E/2000/27 E/CN.6/2000/9 8. At the same meeting, statements were made by the representatives of Cuba, Malaysia, Chile, Japan and Malawi and the observers for Portugal (on behalf of the States Members of the United Nations that are members of the European Union and the associated countries of Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia, as well as Cyprus and Iceland), Nigeria (on behalf of the States Members of the United Nations that are members of the Group of 77 and China), Norway, New Zealand, Canada and Australia. 9. Also at the same meeting, statements were made by the representatives of the World Food Programme and the United Nations Population Fund. 10. At the same meeting, the representative of the International Labour Organization made a statement. 11. Also at the same meeting, the observer for the Commonwealth Secretariat made a statement. 12. At the 2nd meeting, on 28 February, statements were made by the representatives of Italy, China, the Republic of Korea, Paraguay, Côte d’Ivoire, Turkey and the Russian Federation, and by the observers for Colombia (on behalf of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela, as well as the members of the Caribbean Community), Indonesia and Ecuador. 13. At the same meeting, the observer for Palestine made a statement. 14. Also at the same meeting, statements were made by the Executive Director of the United Nations Children’s Fund and the representative of the Economic Commission for Europe (on behalf of the regional commissions). 15. At the same meeting, statements were made by the representatives of the World Bank and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 16. Also at the same meeting, the observer for the Sovereign Military Order of Malta made a statement. 17. At the same meeting, statements were made by the observers for the International Federation of University Women (on behalf of Girls Caucus/ Working Group on Girls in Geneva and New York) and Soroptimist International (on behalf of a caucus on institutional mechanisms for the advancement of 10 women), non-governmental organizations in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council. 18. At the 3rd meeting, on 29 February, statements were made by the representatives of Bolivia, Ghana, Rwanda, Croatia and the Dominican Republic, as well as the observers for Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Spain, the United Republic of Tanzania, Yemen, South Africa, Kenya, Namibia, Israel and Greece. 19. At the same meeting, the Deputy Director of the United Nations Development Fund for Women made a statement. 20. Also at the same meeting, the Commission held a dialogue with non-governmental organizations in which the following observers made statements: Women’s Watch (on behalf of the Asian Pacific Region Caucus); Latin American and Caribbean Regional Caucus; Women in Law and Development (on behalf of the African Caucus); Alliance for Arab Women (on behalf of the Arab Region Caucus); the nongovernmental organization of the Economic Commission for Europe and North America; and nongovernmental organization observers speaking on behalf of the Mental Health Caucus and the Older Women’s Caucus. 21. At the 4th meeting, on 29 February, statements were made by the representatives of Brazil, Egypt, Sri Lanka, Ethiopia, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Kyrgyzstan, the United States of America, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Germany, France, the Sudan and India, as well as the observers for Sweden, Georgia, Zimbabwe, Tunisia, Argentina, Zambia, Bangladesh, Guinea, Viet Nam, Iraq, Pakistan, Ukraine, the Philippines, Gabon and Venezuela. 22. At the same meeting, statements were made by the representatives of the Joint United Nations Programme on Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome and the United Nations Development Programme. 23. At the 6th meeting, on 1 March, statements were made by the representatives of Peru and Mongolia, and by the observers for Panama and Jordan. 24. At the same meeting, statements were made by the representatives of the World Health Organization and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.