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(a)
Representatives of States Members of the Human Rights Council: Australia,
Bulgaria, Denmark, Egypt, Italy, Tunisia, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland;
(b)
Representatives of observer States: Russian Federation, Thailand, Vanuatu;
(c)
Observers for intergovernmental organizations: International Development
Law Organization (IDLO), Organisation internationale de la Francophonie;
(d)
Observers for non-governmental organizations: Americans for Democracy
and Human Rights in Bahrain, Khiam Rehabilitation Centre for Victims of Torture, World
Jewish Congress.
78.
At the same meeting, the panellists of the first panel answered questions and made
their concluding remarks.
79.
At the 13th meeting, on 28 June 2019, the Council held the second panel discussion
on the theme “The rights of older women and their economic empowerment”.
80.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights made an opening
statement for the panel. The Director of the United Nations Population Fund Office in
Geneva, Mónica Ferro, moderated the discussion.
81.
At the same meeting, the following panellists made statements: the Senior Advisor
to Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign, Stephen Lewis Foundation, Idah Nambeya;
the Professor of International Law, University of New South Wales, Andrew Byrnes, and
the member of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women,
Marion Bethel.
82.
The ensuing panel discussion was divided into two slots, which were held at the
same meeting, on the same day. During the first speaking slot, the following made
statements and asked the panellists questions:
(a)
Representatives of States Members of the Human Rights Council: Angola (on
behalf of the Group of African States), Argentina (also on behalf of Austria, Montenegro,
Portugal, Slovenia and Uruguay), Australia, Chile (also on behalf of Argentina, Brazil,
Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay),
Czechia, Lithuania7 (also on behalf of Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Norway
and Sweden), Qatar;
(b)
Slovenia;
(c)
Representatives of observer States: Greece, Israel, Russian Federation,
Observer for an intergovernmental organization: European Union;
(d)
Observer for a national human rights institution: Commission on Human
Rights of the Philippines;
(e)
Observers for non-governmental organizations: International Longevity
Center Global Alliance (also on behalf of AGE Platform Europe, Association of Former
International Civil Servants for Development, International Association of Gerontology and
Geriatrics, International Federation on Ageing, International Network for the Prevention of
Elder Abuse, Make Mothers Matter, National Alliance of Women’s Organizations, Verein
Südwind Entwicklungspolitik and Widows Rights International), HelpAge International.
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