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Opening of 49th session of the Human Rights Council - HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT
Host country - S.E. M. Ignazio Cassis, Président de la Confédération suisse (ch1: floor, ch2:english)
Opening of the session by the President of the Human Rights Council - H.E. Mr. Federico Villegas (ch1: floor, ch2:english)
President of the UN General Assembly - H.E. Mr. Abdulla Shahid (ch1: floor, ch2:english)
Yevheniia Filipenko, Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the UN in Geneva (ch1: floor, ch2:english)
Gennady Gatilov, Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN in Geneva (ch1: floor, ch2:english)
President of the UN General Assembly - H.E. Mr. Abdulla Shahid (ch1: floor, ch2:english)
UN Secretary-General - H.E. Mr. António Guterres (ch1: floor, ch2:english)
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights - Ms. Michelle Bachelet (ch1: floor, ch2:english)
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