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21st Meeting - 9th Regular Session of Human Rights…

21st Meeting - 9th Regular Session of Human Rights Council

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9th session of the Human Rights Council (8-24 September 2008)
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15:00 - 18:00 - 21st Plenary Meeting

Item 9: Racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related forms of intolerance: follow-up to and implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action continued

General debate under Item 9 continued:

  • Action Canada for Population and Development
  • Centre for Human Rights and Peace Advocacy
  • Pakistan, Point of Order
  • Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (Joint Statement)
  • Al-Hakim Foundation (Joint Statement)

 

Item 10: Technical assistance and capacity-building continued

A/HRC/9/14, A/HRC/9/15, A/HRC/9/CRP.2, A/HRC/9/NGO/48, A/HRC/9/NGO/49

Report of the Independent expert on technical cooperation and advisory services in Liberia continued

  • Ms. Charlotte Abaka, Independent expert on technical cooperation and advisory services in Liberia

(Introduction made during the 18th Meeting - 9th Regular Session of Human Rights Council)

Report of the Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Somalia continued

  • Dr. Shamsul Bari, Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Somalia

(Introduction made during the 18th Meeting - 9th Regular Session of Human Rights Council)

Report of the Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Burundi

  • Mr. Akich Okola, Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Burundi (Introduction)

Interactive dialogue:

  • Liberia (Country Concerned), Mr. Dudley McKinley Thomas
  • Somalia (Country Concerned), Mr. Yusuf Mohamed Ismail
  • Burundi (Country Concerned), Mr. Pierre Barusasiyeko
  • Egypt (on behalf of the African Group), Mr. Omar Shalaby
  • Djibouti, Mr. Mohamed-Siad Doualeh
  • France (on behalf of the European Union), Mr. Jean-Baptiste Mattéi
  • Belgium, Ms. Nathalie Rondeux
  • Ethiopia, Mr. Allehone Mulugeta Abebe
  • Canada, Mr. Sébastien Malo
  • Italy, Mr. Roberto Vellano
  • Switzerland, Ms. Natalie Kohli
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mr. Claude Bazibuhe Nyamugabo
  • United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Ms. Melanie Hopkins
  • Norway, Ms. Beate Stirø
  • New Zealand, Ms. Amy Laurenson
  • Nigeria, Mr. John Alhassan Gana
  • Sudan, Mr. Omer Dahab Fadol Mohamed
  • Yemen, Mr. Fadhl Al-Maghafi
  • Kenya, Ms. Jean W. Kimani
  • Zambia, Ms. Encyla M. Sinjela
  • International Federation for Human Rights Leagues
  • Human Rights Watch
  • Amnesty International
  • World Organization Against Torture
  • Cario Institute for Human Rights Studies
  • Mr. Akich Okola, Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Burundi (Final Remarks)

                 

General debate under Item 10: 

  • France (on belalf of the European Union), Mr. Jean-Baptiste Mattéi
  • Brazil, Ms. Bruna Vieira de Paula
  • Ghana, Ms. Mercy Yvonne Amoah
  • Canada, Mr. Alexander Besant
  • Sweden, Mr. Hans Dahlgren
  • Sri Lanka, Mr. Ameerajwad Omer Lebbe
  • Human Rights Watch
  • Arab Commission for Human Rights
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