Third Committee, 20th plenary meeting - General…

Promotion and protection of human rights

- Item 71; Implementation of human rights instruments

- Item 71(a); Human rights questions, including alternative approaches for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms

- Item 71(b); Human rights situations and reports of special rapporteurs and representatives

- Item 71(c); Comprehensive implementation of and follow-up to the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action

- Item 71(d) : Reports A/79/40  A/79/56  A/79/48  A/79/44  A/79/36  and A/79/-- (to be issued));

Note by the Secretary-Generals A/79/123  and A/79/292  ; Report of the Secretary-General A/79/336  (to be issued))

- Report of the Human Rights Committee, 138th session (26 June-26 July 2023), 139th session (9 October-3 November 2023), 140th session (4-28 March 2024) (A/79/40) 

- Report of the Committee on Enforced Disappearances, 25th session (11-29 September 2023), 26th session (19 February-1 March 2024) (A/79/56) 

- Situation of human rights defenders (A/79/123)

- Implementation of human rights instruments : (A/79/292)

- Report of the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (A/79/48)

- Report of the Committee against Torture (A/79/44)

- Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (A/79/36)

- Report of the Committee on Elimination of Racial Discrimination, 110th session (7–31 August 2023), 111th session (20 November–8 December 2023),112th session (8–26 April 2024) (A/79/18)

- Status of the human rights treaty body system (A/79/336) 

Introductory statements:

• Ilze Brands Kehris, Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights 
• Balakrishnan Rajagopal, Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, and on the right to non-discrimination in this context
• Michael Fakhri, Special Rapporteur on the right to food
• Pedro Arrojo-Agudo, Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation