1st, 2nd, 3rd Meetings - 61st Session of Human Rights Council

Mr. Sidharto Reza Surydipuro, President of the Human Rights Council (Opening)
H.E. Mr. António Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General
Mr. Volker Türk, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
H.E. Ms. Annalena Baerbock, President of the General Assembly
H.E. Mr. Ignazio Cassis, Federal Councilor and Head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland (Host Country)
H.E. Mr. José Ramos-Horta, President of Timor-Leste
H.E. Ms. Hilda C. Heine, President of Marshall Islands
H.E. Ms. Sushila Karki, Prime Minister of Nepal
H.E. Mr. Hamza Abdi Barre, Prime Minister of Somalia
H.E. Ms. Sabine Monauni, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Liechtenstein
H.E. Mr. Ervin Ibrahimović, Deputy Prime Minister for International Relations and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Montenegro
H.E. Mr. Sugiono, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Indonesia
H.E. Mr. Wang Yi, Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China
Ms. Riia Salsa-Audiffren, Vice-President of the Human Rights Council
H.E. Ms. Liisa-Ly Pakosta, Minister of Justice and Digital Affairs of Estonia
H.E. Mr. Fuad Mohammed Hussein, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iraq
H.E. Mr. Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba
H.E. Mr. Ararat Mirzoyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia
H.E. Mr. Ronald Ozzy Lamola, Minister of International Relations and Co-operation of South Africa
H.E. Mr. Alberto van Klaveren Stork, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Chile
H.E. Ms. Princess Kasune, Minister of Justice of Zambia
H.E. Mr. Ian Borg, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Tourism of Malta

12:00 - 15:00 CET

- ITEM 1: High-level segment (Cont'd)

SPEAKERS:

Ms. Riia Salsa-Audiffren, Vice-President of the Human Rights Council (Opening)
H.E. Mr. Maxime Prévot, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Affairs and Development Cooperation of Belgium
H.E. Mr. Radosław Sikorski, Deputy Prime Minister of Poland
H.E. Ms. Maka Botchorishvili, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia
H.E. Ms. Thorgerdur Katrín Gunnarsdóttir, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iceland
H.E. Mr. Zheenbek Kulubaev, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kyrgyzstan
H.E. Mr. ⁠José Manuel Albares Bueno, Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation of Spain
H.E. Ms. Aghabekian Varsen, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of the State of Palestine
Mr. Tsegab Kebebew Daka, Vice-President of the Human Rights Council
H.E. Mr. Yvan Gil Pinto, Minister of the People's Power for Foreign Affairs of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
H.E. M. Cheikh Niang, Minister of African Integration, Foreign Affairs and Senegalese Abroad of Senegal
H.E. Mr. Walter Eleodoro Martínez Laura, Minister of Justice and Human Rights of Peru
H.E. Mr. Víctor Alfredo Verdún Bitar, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Paraguay
H.E. Ms. Hala bint Mazyad Al-Tuwaijri, President of the Human Rights Commission of Saudi Arabia
H.E. Mr. Edasso Rodrigue Bayala, Minister of Justice and Human Rights of Burkina Faso
H.E. Ms. Isabelle Berro-Amadeï, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Monaco
H.E. Mr. Lejeune Mbella Mbella, Minister of External Relations of Cameroon
H.E. Mr. Mohamad Haji Hasan, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Malaysia
H.E. Virginia Mabiza, Attorney-General of Zimbabwe
H.E. Mr. Kazem Gharibabadi, Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs of Iran
H.E. Ms. Jina Kim, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea
H.E. Ms. Macaé Maria Evaristo dos Santos, Minister of Human Rights and Citizenship of Brazil
H.E. Mr. Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bahrain
H.E. Ms. Megi Fino, Deputy Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs of Albania
H.E. Ms. Gabriela Sommerfeld, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Human Mobility of Ecuador
H.E. Ms. Maryam bint Ali bin Nasser Al Misnad, Minister of State for International Cooperation of Qatar

15:00 - 18:00 CET

- ITEM 1: High-level segment (Cont'd)

SPEAKERS:

Mr. Marcos Gómez Martínez, Vice-President of the Human Rights Council (Opening)
H.E. Mr. Abdulla Khaleel, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Maldives
H.E. Mr. Mohamed Ali Nafti, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Migration and Tunisians Abroad of Tunisia
H.E. Mr. Alejandro Solano Ortiz, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Costa Rica
H.E. Mr. Alain Berset, Secretary General of the Council of Europe
H.E. Ms. Mirjana Spoljaric Egger, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross-ICRC
H.E. Mr. Mehmet Kemal Bozay, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Director for European Union Affairs of Türkiye
H.E. Ms. Jan Beagle, Director-General of the International Development Law Organization-IDLO
H.E. Mr. Jasem Mohamed AlBudaiwi, Secretary General of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf-GCC
H.E. Mr. Hadi Bin Ali Alyami, Executive Director of the OIC Independent Permanent Human Rights Commission
H.E. Mr. Mohamed Ali Nafti, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Migration and Tunisians Abroad of Tunisia

- ITEM 1: Annual high-level panel discussion on human rights mainstreaming

SPEAKERS:

Mr. Sidharto Reza Surydipuro, President of the Human Rights Council (Opening)
Mr. Volker Türk, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (Introduction)
Ms. Mariya Taher, Director of Sahiyo
Ms. Catherine Russell, Executive Director of the United Nations Children's Fund
Ms. Diene Keita, Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund
Ms. Pascale Allotey, Director of the Department of Sexual, Reproductive, Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health and Ageing, including the Special Programme in Human Reproduction at WHO
Ms. Irene Kaggwa, Giga Programme Manager at ITU
Ms. Thorgerdur Katrín Gunnarsdóttir, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iceland (on behalf of a group of countries)
Mr. Ronald Lamola, Minister of International Relations and Cooperation of South Africa
Ms. Princess Kasune, Minister of Justice of Zambia
European Union, Ms. Deike Potzel
Belgium (on behalf of a group of countries), Mr. Christophe Payot
Mr. Marcelo Vàzquez Bermúdez, Vice-President of the Human Rights Council
Kenya (on behalf of Group of African States - African Group), Ms. Fancy Chepkemoi Too
Japan, Mr. Atsuyuki Oike
France, Ms. Claire Thuaudet
Organization of Islamic Cooperation, Mr. Hadi Bin Ali Al-Yami
Burkina Faso, Ms. Sabine Bakyono Kanzie
Switzerland, Ms. Barbara Fontana
Indonesia, Ms. Fathiyah Tsamara
Angola, Ms. Antónia Osvaldina Simão Da Cruz Yaba
Austria, Ms. Vera Fuchs
Plan International, Inc., Ms. Tenar Lorente
Frontline AIDS LTD., Mr. Patrick Lawrance
Asian-Pacific Resource and Research Centre for Women (ARROW), Mr. Fathima Safiya Riyaz
International Planned Parenthood Federation, Ms. Fadoua Bakkhada
Humanists International, Mr. Leon Langdon
Shaanxi Patriotic Volunteer Association, Mr. Guowei Cui
Maldives, Ms. Salma Rasheed
Minister of Justice, Constitutional and Religious Affairs of Mozambique, Mr. Mateus Da Cecilia Feniasse Saize
Cameroon, Ms. Nadjma Adoum
Cyprus, Ms. Vivian Konnari
Saudi Arabia, Ms. Asya Abdullatif Baakdah
Kenya, Ms. Njambi Kinyungu
Gambia, Mr. Muhammadou Kah
Cabo Verde, Ms. Clara Manuela Da Luz Delgado Jesus
Colombia, Mr. Gustavo Gallon
Egypt, Mr. Shady Hesham Ibrahem Elsheha
Iraq, Mr. Ali Al Safar
Armenia, Mr. Petros Hovhannisyan
Rwanda, Ms. Urujeni Bakuramutsa Manzi
Ethiopia, Ms. Hana Teshome Kibret
iuventum e.V., Mr. Hisashi Saito
Sambhali Trust, Ms. Hansraj Singh
Promotion du Développement Economique et Social - PDES, Ms. Aicha Duihi
Rajasthan Samgrah Kalyan Sansthan, Ms. Arushii Lal Santania
Ms. Irene Kaggwa, Giga Programme Manager at ITU
Ms. Pascale Allotey, Director of the Department of Sexual, Reproductive, Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health and Ageing, including the Special Programme in Human Reproduction at WHO
Ms. Pernille Fenger, Director - UNFPA Office in Geneva (Final remarks)

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1st, 2nd, 3rd Meetings - 61st Session of Human…

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