E/2012/27 E/CN.6/2012/16 10. At the 6th meeting, on 29 February, statements were made by the representatives of Guinea, Bangladesh, Nicaragua, Argentina, Georgia, Germany, Sweden, India, the United States and Senegal. 11. At the same meeting, statements were made by the observers for Canada, the Congo, Kenya, Egypt, Burkina Faso, Togo, Sierra Leone, Panama, Tuvalu, Mozambique, Cameroon, Peru, Ireland, Turkey, Pakistan, Australia, Norway (on behalf of the Nordic countries), Finland and Uganda. 12. Also at the same meeting, a statement was made by the observer for Palestine. 13. Also at the 6th meeting, a statement was made by the representative of the International Alliance of Women and the Chair of the Non-Governmental Organizations Committee on the Status of Women. 14. At the 10th meeting, on 2 March, statements were made by the representatives of Spain, Uruguay, Thailand, Malaysia, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Mongolia, El Salvador, Japan, Estonia, Israel, Cuba, Colombia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. 15. At the same meeting, statements were also made by the observers for Mali, Angola, Zambia, Lesotho, Botswana, Lithuania, the Seychelles, Switzerland, Vanuatu, Slovenia, Guinea-Bissau, the Czech Republic, Tonga, New Zealand, Poland, Chile, Greece and Suriname. 16. At the 11th meeting, on 2 March, statements were made by the representatives of Belgium, the Russian Federation and Eritrea. 17. At the same meeting, statements were also made by the observers for Afghanistan, Namibia, Iceland, Kazakhstan, Barbados, Paraguay, Malta, Liechtenstein, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic and the Solomon Islands. 18. At the 12th meeting, on 5 March, statements were made by the representatives of Iraq, Rwanda and Comoros. 19. At the same meeting, statements were also made by the observers for Viet Nam, Sri Lanka, Timor-Leste, the Syrian Arab Republic, Libya, Nepal, Bahamas, Costa Rica, Burundi, Trinidad and Tobago, and the Plurinational State of Bolivia. 20. Also at the same meeting, a statement was made by the observer for the Holy See. 21. Also at the 12th meeting, the Chair of the Working Group on Discrimination against Women in Law and in Practice reported to the Commission on the activities of the Working Group. 22. At the same meeting, statements were also made by the observers for the following intergovernmental organizations: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, Organization of American States, Sovereign Military Order of Malta, Inter-Parliamentary Union, International Organization for Migration, League of Arab States and African Union. 23. Also at the 12th meeting, statements were made by the representatives of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the International Labour Organization (ILO), the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), the United 30 12-27405