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B. Attendance
5.
The session was attended by representatives of States members of the Council, observers
for non-member States of the Council, observers for non-member States of the United Nations
and other observers, as well as observers for United Nations entities, specialized agencies, and
related organizations, intergovernmental organizations and other entities, national human rights
institutions and non-governmental organizations. An attendance list is given in annex III to the
present report.
C. High-level segment
6.
At the fourth session, the following guest speakers addressed the Council during the
high-level segment:
(a) At the 1st meeting, on 12 March 2007: Ms. Micheline Calmy-Rey, President of
the Confederation and Head of the Department of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland;
Mr. Paul Mba Abessole, Vice-Prime Minister of Gabon; Mr. Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Federal
Minister for Foreign Affairs of Germany; Mr. Jean Asselborn, Vice-Prime Minister and
Minister for Foreign Affairs and Immigration of Luxembourg; Mr. Hamid Awaluddin, Minister
of Law and Human Rights of Indonesia; Mr. Abdelelah Al-Khatib, Minister for Foreign
Affairs of Jordan; Mr. Abdelwaheb Abdallah, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Tunisia;
Mr. Alberto G. Romulo, Secretary for Foreign Affairs of the Philippines;
Mr. Mahinda Samarasinghe, Minister of Disaster Management and Human Rights of
Sri Lanka; Mr. Maxime Verhagen, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands;
Mr. Carl Bildt, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden; Mr. Ekmelledin Ihsanoglu,
Secretary-General of the Organization of the Islamic Conference; Mr. Alberto G. Romulo,
Secretary for Foreign Affairs of the Philippines, on behalf of the Convening Group of the
Community of Democracies;
(b) At the 2nd meeting, on the same day: Mr. Abdelaziz Ziari, Minister for Relations
with Parliament of Algeria; Mr. Paulo Vannuchi, Minister of State and Special Secretary on
Human Rights of Brazil; Mr. Azouz Begag, Minister for the Promotion of Equal Opportunities
of France; Mr. Manouchehr Mottaki, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of
Iran; Ms. Rita Kieber-Beck, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Liechtenstein; Mr. Samuel
Santos Lopez, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Nicaragua; Mr. Vuk Draskovic, Minister for
Foreign Affairs of Serbia; Ms. María Fernanda Espinosa, Minister for Foreign Affairs of
Ecuador; Mr. Johannes Hendrik de Lange, Deputy Minister of Justice and Constitutional
Development of South Africa; Mr. Roberto García Moritán, Secretary for Foreign Affairs of
Argentina; Ms. Marta Altolaguirre Larraondo, Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Guatemala;
Mr. Masayoshi Hamada, Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan; Mr. Makhdum
Khusro Bakhtyar, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs of Pakistan; Ms. Belela Herrera,
Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Uruguay; Mr. Carmelo Mifsud Bonnici, Vice-Minister,
Ministry for Justice and Home Affairs of Malta; Mr. Raymond Johansen, Vice-Minister for
Foreign Affairs of Norway; Mr. Bernardino Leon Gross, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
of Spain;
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