The other members of the Commission are then entitled to submit their own government s statements. Governments are permitted to speak on an agenda item for about 10 minutes. They may also express themselves in a right of reply to another government s or NGO s statement for 3-5 minutes. The time allotted for oral statements is approximately 5-7 minutes. Due to time constraints, the 2000 CHR Bureau decided that NGOs are, from now on, entitled to present only six oral interventions.
Joint statements are strongly encourage and they count for one third of an intervention.
Before delivering their interventions, governments and NGOs must inscribe their name in the list of speakers. The Chair announces when the time for inscription on an item is going to be closed. Speakers must be prepared to take the floor immediately upon the Chair s summons, as otherwise, they may lose their right to intervene. To the right of the platform is a table where governments and NGOs register their names when they want to speak from the floor. The list of speakers is established for every agenda item and it is placed on a board close to the registration table for consultation.