Angola participates in UN Human Rights Council

Luanda – Angola is attending since Monday (27) the annual high-level panel discussion as part of the 52nd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) in Geneva, Switzerland.

To attend hybrid meeting, running until Thursday (March 2 ), the Angolan delegation is led by minister of Justice and Human Rights, Marcy Lopes, who will address on Tuesday.

In addition to minister Marcy Lopes, the Angolan delegation includes, among other entities, the Permanent Representative of Angola to the UN, in Geneva, Margarida Izata.

In its press release, the Press Office of the Permanent Mission of Angola to the UN, in Geneva, states that the opening session took place this morning, attended by the President of the General Assembly Václav Bálek and UN Secretary-General António Guterres.

ANGOP learnt of the presence of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, and the Head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of the Swiss Confederation, Ignazio Cassis, as representative of the host country.

The 52nd session of the HRC is the first of the year, and more than 121 dignitaries are taking part in the event, including the Head of State of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Félix Tshisekedi.

The high-level segment consists of the general debate around national and international current affairs on the promotion and protection of human rights, multilateralism and international cooperation in this field.

The segment’s agenda includes the annual discussion related to the integration of human rights, devoted to the theme “A reflection on five years of UN youth 2030: Mapping, a plan for the next steps”.

The biennial panel on the death penalty, the meeting on the right to development and the panel on the voluntary fund for the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) complete the agenda.

At the level of the general segment, the HRC intends to analyse 85 reports on different issues as part of the civil, political, economic, social, cultural rights, as well as human rights situations. AL

Source: Angola Press News Agency