Participants in the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights...gathered in Ottawa, Ontario, for an Extraordinary Plenary Meeting on September 15-16, 2011. During the meeting, the Plenary took a number of key steps...[The] Plenary: • Adopted a set of Governance Rules for the initiative;... • Celebrated Switzerland’s admission as a full Participant Government; • Welcomed two new Participants, Inmet Mining and Partnership Africa Canada; • Identified host government outreach and in-country implementation as a priority and created a Host Government Outreach Working Group... In addition, the Plenary heard a report on progress made by Participants on the implementation of the Voluntary Principles in Iraq, as well as a presentation on the Government of Colombia’s efforts to promote the Voluntary Principles.