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D. General segment

13. At the 8th and 9th meetings, on 5 and 6 March 2008, a general segment was held, during which the following delegations, and invited members of civil society, addressed the Council:

(a) Representatives of States members of the Council: Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Canada, China, Jordan, Malaysia, Mexico, Pakistan (also on behalf of the Organization of the Islamic Conference), Palestine³ (on behalf of the Group of Arab States), Peru, Qatar, Russian Federation, South Africa, Uruguay;

(b) Observers for the following States: Australia, Albania, Algeria, Bahrain, Bhutan, Greece, Iceland, Kuwait, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, New Zealand, Oman, Singapore, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, United States of America, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of);

(c) Observer for: Holy See;

(d) Other observer: Sovereign Military Order of Malta;

(e) Observer for an intergovernmental organization: International Organization of la Francophonie;

(f) Observer for the United Nations entities, specialized agencies and related organizations: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees;

(g) Observer for a national human rights institution: International Coordinating Committee of National Human Rights Institutions;

(h) Observers for non-governmental organizations: Ms. Angela Cristina Gouvea Collet, Mr. Oludare Ogunlana, Ms. Mandira Sharma and Mr. Musa Usman Ndamba (on behalf of Mr. Kumi Naidoo).

14. At the 9th meeting, on 6 March 2008, statements in exercise of the right of reply were made by the representative of India, in relation to the statement of the representative of Pakistan; the representative of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, in relation to the statement of the representative of the United States of America; the representative of Morocco, in relation to the statement of the representative of Algeria; the representative of Pakistan, in relation to the statement of the representative of India; and the representative of Algeria, in relation to the statement of the representative of Morocco.

15. At the same meeting, a second statement in exercise of the right of reply was made by the representative of Algeria, in relation to the statement of the representative of Morocco, and the representative of Morocco, in relation to the statement of the representative of Algeria.