WG: Agenda & annual programme of work, 17.04.07 (morning) CN

In a first time the facilitator continued the list of interventions from last Friday. The topic was the choice between the option A and C for the third item.

Azerbaijan, Chile, China, Algeria, Pakistan, India, Cuba and Morocco choose the option A
New Zealand, Peru choose the option C

Some ONG took the floor:
- Canada Action for population and development;
- OPAM

Then the facilitator delivered the annual programme of work up-dated. It plans 3 sessions: the first in June, the second in September/October and the third in March/April. There are 10 items:

1. Organizational and procedural matters;
2. Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights;
3. Promotion and protection of human rights,
Economic social and cultural rights,
Civil and political rights,
Right to development
Rights of peoples, and specific groups and individuals,
Cross-cutting human rights issues,
Human rights situations that require the Council’s attention;
4. Human rights bodies and mechanisms;
5. Universal Periodic Review
7. United Nations conferences and summits;
8. Technical assistance and capacity building
9. Follow-up of decisions of the Human Rights Council;
10. Other issues.

Some delegations took the floor: Chile, Costa Rica, Algeria, Syria , Germany, France, Argentina, Portugal, Iran, Norway and Canada.