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André Lite Asebea; the Minister for Foreign Relations, Skills Development, Employment
and Labour Relations of Sri Lanka, Dinesh Gunawardena; the Minister of Justice,
Constitutional and Religious Affairs of Mozambique, Helena Mateus Kida; the Minister for
Foreign Affairs of Bahrain, Abdullatif Bin Rashid Alzayani; the Minister for Human Rights
of Honduras, Karla Cueva; the Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan, Ramiz
Hasanov; the Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria, Petko Doykov; the Deputy
Minister of Justice of Namibia, Lidwina Shapwa; the Minister of Human Rights and Civic
Promotion of Burkina Faso, Maminata Ouattara Ouattara; the Vice Minister in the Ministry
of External Affairs of India, Vikas Swarup; the Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of
Estonia, Erki Kodar; the Secretary, Presidential Communications Operations Office of the
Philippines, Jose Ruperto Martin Andanar; the Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of
Slovenia, Matej Marn.
(h)
At the 8th meeting, on the same day: the Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs
and Director for European Union Affairs of Turkey, Faruk Kaymakcı; the Director-General
for Multilateral Affairs of South Sudan, Samuel Luate Lominsuk; the Rector of the University
for Peace, Francisco Rojas Aravena; the Assistant High Commissioner for Protection at the
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR); the Director
General for Human Rights and Democracy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mexico,
Cristopher Ballinas Valdés; the Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, Patricia Scotland;
the State Secretary at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Serbia, Nemanja Stevanović.
High-level panel discussion on human rights mainstreaming
17.
At the 3rd meeting, on 24 February 2020, the Human Rights Council held, pursuant
to Council resolution 16/21 and 40/15, an annual high-level panel discussion to interact with
heads of governing bodies and secretariats of United Nations agencies within their respective
mandates on specific human rights themes with the objective of promoting the mainstreaming
of human rights throughout the United Nations system, with a focus on “thirty years of
implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child: challenges and opportunities”.
18.
The President of the General Assembly and the United Nations High Commissioner
for Human Rights made opening statements for the panel discussion. The member of the
Committee on the Rights of the Child, Benyam Dawit Mezmur, moderated the discussion.
19.
At the same meeting, the following panellists made statements: the Assistant
Secretary-General for Peacebuilding Support; the Deputy Director-General of the World
Health Organization; and the Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia of UNICEF.
20.
The ensuing panel discussion was divided into two slots, which were held at the same
meeting. During the first speaking slot, the following made statements and asked the
panellists questions:
(a)
Representatives of States members of the Human Rights Council: Barbados1
(on behalf of the Caribbean Community), Brazil, Burkina Faso (on behalf of the Group of
African States), Malta 2 (also on behalf of Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Chile,
Croatia, Czechia, Estonia, France, Germany, Guatemala, Hungary, Italy, Jordan,
Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Morocco, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Slovenia,
Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and
Uruguay), Namibia, Portugal 3 (on behalf of the Community of Portuguese-speaking
Countries), Qatar (on behalf of the Group of Arab States), Uruguay (on behalf of the Group
of Latin American and Caribbean States);
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2
3
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Observer of the Human Rights Council speaking on behalf of Member and observer States.
Observer of the Human Rights Council speaking on behalf of Member and observer States.
Observer of the Human Rights Council speaking on behalf of Member and observer States.
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