Thread by @UN_HRC

🔴TODAY

The Human Rights Council opens its 46th regular session with:
🔹 statements from governments and inter-governmental organizations
🔹a discussion on racism and #COVID19

🕘09:00 CET

ℹ️#HRC46 INFO ow.ly/2YRz50DFRWf
📺#HRC46 WATCH webtv.un.org

President of the Human Rights Council Nazhat Shameem Khan opens the 46th regular session - the first to take place almost entirely virtually - running until 23 March.

ℹ️#HRC46 INFO ow.ly/2YRz50DFRWf
📺#HRC46 WATCH webtv.un.org

President of the United Nations General Assembly @volkan_bozkir addresses the Human Rights Council.

"Sustainable development and human rights are symbiotic," he says.

ℹ️#HRC46 INFO ow.ly/2YRz50DFRWf
📺#HRC46 WATCH webtv.un.org

UN Secretary-General @antonioguterres speaks at the 46th regular session of the Human Rights Council.

"The Council is the locus for tackling the world's human rights challenges," he says.

ℹ️#HRC46 INFO ow.ly/2YRz50DFRWf
📺#HRC46 WATCH webtv.un.org

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights @mbachelet addresses the Human Rights Council at the opening meeting of its 46th session.

"We have the opportunity to #BuildBackBetter," she says.

ℹ️#HRC46 INFO ow.ly/2YRz50DFRWf
📺#HRC46 WATCH webtv.un.org

Switzerland's @ignaziocassis, Chef du Département fédéral des Affaires étrangères de la Confédération suisse, at the 46th session of United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva.

He welcomed the fact that UN institutions have managed to work through the pandemic.

The 46th session of the UN Human Rights Council #HRC46 heard from the presidents of:

▪️#Uzbekistan
▪️#Colombia
▪️#Lithuania
▪️#Afghanistan

ℹ️#HRC46 INFO ow.ly/2YRz50DFRWf
📺#HRC46 WATCH webtv.un.org

The 46th session of the UN Human Rights Council #HRC46 heard from high-level representatives of:

▪️#Poland
▪️#Venezuela
▪️#Finland
▪️#Fiji

ℹ️#HRC46 INFO ow.ly/2YRz50DFRWf
📺#HRC46 WATCH webtv.un.org

The 46th session of the UN Human Rights Council #HRC46 heard from high-level representatives of:

▪️ #Moldova
▪️ #Georgia
▪️ #Kazakhstan
▪️ #EquatorialGuinea

ℹ️#HRC46 INFO ow.ly/2YRz50DFRWf
📺#HRC46 WATCH webtv.un.org

The 46th session of the UN Human Rights Council #HRC46 heard from high-level representatives of:

▪️ #Vietnam
▪️ #Belgium
▪️ #Morocco
▪️ #Argentina

ℹ️#HRC46 INFO ow.ly/2YRz50DFRWf
📺#HRC46 WATCH webtv.un.org

The 46th session of the UN Human Rights Council #HRC46 heard from high-level representatives of:

▪️#Montenegro
▪️#Gemany
▪️#Malta
▪️#Liechtenstein

ℹ️#HRC46 INFO ow.ly/2YRz50DFRWf
📺#HRC46 WATCH webtv.un.org

The 46th session of the UN Human Rights Council #HRC46 heard from high-level representatives of:

▪️ #Mauritius
▪️ #Denmark
▪️ #UnitedKingdom
▪️ #Austria

ℹ️#HRC46 INFO ow.ly/2YRz50DFRWf
📺#HRC46 WATCH webtv.un.org

The 46th session of the UN Human Rights Council #HRC46 heard from high-level representatives of:

▪️ #Malaysia
▪️ #Portugal
▪️ #Angola
▪️ #Slovakia

ℹ️#HRC46 INFO ow.ly/2YRz50DFRWf
📺#HRC46 WATCH webtv.un.org

The 46th session of the UN Human Rights Council #HRC46 heard from high-level representatives of:

▪️ #Palestine (State of)
▪️ #Slovenia
▪️ #Chile
▪️ #Syria

ℹ️ #HRC46 INFO ow.ly/2YRz50DFRWf
📺#HRC46 WATCH webtv.un.org

The 46th session of the UN Human Rights Council #HRC46 heard from high-level representatives of:

▪️ #CzechRepublic
▪️ #Azerbaijan
▪️ #Norway
▪️ #Brazil

ℹ️ #HRC46 INFO ow.ly/2YRz50DFRWf
📺#HRC46 WATCH webtv.un.org

The 46th session of the UN Human Rights Council #HRC46 heard from high-level representatives of:

▪️ #Turkey
▪️ #Andorra
▪️ #CostaRica
▪️ #Uganda

ℹ️#HRC46 INFO ow.ly/2YRz50DFRWf
📺#HRC46 WATCH webtv.un.org

The 46th session of the UN Human Rights Council #HRC46 heard from high-level representatives of:

▪️ #NorthMacedonia
▪️ @OIFrancophonie
▪️ #Mexico
▪️ #China

ℹ️#HRC46 INFO ow.ly/2YRz50DFRWf
📺#HRC46 WATCH webtv.un.org

The 46th session of the UN Human Rights Council #HRC46 heard from high-level representatives of:

▪️ #Sweden
▪️ #Netherlands
▪️ #Armenia
▪️ #Maldives

ℹ️ #HRC46 INFO ow.ly/2YRz50DFRWf
📺#HRC46 WATCH webtv.un.org

The 46th session of the UN Human Rights Council #HRC46 heard from high-level representatives of:

▪️ #Estonia
▪️ #Uruguay
▪️ #Qatar
▪️ #SouthAfrica

ℹ️ #HRC46 INFO ow.ly/2YRz50DFRWf
📺 #HRC46 WATCH webtv.un.org

High-level representatives of more countries are set to speak at #HRC46 on 23 February at 11:00 (CET).

Summary available here: ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/HR…