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Geneva Group of Friends (GGF) is an informal, voluntary and open-ended association of like-minded Member States created to assist to the relevant international organizations and their bodies located in Geneva to effectively implement within their respective mandates the United Nations Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons (A/RES/64/293) and, in a more general sense, to reinforce and consolidate their counter- trafficking activities.

Since the late 1980s, with the disintegration of the USSR, Armenia has pursued an open aggressive policy against Azerbaijan and consequently, the Nagorno-Karabakh and seven adjacent regions of Azerbaijan were occupied. (...) In justification of their territorial claims against Azerbaijan, back in 1988 radical-minded Armenian forces initiated a A/HRC/43/G/8 GE.20-01138 3 provocation in the city of Sumgait, the main initiator and organizer of which, according to the materials of the USSR Prosecutor General’s Office, was an ethnic Armenian Eduard Grigoryan, and he was sentenced to 12 years in prison.

Cognizant of the fact that this straitjacket is not leading us to the desired outcome, the UN Secretaries-General have long been encouraging the two sides to be open-minded and creative in their search for a settlement in Cyprus. (...) Unlike our efforts to preserve and promote religious freedom, there are only 8 mosques that are open for prayer in South Cyprus, some of which lack basic facilities, as opposed to the 78 churches open for individual or collective worship in North Cyprus.

Jefe de delegación en reuniones del Grupo Buenos Aires (GBA) y del “Like Minded Group” de la Comisión Ballenera Internacional (CBI), Londres, Reino Unido, 2012 Taller sobre desenmallamiento de ballenas (David Mattila) CBI y NOAA, Chubut, 2012. (...) Jefe de Delegación-Reunión Grupo “Like Minded” de los miembros del Consejo de la OACI respecto de la Directiva EU/2008/101 de la Unión Europea imponiendo EU ETS, Moscú, Federación Rusa, febrero 2012.

Against the backdrop of demands of some Western countries and like-minded States for the resignation of the legitimately elected president of Syria, Bashar al - Assad, there has been a constant flow of bogus stories about alleged incidents involving chemical weapons or toxic substances in the territories controlled by anti - government forces. (...) Notable among this entities are the following: Chemical Violations Documentation Center of Syria (CVDCS); Human Rights Watch; Open Society Justice Initiative; Peace SOS; Syria Civil Defence (SCD); Syria Justice and Accountability Centre; Syrian Archive; Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR); Syrian NGO Alliance. (...) Furthermore, there is no mention of the open availability of videos in the Internet (one of the sources of information recognized by the FFM and the former Joint Investigative Mechanism) showing fighters pointing out unearthed unexploded “chemical” M4000 bombs equipped with conventional explosives.

While much attention has been devoted to proposed revisions of article 9 concerning Japan’s military posture, a draft proposal of amendments from 2012 aims to revise article 21 so that “engaging in activities with the purpose of damaging the public interest or public order, or associating with others for such purposes, shall not be recognized.”2 This broadly worded provision would open the door to limitations on expression that could be inconsistent with article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. (...) In particular, the Special Rapporteur found widespread concern about the independence of the media, especially its role as a public watchdog committed to investigative journalism; the manipulation of media ou tlets through an opaque and clique-plagued system of press clubs and incentives to practice “access journalism”; and a consolidation of secrecy laws and penalties for violations that may deter tough-minded journalism in areas such as nuclear safety and national security. (...) The Special Rapporteur received reports of foreign journalists who abandoned potentially tough-minded investigative stories to avoid being excluded from kisha groups. 16 See, for example, http://www.pressnet.or.jp/english/about/guideline/.

Esto constituye un abuso de la Comisión por una organización no gubernamental que no reúne las condiciones para actuar como tal, como han señalado el Like-Minded Group, el Grupo de Estados de Asia y varias delegaciones en relación con el tema 3 del programa.

A/77/505 S/2022/738 6/10 22-22936 It is worth reminding the West that it began its colonial policy back in the Middle Ages, followed by the worldwide slave trade, the genocide of Indian tribes in America, the plunder of India and Africa, the wars of England and France against China, as a result of which it was forced to open its ports to the opium trade. What they did was get entire nations hooked on drugs and purposefully exterminated entire ethnic groups for the sake of grabbing land and resources, hunting people like animals. (...) This was achieved by creating a strong centralised state in Russia, which grew and got stronger based on the great moral values of Orthodox Christianity, Islam, Judaism and Buddhism, as well as Russian culture and the Russian word that were open to all. There were numerous plans to invade Russia. (...) As I have already said, we have many like-minded people in Europe and the United States, and we feel and see their support.

FCCC/ADP/2014/2 8 GE.14-17721 Anexo I Documentos que tuvo ante sí el Grupo de Trabajo Especial sobre la Plataforma de Durban para una Acción Reforzada en la quinta parte de su segundo período de sesiones Documentos preparados para la quinta parte del período de sesiones FCCC/TP/2014/3 y Add.1 Updated compilation of information on mitigation benefits of actions, initiatives and options to enhance mitigation ambition FCCC/ADP/2014/L.2 Proyecto de informe del Grupo de Trabajo Especial sobre la Plataforma de Durban para una Acción Reforzada acerca de la quinta parte de su segundo período de sesiones, celebrada en Bonn del 4 al 15 de junio de 2014 FCCC/ADP/2014/CRP.1 Submission from the Like-minded Developing Countries FCCC/ADP/2014/CRP.2 Submission from the Like-minded Developing Countries Otros documentos del período de sesiones FCCC/CP/2013/10 y Add.1 Informe de la Conferencia de las Partes sobre su 19º período de sesiones, celebrado en Varsovia del 11 al 23 de noviembre de 2013 FCCC/CP/2012/8 y Add.1 Informe de la Conferencia de las Partes sobre su 18º período de sesiones, celebrado en Doha del 26 de noviembre al 8 de diciembre de 2012 FCCC/CP/2011/9 y Add.1 y 2 Informe de la Conferencia de las Partes sobre su 17º período de sesiones, celebrado en Durban del 28 de noviembre al 11 de diciembre de 2011 FCCC/ADP/2014/1 Informe del Grupo de Trabajo Especial sobre la Plataforma de Durban para una Acción Reforzada acerca de la cuarta parte de su segundo período de sesiones, celebrada en Bonn del 10 al 14 de marzo de 2014 FCCC/ADP/2013/3 Informe del Grupo de Trabajo Especial sobre la Plataforma de Durban para una Acción Reforzada acerca de la tercera parte de su segundo período de sesiones, celebrada en Varsovia del 12 al 23 de noviembre de 2013 FCCC/ADP/2014/2 GE.14-17721 9 FCCC/ADP/2013/2 Informe del Grupo de Trabajo Especial sobre la Plataforma de Durban para una Acción Reforzada acerca de las partes primera y segunda de su segundo período de sesiones, celebradas en Bonn del 29 de abril al 3 de mayo y del 4 al 13 de junio de 2013 FCCC/ADP/2014/2 10 GE.14-17721 Anexo II Notas oficiosas preparadas para el Grupo de Trabajo Especial sobre la Plataforma de Durban para una Acción Reforzada en la quinta parte de su segundo período de sesiones ADP.2014.4.InformalNote Scenario note on the fifth part of the second session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action.

As long as the decision-making process of the 5th Session of the Human Rights Council has been turned into the one which justifies ill-minded political objectives of the United States, Japan and EU member states aimed at DPRK, the delegation of the DPRK does not feel necessary to remain in the most discriminate and most biased decision-making process where the renewal of the mandate of the “rapporteur” is to be forcibly enforced and, accordingly, declares resolutely that it shall not participate in that process.