1st meeting - Second cycle - Organizational meeting…

16:00 - 18:00 - Opening of the session

SPEAKERS:

• Luis Alfonso de Alba, President of the Human Rights Council

Election of the President of the Human Rights Council: 

• Nominated by Poland on behalf of the Eastern European Group, Mr. Zdzislaw Rapacki
• H.E. Mr. Doru Costea elected President of the Human Rights Council by acclamation
• Mr. Doru Costea, President of the Human Rights Council 

Election of four Vice-Presidents for the Bureau of the Human Rights Council

Announced by Brazil, Mr. Sergio de Abreu E Lima Florencio 

• Ambassador Guillermo Valles Galmes, Permanent Representative of Uruguay for the group of Latin-American and Caribbean States (Rapporteur)
• Ambassador Mohamed-Siad Doualeh, Permanent Representative of Djibouti for the African Group
• Ambassador Boudewijin Van Eenennaam, Permanent Representative of the Netherlands for the Western European and Others Group
• Ambassador Dayan Jayathilake, Permanent Representative of Sri-Lanka for the Asian Group                

Point of Order :

• Canada 

Vote on the President's ruling : 

• Mr. Doru Costea, President of the Human Rights Council

General Comments and explanations of the vote after the vote: 

• Canada, Mr. Terry Cormier

Point of Order :

• Egypt, Mr. Doru Costea, President of the Human Rights Council
• Canada, Mr. Terry Cormier
• Algeria (on behalf of the African Group), Mr. Idriss Jazairy
• China, Mr. Cheng Jingye
• Germany (on behalf of the European Union), Mr. Michael Steiner
• United Kingdom, Mr. Nicholas Thorne
• Pakistan (on behalf of the Organization of the Islamic Conference), Ms. Tehmina Janjua
• Bangladesh, Mr. Toufiq Ali
• Malaysia, Mrs. Hsu King Bee
• Cuba, Mr. Juan Antonio Fernández Palacios
• United States of America, Mr. Warren W. Tichenor
• Pakistan, Ms. Tehmina Janjua
• Morocco, Mr. Mohammed Loulichki
• Sri Lanka, Mr. Dayan Jayathilake
• India, Mr. Swashpawan Singh
• Switzerland, Mr. Blaise Godet
• France, Mr. Jean-Maurice Ripert
• Russian Federation, Mr. Oleg Malginov
• Uruguay, Mr. Alejandro Artuccio
• Chile, Mr. Juan Martabit
• Azerbaijan, Mr. Elchin Amirbayov
• Japan, Mr. Ichiro Fujisaki
• Argentina, Mr. Sergio Cerda
• Brazil, Mr. Sergio de Abreu E Lima Florencio
• Israel, Mr. Itzhak Levanon