Note to Correspondents
HUMAN RIGHTS SPECIAL RAPPORTEURS TO BRIEF GENERAL ASSEMBLY
The Special Rapporteur and Representatives of the Commission on Human Rights will be in New York to report to the General Assembly's Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) from 8 to 12 November.� They will be available to correspondents for interviews.� This is the schedule of their statements to the Committee:
8 November
10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Kamal Hossain���������������������� Special Rapporteur on the situation of human
rights in Afghanistan
Nigel Rodley����������������������� Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel,
inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
John Dugard������������������������ Special Rapporteur on the situation of human
rights in the Palestinian territories occupied
since 1967
3 p.m. - 6 p.m.
(In his absence, the statement by Roberto Garretón, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, will be delivered by Bacre Waly Ndiaye, Director, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, New York Office.)
Marie-Thérèse Aïssata Kéita-Bocoum� Special Rapporteur on the situation of human
rights in Burundi
Gerhart R. Baum�������������������� Special Rapporteur on the situation of human
rights in the Sudan
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9 November
10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Andreas Mavrommatis���������������� Special Rapporteur on the situation of human
rights in Iraq
Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro�������������� Special Rapporteur on the situation of human
rights in Myanmar
José Cutileiro��������������������� Special Representative on the situation of
human rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
3 p.m. - 6 p.m.
Abdelfattah Amor������������������� Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or
belief
Francis Deng����������������������� Representative of the Secretary-General on the
protection of and assistance to internally
displaced persons
Jean Ziegler����������������������� Special Rapporteur on the right to food
12 November
10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Maurice Copithorne����������������� Special Representative of the Commission on
Human Rights on the situation of human rights
in Iran
Peter Leuprecht�������������������� Special Representative of the Secretary-
General for human rights in Cambodia
Hina Jilani������������������������ Special Representative of the Secretary-
General on Human Rights Defenders
To arrange interviews with the Special Rapporteurs, please contact:� Edoardo Bellando, Development and Human Rights Section, Department of Public Information, tel. (212) 963-8275; E-mail: [email protected].
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