E/2014/27 E/CN.6/2014/15 12. At the 4th meeting, on 11 March, statements were made by the representatives of Finland, Spain, the Republic of Korea, Uganda, the Dominican Republic, the Netherlands, Japan, Jamaica, Lesotho and the United States of America. 13. At the same meeting, statements were also made by the observers for Kiribati (on behalf of the Pacific Islands Forum), Morocco, France, Nigeria, Mexico, Ghana, Mali, the Bahamas, Samoa, Zambia, New Zealand, South Africa, Azerbaijan, Iceland, Luxembourg, Egypt, Afghanistan and Slovenia. 14. At the 5th meeting, on 11 March, statements were made by the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, and the Chair of the Non-Governmental Organization Committee on the Status of Women. 15. At the same meeting, statements were made by the representatives of Malaysia, Niger, Indonesia, Thailand, Georgia, Argentina, the Philippines and Cuba. 16. Also at the same meeting, statements were also made by the observers for Mozambique, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Ethiopia, Benin, Nicaragua, Canada, Senegal, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Australia, the Plurinational State of Bolivia, Sweden, Haiti, Cameroon, Kuwait, Denmark, Eritrea, Togo, Sierra Leone, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Norway, Turkey, Costa Rica, Latvia, Lithuania, Portugal, Tunisia, Italy, Seychelles, the United Arab Emirates, Kyrgyzstan, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Peru and Cambodia. 17. Also at the 5th meeting, the observer for the State of Palestine made a statement. 18. At the 6th meeting, on 12 March, an opening address was made by the President of the Economic and Social Council (Austria). 19. At the 8th meeting, on 13 March, statements were made by the representatives of Paraguay, Liberia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burkina Faso, the Sudan, Zimbabwe, Brazil, Mongolia, Switzerland and Pakistan. 20. At the same meeting, statements were made by the observers for the Congo, Fiji (on behalf of the Pacific Small Island Developing States), the Czech Republic, Mauritania, Albania, Burundi, Rwanda, Kazakhstan, Malawi, Angola, Kenya, Guinea, Tonga, Côte d’Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Greece, Bahrain, the Marshall Islands and Suriname. 21. At the 10th meeting, on 17 March, statements were made by the representatives of El Salvador, Uruguay, Swaziland, Estonia, Belgium, Bangladesh, Libya and Ecuador. 22. At the same meeting, statements were also made by the observers for the United Republic of Tanzania, Namibia, Panama, Mauritius, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, India, the Syrian Arab Republic, Viet Nam, Croatia, Singapore, Myanmar, Malta, Fiji, Qatar, Tuvalu, Sri Lanka, Montenegro, Botswana, Gabon and the Maldives. 23. Also at the same meeting, the observer for the Syrian Arab Republic made a statement in the exercise of the right of reply. 24. At the 11th meeting, on 17 March, statements were made by the representatives of Belarus, China, Germany and the Russian Federation. 14-02869 55/95