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Urgent Debate on the recent military aggression…

Urgent Debate on the recent military aggression launched by the Islamic Republic of Iran, 44th Meeting - 61st Session of Human Rights Council

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Urgent debate to discuss the recent military aggression launched by the Islamic Republic of Iran against Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates on 28 February 2026
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- ITEM 1: Urgent Debate on the recent military aggression launched by the Islamic Republic of Iran 

SPEAKERS: 

  • Mr. Sidharto Reza Surydipuro, President of the Human Rights Council (Opening) 
  • Mr. Volker Türk, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights 
  • Mr. Surya Deva, Chair of the Coordination Committee of Special Procedures 
  • H.E. Mr. Abdulla Abdullatif Abdulla, Bahrain (Country concerned) 
  • H.E. Mr. Ali Bahreini, Iran (Islamic Republic of) (Country concerned) 
  • H.E. Mr. Akram Sa'ud Harahsheh, Jordan (Country concerned) 
  • H.E. Mr. Naser Abdullah H. M. Alhayen, Kuwait (Country concerned) 
  • H.E. Mr. Idris Abdul Rahman Al Khanjari, Oman (Country concerned) 
  • H.E. Ms. Hend Abdalrahman Al-Muftah, Qatar (Country concerned) 
  • H.E. Mr. Abdulmohsen Binkhothaila, Saudi Arabia (Country concerned) 
  • H.E. Mr. Jamal Jama Al Musharakh, United Arab Emirates (Country concerned) 
  • European Union (on behalf of a group of countries), Mr. Michele Cervone D'urso 
  • Sweden (on behalf of a group of countries), Mr. Magnus Hellgren 
  • Iran (Islamic Republic of) (Point of order), Ms. Somayyeh Karimdoost 
  • Philippines (on behalf of Association of Southeast Asian Nations - ASEAN), Mr. Carlos D. Sorreta 
  • Bulgaria, Mr. Angel Bandjov 
  • Czechia, Mr. Václav Bálek 
  • Ethiopia, Mr. Haileselassie Subba Gebru 
  • Slovenia, Ms. Anita Pipan 
  • Japan, Mr. Atsuyuki Oike 
  • Netherlands (Kingdom of the), Ms. Erica Schouten 
  • Cyprus, Ms. Olympia Neocleous 
  • Angola, Ms. Sonia Serrao 
  • Mexico, Mr. Fernando Israel Espinosa Olivera 
  • France, Ms. Céline Jurgensen 
  • Spain, Mr. Marcos Gómez Martínez 
  • United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Ms. Eleonor Sanders 
  • Islamic Republic of Iran (Point of order), Ms. Somayyeh Karimdoost 
  • North Macedonia, Mr. Dushko Uzunovski 
  • Colombia, Mr. Gustavo Gallon 
  • Switzerland, Ms. Barbara Fontana 
  • Albania, Ms. Vasilika Hysi 
  • Republic of Korea, Mr. Seong Deok Yun 
  • South Africa, Mr. Mxolisi Nkosi 
  • Egypt, Mr. Alaa Hegazy 
  • Brazil, Mr. Andre Simas Magalhaes 
  • Mauritius, Mr. Brian Neil Joseph Glover 
  • China, Mr. JIA Guide 
  • Gambia, Ms. Bafou Jeng 
  • Thailand, Ms. Usana Berananda 
  • Cuba, Mr. Rodolfo Benítez Verson 
  • India, Mr. Arindam Bagchi 
  • Chile, Ms. Maria Paz Florenzano 
  • Italy, Mr. Stefano Pisotti 
  • Pakistan, Mr. Bilal Ahmad 
  • Ecuador, Mr. Marcelo Vazquez Bermudez 
  • Viet Nam, Ms. Huong Ngo 
  • Domincan Republic, Ms. Alfonsina Margarita Gonzalez Nicasio 
  • Australia, Ms. Clare Walsh 
  • Canada, Mr. Peter Macdougall 
  • Austria, Mr. Alexander Kmentt 
  • Costa Rica, Mr. Roberto Céspedes 
  • Syrian Arab Republic, Mr. Haydar Ali Ahmad 
  • Argentina, Mr. Carlos Foradori 
  • Mauritania, Ms. Aicha Vall Verges 
  • Peru, Mr. Augusto Cabrera 
  • Germany, Ms. Antje Leendertse 
  • Ireland, Mr. Noel White 
  • Malta, Mr. Randolph De Battista 
  • New Zealand, Ms. Deborah Mary Geels 
  • Belgium, Mr. Christophe Payot 
  • Slovakia, Mr. Fedor Rosocha 
  • Libya, Mr. Nasser Algheita 
  • Sri Lanka, Ms. Nishanthini Victor 
  • Croatia, Ms. Tihana Balija 
  • San Marino, Mr.  Marcello Beccari 
  • Russian Federation, Mr. Artem Isakov 
  • Uruguay, Ms. Maria Emilia Eyheralde 
  • Portugal, Ms. Maria Ejarque Albuquerque 
  • Nauru, Ms. Joanie Hartman 
  • Ukraine, Mr. Yevhenii Tsymbaliuk 
  • Romania, Ms. Nicoleta Birladianu 
  • Belarus, Ms. Larysa Belskaya 
  • Montenegro, Ms. Slavica Milacic 
  • Algeria, Mr. Rachid Bladehane 
  • Maldives, Ms. Salma Rasheed 
  • Greece, Mr. Ioannis Ghikas 
  • Kazakhstan, Mr. Erzhan Kazykhan 
  • Somalia, Ms. Khadra Ahmed Dualeh 
  • Paraguay, Ms. Ana Rolon Candía 
  • Kyrgyzstan, Mr. Omar Sultanov 
  • State of Palestine, Mr. Ibrahim Khraishi 
  • Malaysia, Ms. Dato' Nadzirah Osman 
  • Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Mr. Yeferson Forero Prada 
  • Nigeria, Mr. Sunday Eyo Edem 
  • Rwanda, Mr. Edmond Tubanambazi 
  • Lebanon, Ms. Caroline Ziadeh 
  • Chad, Ms. Zigro Mbirimba 
  • Yemen, Mr. Ali Mohamed Saeed Majawar 
  • Sovereign Order of Malta, Mr. Yannick Galeazzi 
  • Uzbekistan, Mr. Eldor Askarov 
  • Sudan, Mr. Hassan Hamid Hassan 
  • Nepal, Mr. Damaru Ballabha Paudel 
  • Morocco, Mr. Abdeslam El Ouazzani 


- ITEM 1: Urgent Debate on the recent military aggression launched by the Islamic Republic of Iran (cont'd) (The following list of speakers is part of the 45th meeting) 

SPEAKERS: 

  • Cabo Verde, Mr. Pedro Graciano de Carvalho 
  • Holy See, Mr. Ettore Balestrero 
  • South Sudan, Mr. Alier Deng Ruai Deng 
  • Singapore, Mr. Jaya Ratnam 
  • Sierra Leone, Mr. Samuel Saffa 
  • Mongolia, Mr. Baasankhuu Purev 
  • Philippines, Mr. Carlos D. Sorreta 
  • OIC, Mr. Muhammad Saeed Sarwar 
  • Türkiye, Mr. Burak Akçapar 
  • International-Lawyers.Org, Curtis Doebbler 
  • Maat for Peace, Development and Human Rights Association, Ayman Okeil 
  • Forum for Development and Human Rights Dialogue, Saeed Abdelhafez Darwish 
  • International Commission of Jurists, Sandra Epal-Ratjen 
  • Human Rights Watch, Lucy McKernan 
  • Amnesty International, Kevin Whelan 
  • International Council Supporting Fair Trial and Human Rights, Abdul Hameed Dashti 
  • Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) Limited, Michael Khambatta 
  • Partners For Transparency, Merna Shalash 
  • Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, Mayssa Achek 
  • Center for Global Nonkilling, Christophe Barbey 
  • Imam Ali's Popular Students Relief Society, Mahsa Abadian 
  • Elizka Relief Foundation, Charlotte Bama 
  • International Organization for the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, Shyla Gheek 
  • Institute for NGO Research, Anne Herzberg 
  • Association Ma'onah for Human Rights and Immigration, Marina Timbalari 
  • Women's Human Rights International Association, Saideh Mostofian 
  • United Nations Watch, Hillel Neuer 
  • Organisation internationale pour les pays les moins avancés (OIPMA), Ceri Chillier  


ITEM 1: Vote on Draft resolution A/HRC/61/L.38 – "The recent military aggression launched by the Islamic Republic of Iran" - Submitted by Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates - ADOPTED without a vote  

SPEAKERS: 

  • Mr. Sidharto Reza Surydipuro, President of the Human Rights Council (Opening) 
  • Bahrain (Country concerned), Mr. Abdulla Abdullatif Abdulla 
  • United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Ms. Eleonor Sanders 
  • Mexico, Mr. Fernando Israel Espinosa Olivera 
  • Colombia, Ms. Carolina Solano 
  • Iran (Islamic Republic of) (Country concerned), Ms. Somayyeh Karimdoos 
  • Indonesia, Mr. Achsanul Habib (Explanation of vote before the vote) 
  • Cuba, Mr. Rodolfo Benítez Verson (Explanation of vote before the vote) 
  • Mr. Sidharto Reza Surydipuro, President of the Human Rights Council (Adoption) 
  • Switzerland, Ms. Barbara Fontana 
  • Kuwait (Country concerned), Mr. Naser Abdullah H. M. Alhayen 

 

- ITEM 1: Request for an urgent debate on "Protection of Children and Educational Institutions in International Armed Conflicts: The Aerial Attacks on Shajareh Tayyebeh Girls' School in Minab, Iran, as a Grave Breach of International Humanitarian Law and International Human Rights Law" 

SPEAKERS: 

  • Mr. Marcelo Vàzquez Bermúdez, Vice-President of the Human Rights Council (Introduction) 
  • Ms. Somayyeh Karimdoost, Iran (Islamic Republic of)  (Country concerned) 

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