A/HRC/42/2
X. Technical assistance and capacity-building
A.
Interactive dialogue on cooperation and assistance to Ukraine in the
field of human rights
982. At the 33rd meeting, on 24 September 2019, the United Nations Deputy High
Commissioner for Human Rights provided, pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution
41/25, an oral update on the situation of human rights in Ukraine.
983. At the same meeting, the representative of Ukraine made a statement as the State
concerned.
984. During the ensuing interactive dialogue, at the same meeting, the following made
statements and asked the Deputy High Commissioner questions:
(a)
Representatives of States members of the Human Rights Council: Australia,
Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Iceland, Japan, Slovakia, Spain, United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland;
(b)
Representatives of observer States: Albania, Estonia, France, Georgia,
Germany, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Republic
of Moldova, Romania, Russian Federation, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey;
(c)
Observers for United Nations entities, specialized agencies and related
organizations: UN Women, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF);
(d)
Observer for an intergovernmental organization: European Union;
(e)
Observers for non-governmental organizations: Human Rights House
Foundation, Institute for NGO Research, International Catholic Child Bureau, International
Council of Russian Compatriots, International Fellowship of Reconciliation, United Towns
Agency for North-South Cooperation, World Federation of Ukrainian Women’s
Organizations .
985. At the same meeting, the Deputy High Commissioner answered questions and made
her concluding remarks.
B.
Enhanced interactive dialogue on technical assistance and capacitybuilding for human rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
986. At the 33rd meeting, on 24 September 2019, the United Nations Deputy High
Commissioner for Human Rights presented, pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution
39/20, the report of the High Commissioner on the situation of human rights in the
Democratic Republic of the Congo (A/HRC/42/32).
987. At the same meeting, the following presenters made statements: the Director of the
United Nations Joint Human Rights Office in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Abdoul
Aziz Thioye, on behalf of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of
the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Democratic Republic of the Congo
(MONUSCO), Leila Zerrougui; the Minister for Human Rights of the Democratic Republic
of the Congo, André Lite Asebea; the President of the African Association for the Defence
of Human Rights (ASADHO), Jean Claude Katende; and the President of Association des
Femmes Juristes Congolaises (AFJC), Pélagie Ebeka Mujangi.
988. Also at the same meeting, the national human rights institution, the National Human
Rights Commission of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, made a statement.
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