HRC- March 13th (Afternoon)- LR

Human Rights Council Regular Meeting
Tuesday, 13 March 2007, 3 pm-6 pm


High Level Segment (cont’d)

The following countries made a statement : Lesotho, Latvia, Nepal, Nigeria, Togo, Romania, Italy, Senegal, Cameroon, Azerbaijan, Sudan, Turkey, Zimbabwe, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Russian Federation, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Cyprus, Angola, Mauritania and Viet Nam.

All the countries recognised the importance of the creation of the Human Rights Council and emphasised the need to break from the tradition of the Human Rights Commission and the politicisation of its work. The need for the strict implementation of the HRC’s decisions and the building of the Council’s institutions were also among the issues raised by a series of delegates.

Themes such as the right for development, rights of vulnerable groups including indigenous people, migrants, women, refugees, IDPs and national minorities, the death penalty and contemporary form of slavery were evocated by a series of dignitaries.

Specific countries’ situation were addressed, inter alia the human rights’ situation in the Middle East, the crisis in Darfur, the situation of human rights in Burma and in the DPRK, the crisis in Lebanon, the situation in Iraq, the recent coup in Fiji and the violent repression of protestors in Zimbabwe two days ago.

For the detailed statement of each country please refer to the extranet:

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Right of reply

The right of reply was exercised by the following countries: Iran (on the human rights’ situation in Iran following concerns expressed by Sweden and France), Sudan (on the issue of the high-level mission to Darfur), Colombia (on the frontier situation with Ecuador and the eradication of illegal crops), the DPRK (on the abduction of prisoners as denounced by Japan), Morocco (on the question of Southern Sahara as denounced by Algeria), Turkey (on the events that took place in 1950 following a statement made by Armenia), Belarus (on the human rights’ situation in Belarus following concerns expressed by France and Sweden), Japan, Algeria, Sweden, DPRK(2nd right of reply), Morocco (2nd), Japan(2nd), Algeria (2nd).


For the detailed statement of each countries please refer to the extranet:


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