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37th Special session of the UN Human Rights Council on the human rights situation in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo - opening statements
Speakers Video 1:
- Volker Türk, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
- Surya Deva, Chair of the Coordination Committee of the Special Procedures
- Patrick Muyaya Katembwe, Minister of Communications and Media, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- James Ngango, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Rwanda to the UN in Geneva
- Bintou Keita, Special Representative of the Secretary-General in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Chief of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the DRC (MONUSCO)
Speakers Video 2:
- Jürg Lauber, HRC President and Permanent Representative of Switzerland to the UN in Geneva
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