Commission on Human Rights
Sixty-first session
14 March – 22 April 2005
HIGH LEVEL SEGMENT (14 March – 17 March 2005)
PROVISIONAL CALENDAR AS AT 11 MARCH
Monday 14 March 2005
COUNTRY
TIME
15:00
Luxembourg
15:15
Sudan
15:30
Switzerland
15:45
Malaysia
16:00
Belgium
16:15
Costa Rica
16:30
Austria
16:45
Peru
17:00
Kyrgyz Republic
17:15
Canada
17:30
Spain
17.45
France
DIGNITARY
H.E. Mr. Jean Asselborn, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for
Foreign Affairs of Luxembourg
H.E. Mr. Ali Mohamed Osman Yassin, Minister of Justice of
Sudan
H.E. Ms. Micheline Calmy-Rey, Minister for Foreign Affairs of
Switzerland
H.E. Mr. Dato’ Seri Syed Hamid bin Syed Jaafar Albar, Minister
for Foreign Affairs of Malaysia
H.E. Mr. Karel de Gucht, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Belgium
H.E. Mr. Marco Vinicio Vargas, Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs
of Costa Rica
H.E. Ms. Ursula Plassnik, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Austria
H.E. Mr. Manuel Rodríguez-Cuadros, Minister for Foreign Affairs
of Peru
H.E. Mr. Askar Aitmatov, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the
Kyrgyz Republic
The Hon. Pierre Pettigrew, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Canada
H.E. Dr. María Teresa Fernández de la Vega, Deputy Prime
Minister of Spain
H.E. Mr. Renaud Muselier, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
of France
Tuesday, 15 March 2005
COUNTRY
TIME
10:00
10:15
10:30
DIGNITARY
Finland
H.E. Mr. Erkki Tuomioja, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland
H.E. Mr. Vartan Oskanian, Minister for Foreign Affairs of
Armenia
Armenia
Organization of the Islamic H.E. Prof. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, Secretary-General of the
Conference
Organization of the Islamic Conference
10:45
11:00
Mauritania
11:15
Yemen
11:30
Albania
11:45
Slovenia
12:00
Mexico
H.E. Mr. Hamady Ould Meimou, Human Rights Commissioner of
Mauritania
H.E. Ms. Amat Al-Aleem Alsoswa, Minister for Human Rights of
Yemen
H.E. Mr. Kastriot Islami, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Albania
H.E. Dr. Dimitrij Rupel, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Slovenia,
Chairman in Office of the OSCE
H.E. Ms. Patricia Olamendi, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs
of Mexico
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14 March – 22 April 2005
12:15
Indonesia
12:30
The Netherlands
12.45
Cyprus
13.00
Mozambique
13.15
Uruguay
13.30
13.45
Ukraine
14.00
Sri Lanka
14.15
Kazakhstan
14.30
Morocco
14.45
Argentina
15:00
Brazil
15:15
Nepal
15:30
Iraq
15.45
Saudi Arabia
16:00
16:15
16:30
16:45
17:00
17:15
17:30
17:45
H.E. Dr. N. Hassan Wirajuda, Minister for Foreign Affairs
H.E. Dr. Bernard Bot, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the
Netherlands
H.E. Mr. George Iacovou, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Cyprus
H.E. Dr. Alcinda Abreu, Minister for Foreign Affairs and
Cooperation of the Republic of Mozambique
H.E. Ms. Belela Herrera
Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs of Uruguay
H.E. Mr. Borys Tarasyuk, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine
H.E. Mr. Lakshman Kadirgamar, Minister for Foreign Affairs of
Sri Lanka
H.E. Mr. Kassymzhomart Tokaev, Minister for Foreign Affairs of
Kazakhstan
H.E. Mr. Mohamed Bouzoubaa, Minister of Justice of Morocco
H.E. Dr. D. Horacio Daniel Rosatti, Minister of Justice and Human
Rights
H.E. Mr. Nilmário Miranda, Minister, Special Secretary for Human
Rights of Brazil
Hon. Mr. Ramesh Nath Pandey, Minister for Foreign Affairs of
Nepal
H.E. Dr. Nizar Obaid Madani, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs
of Saudi Arabia
Sweden
H.E. Ms. Laila Freivalds, Minister for Foreign Affairs
H.E. Mr. Artis Pabriks, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the
Latvia
Republic of Latvia
H.E. Ms. Bridgitte Mabandla, Minister of Justice of the Republic
South Africa
of South Africa
Croatia
H.E. Ms. Jadranka Kosar, Deputy Prime Minister of Croatia
The
Former
Yugoslav H.E. Ms. Ilinka Mitreva, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Former
Republic of Macedonia
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
H.E. Mr. José Martínez Lezcano, Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs
Paraguay
of Paraguay
H.E. Ms. Margherita Boniver, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs
Italy
of Italy
H.E. Ms. Monique Ilboudo, Minister for Promotion of Human
Burkina Faso
Rights of Burkina Faso
Wednesday, 16 March 2005
COUNTRY
TIME
10:00
Venezuela
10:15
Botswana
10:30
Guatemala
10:45
Honduras
11:00
ICRC
11:15
11:30
Vietnam
Cuba
DIGNITARY
H.E. Ms. Maria Pilar Hernandez, Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs
H.E. Mr. P.T.C. Skelemani, Minister for Presidential Affairs and
Public Administration of Botswana
H.E. H.E. Ms. Marta Altolaguirre, Vice Minister for Foreign
Affairs of Guatemala
H.E. Dr. Jorge Hernandez Alcerro, Minister of Governance and
Justice of Honduras
Mr. Jakob Kellenberger, President of the International Committee
of the Red Cross
H.E. Mr. Dao Viet Trung, Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs
H.E. Mr. Felipe Perez Roque, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Cuba
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11:45
H.E. Mr. Itsunori Onodera, Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign
Affairs
Japan
12:00
12:15
12:30
12.45
15:00
15:15
15:30
15:45
16:00
16:15
16:30
16:45
17:00
17:15
17:30
H.E. Mr. Oluyemi Adeniji, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the
Federal Republic of Nigeria
Mr. Bill Rammell MP, Minister for International Human
United Kingdom of Great H.E.
Rights
Britain and Northern Ireland Ireland of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
H.E. Dr. Francisco Santos, Vice-President of the Republic of
Colombia
Colombia
Nigeria
Democratic Republic of the H.E. Ms. Marie-Madeleine Kalala, Minister for Human Rights of
Congo
the Democratic Republic of the Congo
H.E. Mr. Sarunas Adomavicius, Undersecretary of the Ministry of
Lithuania
Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania
H.E. Mr. Pavel Svoboda, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of
Czech Republic
the Czech Republic
Hon. Mr. Kiraitu Murungi, Minister for Justice and Constitutional
Kenya
Affairs of the Republic of Kenya
H.E. Mr. Mahmud Mammadquliyev, Deputy Minister for Foreign
Azerbaijan
Affairs of Azerbaijan
H.E. Mrs Carmen Liliana Burlacu, Director General for OSCE,
Romania
Council of Europe and Human Rights, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
of Romania
H.E. Mr. Reaz Rahman, Advisor (State Minister) for Foreign
Bangladesh
Affairs of the Peoples Republic of Bangladesh
Ecuador
H.E.
H.E. Mr. Vuk Draskovic, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Serbia
Serbia and Montenegro
and Montenegro
H.E. Mr. Mladen Ivanić, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Bosnia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
and Herzegovina
H.E. Mr. Petko Draganov, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of
Bulgaria
the Republic of Bulgaria
17.45
Thursday, 17 March 2005
COUNTRY
TIME
10:00
DIGNITARY
Moldova
H.E. Ms. Eugenia Kistruga, First Deputy Minister for Foreign
Affairs of the Republic of Moldova
Israel
H.E. Mr. Aharon Leshno-Yaar, Deputy Director General of the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Israel and Head of the United
Nations and International Organisations Division
10:15
10:30
10:45
11:00
Gabon
11:15
IFRC
11:30
Côte d’Ivoire
H.E. Mr. Paul Mba Abessole, Vice-Prime Minister, Minister of
Agriculture, Rural Development, in charge of Human Rights in
Gabon
Mr. Markku Niskala, Secretary General of the International
Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
H.E. Ms. Victorine Wodie, Minister for Human Rights of Côte
d’Ivoire
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Zimbabwe
H.E. Mr. Patrick Anthony Chinamasa, Minister of Justice, Legal
and Parliamentary Affairs of Zimbabwe
12:15
Russian Federation
12:30
Uzbekistan
12.45
United States of America
13.00
Denmark
13.15
Senegal
H.E. Mr. Yuri Fedotov, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of the
Russian Federation
H.E. Dr. Akmal Saidov, Minister, Chairman of the Committee for
Human Rights
H.E. Ms. Paula Dobriansky, Under Secretary of State for Global
Affairs of the United States of America
H.E. Mr. Friis Arne Petersen, Permanent Secretary of State of
Denmark
H.E. Maître Mame Bassine Niang, Minister and Commissioner for
Human Rights of Senegal
11:45
12:00
13.30
13.45
14.00
Nicaragua
14.15
Singapore
14.30
Cameroon
14.45
Angola
15:00
Rwanda
15:15
Timor-Leste
H.E.
Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Nicaragua
H.E. Mr. Laurent Esso, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the
Republic of Cameroon
H.E. Mr. George Chicoty, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of
Angola
H.E. Ms. Edda Mukabagwagwiza, Minister of Justice of Rwanda
H.E. Dr. José Ramos Horta, Senior Minister for Foreign Affairs
and Cooperation of Timor-Leste
15:30
H.E. Prof. Adam Daniel Rotfeld, Minister for Foreign Affairs of
the Republic of Poland
H.E.
15:45
Poland
16:00
16:15
Portugal
Slovakia
16:30
Norway
16:45
Equatorial Guinea
17:00
Ireland
17:15
Iran
H.E. Mr. Eduard Kukan, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Slovakia
H.E. Mr. Vidar Helgesen, State Secretary Ministry of Foreign
Affairs of Norway
H.E. Mr. Ricardo Mangue Obama Nfubea, Vice Prime Minister of
Equatorial Guinea
H.E. Mr. Conor Lenihan TD, Minister of State at the Department
of Foreign Affairs of Ireland with Special Responsibility for
Overseas Development and Human Rights
H.E. Dr. G. Ali Khoshroo, Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and
International Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran
UNHCR
Ms. Wendy Chamberlin,
Commissioner for Refugees
17:30
17.45
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