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Upcoming Elections
- 28 May -- Committee on Enforced Disappearances
- 30 May -- Committee on Migrant Workers
- 3 June -- Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
- 14 June -- President of the 68th General Assembly
- 17 September -- 68th General Assembly convenes
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Regional Chairs, May 2013
African States:
Côte d’Ivoire
His Excellency Youssoufou Bamba
Asia-Pacific States:
Saudi Arabia
His Excellency Abdallah Yahya Al-Mouallimi
Eastern European States:
Lithuania
Her Excellency Raimonda Murmokaitė
Latin American and Caribbean States:
Suriname
His Excellency Henry Leonard Mac-Donald
Western European and other States:
Greece
Mr. Dimitris Caramitsos Tziras
Syria Archive
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Morning Memo
Posted on August 15, 2011 | No CommentsElections and appointments take place rather frequently in the UN system, as do training seminars and other multilateral leadership news. Starting today, we will be re-launching the periodic “Morning Memo”... -
Welcomed, if hollow, victory for human rights
Posted on May 11, 2011 | No CommentsLast year, Western governments carried out intensive and ultimately successful campaigns to prevent Iran’s election to the Human Rights Council and the UN Women’s executive board. This year, a similar... -
India, Egypt warn Syria
Posted on May 9, 2011 | No CommentsFrom today’s Turtle Bay: Indeed, India has made it clear that its support for Syria’s position is not open ended. [Ambassador Hardeep Singh Puri] conceded that his government’s support for Syria’s bid... -
Why competitive elections matter
Posted on May 6, 2011 | No CommentsFrom Ted Piccone, Senior Fellow and Deputy Director at the Brookings Institution, in an article about why the United States needs to remain on the UN Human Rights Council: And why... -
Kuwait for HRC?
Posted on May 4, 2011 | No CommentsIn yesterday’s post, I noted that Syria is being pressured by some Arab governments to withdraw its candidacy for the Human Rights Council elections later this month. Should Syria take...