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Speakers:
- Jürg Lauber, President of the United Nations Human Rights Council
- Philémon Yang, President of the United Nations General Assembly
- António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations
- Volker Türk, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
- Ignazio Cassis, Federal Councillor and Head of the federal Department of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland
Please, see attached PDF for opening statements.
For more info regarding HRC58: https://www.ohchr.org/en/hr-bodies/hrc/regular-sessions/session58/regular-session
The latest update on the programme of work (PoW) is on sched: https://hrc58session.sched.com/
You can watch the session live on UN Web TV: first meeting (09:00-12:00), second meeting (12:00-15:00) and third meeting (15:00-18:00) here: https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k15/k15l8960to
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