28th Meeting - 15th Regular Session of Human Rights…

09:00 - 12:00 - 28th Plenary Meeting

Item 10: Technical assistance and capacity–building continued

Stand-alone Interactive dialogue on: Assistance to Somalia in the field of human rights

A/HRC/DEC/14/119

• Ms. Navanethem Pillay, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (Introduction)

Panelists:

• H.E. Mr. Abdirahman Haji Aden Ibbi, Deputy Prime Minister, Transitional Federal Government of Somalia
• Mr. Shamsul Bari, Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Somalia
• Mr. Augustine P. Mahiga, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Somalia
• Mr. Mark Bowden, UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator, UNDP Resident Representative and Designated Official for Somalia
• H.E. Mr. Boubacar Gaoussou Diarra, Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission for Somalia and HEAD of AMISOM (African Union Mission in Somalia)
• Mr. George Okoth-Obbo, Director of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Regional Bureau for Africa
• Mr. Charles Vincent, Director, World Food Programme, Geneva
• Mr. Abdullahi M. Shirwa, Chairman, Somali Peace Line
• Mr. Omar Farukh Osman, National Union of Somali Journalists

Interactive dialogue:

• Nigeria (on behalf of the African Group), Mr. Ositadinma Anaedu
• European Union, Ms. Radka Patalova
• Ethiopia, Mr. Abebe Allehone M.
• Pakistan (on behalf of the OIC), Mr. Muhammad Saeed Sarwar
• Italy, Ms. Laura Mirachian
• Syrian Arab Republic (on behalf of the Arab Group), Mr. Faysal Khabbaz Hamoui
• Spain, Mr. Javier Garrigues
• Egypt, Mr. Ahmed Ihab Gamaleldin
• Kenya, Mr. Anthony Andanje
• United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Mr. Peter Gooderham
• Ghana, Ms. Mercy Yonne Amoah
• Australia, Ms. Peter Woolcott
• Brazil, Ms. Maria Nazareth Farani Azevêdo
• Algeria, Mr. Idriss Jazaïry
• Switzerland, Mr. Jürg Lauber
• United States of America, Ms. Eileen Chamberlain Donahoe
• Amnesty International
• Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies
• Yemen, Mr. Ibrahim Al-Adofi
• United Arab Emirates, Ms. Sheikha Salman Al Zaabi
• Mexico, Ms. Mariana Olivera West
• Djibouti, Mr. Mohamed Siad Doualeh
• UNICEF, Ms. Nicolette Moodie
• Uruguay, Ms. Laura Dupuy Lasserre
• Israel, Mr. Aharon Leshno Yaar
• Japan, Mr. Kenichi Suganuma

Final Remarks:

• H.E. Mr. Abdirahman Haji Aden Ibbi, Deputy Prime Minister, Transitional Federal Government of Somalia
• Mr. Augustine P. Mahiga, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Somalia
• Mr. Mark Bowden, UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator, UNDP Resident Representative and Designated Official for Somalia
• H.E. Mr. Boubacar Gaoussou Diarra, Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission for Somalia and HEAD of AMISOM (African Union Mission in Somalia)
• Mr. George Okoth-Obbo, Director of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Regional Bureau for Africa
• Mr. Charles Vincent, Director, World Food Programme, Geneva
• Mr. Shamsul Bari, Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Somalia
• Mr. Abdullahi M. Shirwa, Chairman, Somali Peace Line
• Mr. Omar Farukh Osman, National Union of Somali Journalists