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The opportunity for a select number of NGOs to address the HRC during its first inaugural week in proximity to the High Level Segment will not be offered again if we do not make good use of it. NGOs must be very careful not to squander it. It is difficult to reflect the richness, multiplicity and diversity of NGO voices through a reduced number of speaking slots. However, the speakers should be supported by the widest possible range of NGOs and should benefit from the full respectability and credibility of the global NGO community and social movements. The following elements could be taken into consideration in order to identify potential speakers: In view of the high-level nature of speeches during the first week of the first HRC session, we need NGO voices that In view of the “institution-building” character of this first meeting, these NGO voices need to respect the demonstrated willingness of governments to launch the HRC setting a tone that is both dignified and reflects a commitment to promote human rights. We thus need speakers who can The above elements could help identify persons with a solid NGO activist background in promotion and protection of human rights. The persons would be proposed by NGOs as distinguished voices from civil society, in which the widest possible number of constituencies could recognise themselves.