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Human Rights Council to Hold Special Session on Sudan on 11 May
The special session is being convened per an official request submitted Friday evening (5 May) jointly by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Kingdom of Norway, the United States of America, and the Federal Republic of Germany, which has been supported by 52 States thus far.
For a special session to be convened, the support of one-third of the 47 members of the Council – 16 or more – is required. This request was thus far supported by the following States members of the Council (19): Argentina, Belgium, Chile, Costa Rica, Czechia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Kyrgyzstan, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, Montenegro, Paraguay, Romania, Ukraine, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the United States of America.
The request was also supported by the following 33 observer States: Albania, Australia, Austria, Bulgaria, Canada, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, the Dominican Republic, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Malta, Monaco, the Netherlands, New Zealand, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and Uruguay.
The list of signatories remains open up to the holding of the special session. Therefore, the above list of States is to be considered provisional.
In connection with this special session, the Council will convene an organisational meeting on Wednesday, 10 May at 15h00 (GMT+2) when specific details on the special session and its scenario will be announced. This meeting is also public and will be webcast.
This will be the 36th special session of the Council. Full list of HRC special sessions here.
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For more information and media requests, please contact Pascal Sim, HRC Media Officer, at simp@un.org and David Díaz Martín, HRC Public Information Officer, at david.diazmartin@un.org
11 May 2023 - ROOM XX - Palais des Nations - Geneva
SPEAKERS:
- Mr. Volker TÜRK, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights / Haut-Commissaire des Nations Unies aux droits de l’homme. Video message.
Copy of Mr. Türk's statement attached. Please, check against delivery. - Ms. Tlaleng MOFOKENG, Chair of the Coordination Committee of Special Procedures and Special Rapporteur on the right to health - via Zoom.
- Ambassador Hassan Hamid HASSAN, Sudanese Representative to the United Nations in Geneva.
The five countries that officially requested this special session to convene: the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Kingdom of Norway, the United States of America, and the Federal Republic of Germany, as follows:
- Mr. Andrew MITCHELL, MP, United Kingdom, Minister of State Development and Africa - via Zoom.
- Ms. Katharina STASCH, Representative of Germany to the United Nations Office at Geneva.
- Ms. Michele TAYLOR, Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations Office at Geneva.
- Ms. Tine Morch SMITH, Representative of Norway to the United Nations Office at Geneva.
Finally
- Vote on resolution and results
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