurists,
Commission to Study the Organization of Peace, European Union for Public Relations,
Federación de Asociaciones para la Promoción y Defensa de los Derechos Humanos, France
Libertés: Fondation Danielle Mitterand, Franciscans International (also on behalf of Dominicans
for Justice and Peace and Pax Romana), General Federation of Iraqi Women, Hawa Society for
Women, Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights, Human Rights Council of Australia, Human
Rights Watch, Interfaith International, International Educational Development, International
Federation of Human Rights Leagues, International Human Rights Association of American
Minorities, International Humanist and Ethical Union, International Institute for Peace, Lawyers
Rights Watch Canada (also on behalf of Nord-Sud XXI), Liberation, Mbororo Social and
Cultural Development Association, MINBYUN - Lawyers for a Democratic Society,
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