Monday, 18 April 2005
Order of the Day
of the Commission on Human Rights
(Sixty-first session, 14 March - 22 April 2005)
Monday, 18 April 2005
Plenary meetings
53rd meeting
54th meeting
Item 17:
10.00 a.m.
3.00 p.m.
Conference room XVII
Promotion and Protection of Human Rights:
(a) Status of the International Covenants on Human Rights;
(b) Human rights defenders;
(c) Information and education;
(d) Science and environment.
E/CN.4/2005/46, E/CN.4/2005/92, E/CN.4/2005/93, E/CN.4/2005/94, E/CN.4/2005/95,
E/CN.4/2005/96, E/CN.4/2005/97, E/CN.4/2005/98, E/CN.4/2005/99, E/CN.4/2005/100,
E/CN.4/2005/101 & Add.1, 2, 3 & Corr.1, E/CN.4/2005/102 & Add.1, E/CN.4/2005/103,
E/CN.4/2005/133, E/CN.4/2005/G/1, E/CN.4/2005/G/25, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/6,
E/CN.4/2005/NGO/15, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/27, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/53,
E/CN.4/2005/NGO/70, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/89, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/96,
E/CN.4/2005/NGO/99, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/114, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/119,
E/CN.4/2005/NGO/122, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/127, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/133,
E/CN.4/2005/NGO/135, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/151, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/167,
E/CN.4/2005/NGO/178, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/179, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/190,
E/CN.4/2005/NGO/226, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/236, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/237,
E/CN.4/2005/NGO/247, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/265, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/272,
E/CN.4/2005/NGO/275, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/284, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/287,
E/CN.4/2005/NGO/290, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/322, E/CN.4/Sub.2/2004/43, E/2005/3
Notes
 The deadline for the submission of draft resolutions under agenda item 20 has been extended until today at
6.00 p.m.
 All delegations scheduled to take the floor must provide the Secretariat beforehand with 25 copies of their
statements. For general distribution, 250 copies are needed.
 Identity photo-badges valid for the duration of the session may be obtained by all delegations, if needed, from the
UNOG Security and Safety Section at the villa “Les Feuillantines”(13, avenue de la Paix) from 8.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m.
upon presentation of a copy of their letter of accreditation and an identity document.
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E/CN.4/2005/OD.25
GE.05-011246
-2Item 18:
Effective functioning of human rights mechanisms:
(a) Treaty bodies;
(b) National institutions and regional arrangements;
(c) Adaptation and strengthening of the United Nations machinery for
human rights.
E/CN.4/2005/5, E/CN.4/2005/104, E/CN.4/2005/105, E/CN.4/2005/106, E/CN.4/2005/107,
E/CN.4/2005/108, E/CN.4/2005/109, E/CN.4/2005/133, E/CN.4/2005/NI/1,
E/CN.4/2005/NI/2, E/CN.4/2005/NI/3, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/1, E /CN.4/2005/NGO/7,
E/CN.4/2005/NGO/54, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/55, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/100,
E/CN.4/2005/NGO/121, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/221, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/291,
E/CN.4/2005/NGO/311, E/CN.4/2005/CRP.2, A/59/299
Item 19:
Advisory services and technical cooperation in the field of human rights.
E/CN.4/2005/110, E/CN.4/2005/111, E/CN.4/2005/112, E/CN.4/2005/113,
E/CN.4/2005/114, E/CN.4/2005/115, E/CN.4/2005/116, E/CN.4/2005/117,
E/CN.4/2005/118, E/CN.4/2005/119, E/CN.4/2005/120, E/CN.4/2005/121,
E/CN.4/2005/122, E/CN.4/2005/123, E/CN.4/2005/133, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/16,
E/CN.4/2005/NGO/166, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/254, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/266,
E/CN.4/2005/NGO/288
Item 20:
Rationalization of the work of the Commission.
E/CN.4/2005/132, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/221, A/59/565, A/59/2005
Persons invited
Mr. Akich Okola, Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Burundi (item 19)
List of speakers
Item 17 1.
Item 17 1.
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Members
United States of America
Non-governmental organizations
Joint statement: New Humanity and Organisation internationale pour le droit
à l’éducation et la liberté d’enseignement
Joint statement: World Organisation against Torture and International
Federation of Human Rights Leagues
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Joint statement: Dominicans for Justice and Peace, Dominican Leadership
Conference, Fédération internationale de l’ACAT (Action des chrétiens pour
l’abolition de la torture), Elizabeth Seton Federation, International Presentation
Association Sisters of Presentation, Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, Pax Christi
International, Maryknoll Sisters of St. Dominic, Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers,
Congregations of Saint Joseph, International Young Catholic Students and
Commission of the Churches on International Affairs of the World Council of
Churches
Fraternité Notre Dame
Joint statement: Soka Gakkai International, Organisation internationale pour le
droit à l’éducation et la liberté d’enseignement, Servas International, International
Association for Religious Freedom, World Federation of Methodist and Uniting
Church Women, Institute for Planetary Synthesis, Pax Romana, Women’s World
Summit Foundation, Lutheran World Federation, International Movement Against
All Forms of Discrimination and Racism, African Society of International and
Comparative Law, Women’s Federation for World Peace International,
International Council of Jewish Women and Australian Council for Overseas Aid
Joint statement: International League for Human Rights and International
Helsinki Federation for Human Rights
Worldview International Foundation
Joint statement: International Service for Human Rights, Asia Pacific Forum on
Women, Law and Development, Asian Forum for Human Rights and
Development, Asia-Japan Women's Resource Center, Centre for Women’s Global
Leadership, MADRE, Korea Women’s Associations United, International
Women’s Right Action Watch, World Young Women’s Christian Association,
Pax Romana and International Young Catholic Students
Joint statement: International League for the Rights and Liberation of Peoples,
Organisation internationale pour le droit à l’éducation et la liberté d’enseignement,
Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, International Educational
Development, International Federation of Rural Adult Catholic Movements,
Agence des cités pour la coopération Nord-Sud, Union des Juristes Arabes,
African Society of International and Comparative Law, Consejo Indio de Sud
America, Commission africaine des promoteurs de la santé et des droits de
l’homme, Transnational Radical Party, International Alliance of Women, General
Arab Women Federation, International Association of Democratic Lawyers, B’nai
Brith International and Coordinating Board of Jewish Organizations
Joint statement: International Association of Democratic Lawyers, Union of Arab
Jurists, General Arab Women Federation, International League for the Rights and
Liberation of Peoples, Mouvement contre le racisme et pour l’amitié entre les
peoples and World Young Women’s Christian Association
Joint statement: International Humanist and Ethical Union, Association for
World Education and Association of World Citizens
Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network
Amnesty International
International Service for Human Rights
International Commission of Jurists
Human Rights Watch
Colombian Commission of Jurists
Transnational Radical Party
South Asia Human Rights Documentation Centre
Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions
EarthJustice
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International Movement for Fraternal Union Among Races and Peoples
Centrist Democratic International
International Institute for Peace
International NGO Forum on Indonesian Development
International Confederation of Free Trade Unions
International Fellowship of Reconciliation
UNESCO Centre Basque Country (UNESCO Etxea)
Organisation tunisienne pour l’éducation et la famille
Rural Reconstruction Nepal
Marangopoulos Foundation for Human Rights
National Federation of International Immigrant Women Associations
North-South XXI
Centro de Investigación Para la Acción Feminina
Human Rights Council of Australia
Anti-Racism Information Service
Mouvement International d’apostolat des milieux sociaux indépendants
Netherlands Organization for International Development Cooperation
France Libertés - Fondation Danielle Mitterrand
Joint statement: International Union of Socialist Youth & World Federation
of Democratic Youth
International Youth and Student Movement for the United Nations
Joint statement: Federación de Asociaciones de Defensa y Promoción de los
Derechos Humanos and World Federation of United Nations Associations
Interfaith International
People’s Decade of Human Rights Education
Institut International de Droit Humanitaire
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Organization for Defending Victims of Violence
Institut International de Droit Humanitaire
National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty
International Young Catholic Students
Group for International Solidarity
Joint statement: Consejo Indio de Sud America, Internacional educational
Development and Asian Indigenous and Tribal Network
Asian Legal Resource Centre
World Union for Progressive Judaism
Permanent Assembly for Human Rights
Foundation for Aboriginal and Islander Research Action
General Arab Women Federation
Agir ensemble pour les droits de l’homme
Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development
Collectif des Organisations des Jeunes Solidaires du Congo-Kinhasa
International Federation for Peace and Conciliation
Joint statement: MINBYUN, Lawyers for a Democratic Society & People’s
Solidarity for Participatory Democracy
Federación de Asociaciones de Defensa y Promoción de los Derechos
Humanos
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Item 18 1.
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Members
Egypt
Cuba
Estonia (on behalf of the Baltic and Nordic States)
Pakistan
Paraguay (on behalf of MERCOSUR and the associated States)
Ukraine
Dominican Republic
Canada (on behalf of Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Norway)
Kenya
China
United States of America
Observers
Liechtenstein
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
African Union
Inter-Parliamentary Union
United Nations Development Programme
Poland
Venezuela
Non-governmental organizations
Joint statement: Indigenous World Association, Women’s International League for
Peace and Freedom, International Human Rights Association of American
Minorities, Asian Indigenous and Tribal Network & General Arab Women
Federation
Joint statement: Arab Lawyers Union & International Organization for the
Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
Joint statement: Friends World Committee for Consultation (Quakers), Amnesty
International, Franciscans International, Baha’i International Community.
Fédération internationale de l’ACAT (Action des chrétiens pour l’abolition de la
torture), Mouvement contre le racisme et pour l’amitié entre les peuples &
Lutheran World Federation
Joint statement: International Commission of Jurists, International Federation
of Human Rights Leagues & Human Rights Watch
Joint statement: Association for World Education, Association of World
Citizens & International Humanist and Ethical Union
Joint statement: Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, General
Arab Women Federation, International League for the Rights and Liberation of
Peoples, International Council of Jewish Women & International Federation of
Rural Adult Catholic Movements
Joint statement: International Federation of University Women, Pan Pacific and
South East Asia Women’s Association International, International Alliance of
Women, International Council of Jewish Women, International Council of
Women, Femmes Africa Solidarité, Women’s International Zionist Organization,
International Alliance of Women, Inter-African Committee on Traditional
Practices Affecting the Health of Women and Children & Women's Federation for
World Peace International
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-6Item 18 (cont’d)
8. UN Watch
9. International Service for Human Rights
10. Federación de Asociaciones de Defensa y Promoción de los Derechos
Humanos
11. South Asia Human Rights Documentation Centre
12. Association for the Prevention of Torture
13. Centrist Democratic International
14. Consultative Council of Jewish Organization
15. Mouvement international d’apostolat des milieux sociaux indépendants
16. France Libertés : Fondation Danielle Mitterrand
17. National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
18. Nord-Sud XXI
19. Agence Internationale pour le Développement
20. Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
21. Group for International Solidarity
22. Asian Legal Resource Centre
23. World Union for Progressive Judaism
24. Foundation for Aboriginal and Islander Research Action
25. Commission africaine des promoteurs de la santé et des droits de l’homme
Item 19 1.
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Members
Egypt
Luxembourg (on behalf of the European Union)
Pakistan
Romania
Cuba
India
United States of America
Observers
Chile
European Commission
Zambia
Venezuela
Non-governmental organizations
Joint statement: World Young Women’
Femmes
Afrique Solidarité, United Towns Agency for North-South Cooperation,
International Committee for the Respect and the Application of the African
Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights, International Alliance of Women African Society of International and Comparative Law, International Council of
Jewish Women, International Council of Women & Coalition Against
Trafficking of Women
Joint statement: International Federation of University Women, Pan Pacific and
South East Asia Women’s Association International, International Council of
Women, International Council of Jewish Women, Femmes Africa Solidarité,
Women’s International Zionist Organization, Inter-African Committee on
Traditional Practices Affecting the Health of Women and Children & Women's
Federation for World Peace International
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Item 19 (cont’d)
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Item 20 1.
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Item 20 1.
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Amnesty International
Rural Reconstruction Nepal
International Association of Democratic Lawyers
United Nations Watch
Members
Romania
Cuba
Egypt
Observers
Venezuela
Non-governmental organizations
International Service for Human Rights
South Asia Human Rights Documentation Centre
Consultative Council of Jewish Organization
Persons invited on Tuesday, 19 April 2005
Ms. Monica Pinto, Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Chad (item 19)
Mr. Peter Leuprecht, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for human rights in
Cambodia (item 19)
Mr. Titinga F. Pacéré, Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in the
Democratic Republic of the Congo (item 19)
Ms. Charlotte Abaka, Independent Expert on advisory services and technical cooperation
in Liberia (item 19)
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