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Wednesday, 23 March 2005/ Order of the Day
of the Commission on Human Rights
(Sixty-first session, 14 March - 22 April 2005)
Wednesday, 23March 2005
Plenary meetings
18th meeting / 9.00 a.m.
19th meeting / 12.00 p.m. / Conference room XVII
20th meeting / 3.00 p.m.
Item 8: / Question of the violation of human rights in the occupied Arab territories, including Palestine
E/CN.4/2005/26, E/CN.4/2005/27, E/CN.4/2005/28, E/CN.4/2005/29, E/CN.4/2005/29/Add.1, E/CN.4/2005/G/5, E/CN.4/2005/G/9, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/4, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/67, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/152, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/292, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/308, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/327, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/347
Item 9: / Question of the violation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in any part of the world, including:
(a) Question of the human rights in Cyprus
E/CN.4/2005/30, E/CN.4/2005/31, E/CN.4/2005/31/Add.1, E/CN.4/2005/32, E/CN.4/2005/33Corr.1, E/CN.4/2005/34, E/CN.4/2005/35, E/CN.4/2005/36, E/CN.4/2005/130, E/CN.4/2005/G/2, E/CN.4/2005/G/4, E/CN.4/2005/G/6, E/CN.4/2005/G/8, E/CN.4/2005/G/10, E/CN.4/2005/G/11, E/CN.4/2005/G/13,
Notes
- All delegations scheduled to take the floor must provide the Secretariat beforehand with 25 copies of their statements. For general distribution, 250 copies are needed.
- Identity photo-badges valid for the duration of the session may be obtained by all delegations,if needed, from the UNOG 9 Security and Safety Section at the villa “Les Feuillantines”(13, avenue de la Paix) from 8.00 a.m. to 5.00p.m. upon presentation of a copy of their letter of accreditation and an identity document.
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E/CN.4/2005/OD.9
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Item 9 (cont’d) / E/CN.4/2005/G/18, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/9, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/30,
E/CN.4/2005/NGO/68, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/79, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/93, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/106, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/117, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/131, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/132, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/139, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/154, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/155, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/156, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/157, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/158, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/159, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/160, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/161, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/162, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/163, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/164, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/168, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/169, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/170, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/171, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/173, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/174, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/175, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/179, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/180, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/181, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/191, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/201, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/204, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/208, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/213, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/215, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/216, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/217, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/225, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/227, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/263, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/294, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/297, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/300, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/301, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/309, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/316, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/329, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/330, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/331, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/332, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/343, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/349, E/CN.4/Sub.2/2004/SR.3, 4, 5
List of speakers
Item 8 - / Members
Pakistan (on behalf of Organization of the Islamic Conference)
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (on behalf of the Arab Group)
Egypt
Qatar
Luxembourg (on behalf of the European Union)
Cuba
India
Russian Federation
Congo
China
Saudi Arabia
Malaysia
Canada
Indonesia
Mauritania
South Africa
United States of America
Item 8 - / Observers
Islamic Republic of Iran
Kuwait
Palestine
Yemen
Oman
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Item 8(cont’d) / Switzerland
Jordan
Norway
Bahrain
Syrian Arab Republic
League of Arab States
Morocco
Israel
Tunisia
Algeria
United Arab Emirates
Item 8 - / Non-governmental organizations
Joint statement: Al-Haq, Law in the Service of Man, International Federation of Human Rights Leagues and World Organisation Against Torture
Joint statement: International Organization for the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination and Arab Lawyers Union
United Nations Watch
International Commission of Jurists
Franciscans International
Joint statement: B’nai Brith International and Coordinating Board of Jewish Organizations
Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions
International Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists
Nord Sud XXI
International Save the Children Alliance
Association for World Education
National Union of Jurists of Cuba
Simon Wiesenthal Centre
Federación de Mujeres Cubanas
Habitat International Coalition
Women’s International Zionist Organization
Médecins du Monde International
World Union for Progressive Judaism
Item 9 - / Persons invited
Ms. Christine Chanet, Personal Representative of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on the situation of human rights in Cuba (item 9)
Item 9 - / Members
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya(on behalf of the Arab Group)
Pakistan (on behalf of Organization of the Islamic Conference)
Egypt
Malaysia
Pakistan
Cuba
Brazil
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Item 9 (cont’d) / Japan
India
Luxembourg (on behalf of the European Union)
Indonesia
Item 9 - / Observers
Kuwait
Norway
New Zealand
Lebanon
Cyprus
Nicaragua
Indonesia
Item 9 - / Non-governmental organizations
Joint statement: International League for Human Rights and International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights
Joint statement: Dominicans for Justice and Peace and Dominican Leadership Conference
Joint statement: Federación de Mujeres Cubanas, National Union of Jurists of Cuba, Movimiento Cubano por la Paz y la Soberanía de los Pueblos, Centro de Estudios Sobre la Juventud, Federación Mundial de Juventud Democrática and Sociedad Cultural José Martí
UN Watch
Baha’i International Community
Amnesty International
International Service for Human Rights
International Federation of Human Rights Leagues
International Commission of Jurists
World Organisation Against Torture
Franciscans International
Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions
International Federation of Rural Adult Catholic Movements
Centre Europe-Tiers Monde
World Federation of Trade Unions
Human Rights Watch
Organisation of Solidarity of the Peoples of Africa, Asia and Latin America
Nord Sud XXI
International Association Against Torture
American Association of Jurists
Movimiento Cubano por la Paz y la Soberanía de los Pueblos
Jammu and Kashmir Council for Human Rights
South Asia Human Rights Documentation Centre
International League for Human Rights
International NGO Forum on Indonesian Development
Foundation of Japanese Honorary Debts
Asian Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Network
Becket Fund for Religious Liberty
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Item 9 (cont’d) / Joint statement: International Helsinki League for Human Rights and International League for Human Rights
Organisation tunisienne de jeunes médecins sans frontières
International Save the Children Alliance
International Religious Liberty Association
Pen International
Habitat International Coalition
Simon Wiesenthal Centre
International Movement Against All Forms of Discrimination and Racism
International Committee for the Respect and the Application of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (CIRAC)
Association for World Education
Afro-Asian Peoples Solidarity Organization
International Humanist and Ethical Union
International Association of Democratic Lawyers
Federación Mundial de la Juventud Democrática
Médecins du Monde International
Centro de Estudios Sobre la Juventud
Libération
Asian Legal Resource Centre
Canadian Council of Churches
Jubilee Campaign
International Movement for Fraternal Union Among Races and Peoples
Nuevos Derechos del Hombre
Marangopoulos Foundation for Human Rights
World Union for Progressive Judaism
Other meetings*
Wednesday, 23 March 2005
Time / Organized by / Subject of the meeting / Type of meeting / Conference Room
9.00 - 10.00 / Permanent Mission of the United States of America / Informal consultations for GRULAC on Detainees / Private / XXI
10.00 - 11.00 / Permanent Mission of France / Item 11 - Arbitrary detention / Co-sponsors only / E-2064/66
13.00 - 14.00 / Permanent Mission of the United States of America / Informal consultations for African Group on Detainees / Private / E-2060
13.00 - 14.00 / Permanent Mission of Australia / Meeting of the JUSCANZ Group / Private / XXVII
13.00 - 15.00 / League of Arab States / [No title communicated] / Private / E-2064/66
14.00 - 15.00 / Permanent Mission of the United States of America / Informal consultations for Eastern European Group on Detainees / Private / E-2060
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Other meetings, Wednesday, 23 March 2005 (cont’d)
14.00 - 15.00 / OHCHR / General briefing with the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967 / Public / XXVII
15.00 - 16.00 / OHCHR/DPI / Panel discussion around the book entitled “Security for All: A Tribute to SergioVieira de Mello” / Public / V
15.00 - 17.00 / Permanent Mission of Poland / Consultations on the draft resolution on the protection of human rights in the context of HIV/AIDS / Open-ended / XXIII
15.00 - 18.00 / Permanent Mission of the Netherlands / Informal consultations on the draft resolution on the human rights mainstreaming (item 18) / Private / E-2064/66
Other meetings*
Thursday, 24 March 2005
Time / Organized by / Subject of the meeting / Type of meeting / Conference Room
10.00 - 11.00 / Permanent Mission of France / Item 11 - Arbitrary detention / Co-sponsors only / E-2064/66
10.00 - 13.00 / Permanent Mission of Denmark / Omnibus resolution on torture / Co-sponsors only / XXIII
11.00 - 12.00 / Permanent Mission of Sweden / Extrajudicial executions / Co-sponsors only / XXVII
11.00 - 12.00 / Permanent Mission of Portugal / Draft resolution on economic, social and cultural rights / Co-sponsors only / E-2070/72
11.00 - 12.00 / Permanent Mission of Chile / Draft resolution on the right to remedy / Co-sponsors only / E-2064/66
12.00 - 13.00 / Permanent Mission of Norway / Consultations on the draft resolution “Human Rights Defenders” (item 17) / Co-sponsors only / E-2070/72
12.00 - 13.00 / Permanent Mission of Portugal / Draft resolution on the right to education / Co-sponsors only / E-2064/66
15.00 - 16.00 / Permanent Mission of Australia / Good governance in the promotion and protection of human rights (item 12) / Co-sponsors only / XXVII
15.00 - 17.00 / Permanent Mission of Mexico / First informal consultation on the draft resolution on the human rights of migrants / Co-sponsors only / E-2064/66
16.00 - 16.30 / Permanent Mission of Australia / National institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights (item 18) / Co-sponsors only / XXVII
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Other meetings, Thursday, 24 March 2005 (cont’d)
16.30 - 18.30 / Permanent Mission of Mexico / Informal consultations on the draft resolution on “Women’s equal ownership, access to and control over land and the equal rights to own property and to adequate housing” / Co-sponsors only / XXVII
NGO events**
Wednesday, 23 March 2005
Time / Organized by / Subject of the meeting / Type of meeting / Conference Room
9.00 - 10.00 / Children’s Human Rights Caucus / Children’s human rights briefings / Public / E-3025
9.00 - 10.00 / NGO Women’s Caucus / Women’s human rights issues / Public / XXVII
12.00 - 13.00 / World Federation of Trade Unions (co-sponsored by the Organization of African Trade Union Unity) / Child Labour - issues and challenges / Public / E-2070/72
13.00 - 15.00 / Asian Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Network / Human rights in Nepal / Public / XXIII
13.00 - 15.00 / General Arab Women Federation / Human rights in the Occupied Arab Territories / Public / XXII
13.00 - 15.00 / Interfaith International / The Clash of Civilisations:
a Seminar with members of the NGO Committee Against Racism (CONGO) / Public / E-2070/72
13.00 - 15.00 / International League for Human Rights (cosponsored by Human Rights Watch) / Human rights in Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan (item 9) / Public / XXI
13.15 - 15.00 / Lutheran World Federation / A Hitchhiker’s guide to the Commission ant its Mechanisms / Public / XXIV
15.00 - 17.00 / CIRAC / SimonKimbangu& intolérance religieuse / Public / XXIV
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Thursday, 24 March 2005
Time / Organized by / Subject of the meeting / Type of meeting / Conference Room
9.00 - 10.00 / Children’s Human Rights Caucus / Children’s human rights briefings / Public / E-3025
9.00 - 10.00 / NGO Women’s Caucus / Women’s human rights issues / Public / XXIII
12.00 - 15.00 / The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty / Stripping the Body of Belief: The Human Right to Wear Religious Dress / Public / XXIV
13.00 - 15.00 / United Nations Watch / The United Nations and the Middle East: Time for a balanced approach? / Public / XXIII
13.00 - 15.00 / Europe-Third World Centre (co-sponsored by the American Association of Jurists) / Human rights in Iraq and the role of the United Nations / Public / XXVII
13.00 - 15.00 / International Commission of Jurists (co-sponsored by FIDH) / The World Court Advisory opinion on the construction of a wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory: legality and realities / Public / XXI
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** This information does not imply any opinion or endorsement by the Secretariat of the United Nations.