Africa-Press – Angola. Angola is taking part, from today until Wednesday, in the High Level Segment of the 49th Session of the Human Rights Council which will, among other things, review reports on various Human Rights issues and comment on Governments’ efforts to the promotion and protection of Human Rights.
The Angolan Multisectoral delegation, which has been meeting since early Sunday afternoon (27), in Geneva (Switzerland), is headed by the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Esmeralda Mendonça.
This 49th Session on Human Rights will be the first of the Council under the presidency of Federico Villegas. At the session in which he was elected as United Nations Commissioner for Human Rights, Ambassador Federico Villegas proposed actions for the management, with the guarantee that the body is a viable platform to increase dialogue and deepen the understanding of the similarities and differences on human rights.
The High Level Segment brings together senior officials from United Nations agencies and funds, representatives of Member States and other interested parties, to discuss the state of play in the fight against racism, discrimination, xenophobia and intolerance, in line with the adoption of the Durban Declaration and Plan of Action.
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