Human Rights Council
Fourth special session

12 -13 December 2006
at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland

Kofi Annan
Secretary-General of the United Nations
(video message)

[English] 4 minutes - Text [English]

Louise Arbour
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

[English] 8 minutes - Text [English]

Sudan as concerned country
Mr. Farah Mustafa
Deputy Governor of the state of South Darfur

[English] [Arabic/English] 18 minutes

Algeria on behalf of the African Group
H. E. Mr. Idriss Jazaïry

[English] 8 minutes

Zambia
H. E. Mr. Love Mtsea

[English] 5 minutes

Cuba
H. E. Mr. Juan Antonio Fernández Palacios

[English] [Spanish] 5 minutes

Finland on behalf of the European Union (Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey, Croatia, Macedonia, Albania, Bosnia Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia, Ukraine and Moldova)
H. E. Mr. Vesa Himanen

[English] 5 minutes

Pakistan on behalf of the Organization of Islamic Conference
H.E. Mr. Masood Khan

[English] 6 minutes

South Africa
H. E. Mrs. Glaudine J. Mtshali

[English] 6 minutes

Ghana
H. E. Mr. Kwabena Baah-Duodu

[English] 5 minutes

Germany
H. E. Mr. Michael Steiner

[English] 6 minutes

Saudi Arabia on behalf of the Arab Group
H. E. Mr. Abdulwahab Abdulsalam Attar

[English] [Arabic] 3 minutes

Indonesia
H. E. Mr. Makarim Wibisono

[English] 5 minutes

Switzerland
H. E. Mr. Blaise Godet

[English] [French] 5 minutes

Romania
H. E. Mr. Doru Romulus Costea

[English] [French/Arabic] 3 minutes

France
H. E. Mr. Jean-Maurice Ripert

[English] [French] 5 minutes

China
H. E. Mr. Sha Zukang

[English] [Chinese/English] 4 minutes

Republic of Korea
Mr. Chang Dong-Hee

[English] 4 minutes

Malaysia
H. E. Mrs. Hsu King Bee

[English] 5 minutes

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
H. E. Mr. Nicholas Thorne

[English] 6 minutes

Argentina
Mr. Sergio Cerda

[English] [Spanish] 3 minutes

Morocco
H. E. Mr. Mohammed Loulichki

[English] [Arabic] 6 minutes

Tunisia
H. E. Mr. Samir Labidi

[English] [Arabic] 4 minutes

Poland
H. E. Mr. Zdzisław Rapacki

[English] 5 minutes

Russian Federation
Mr. Yury Boichenko

[English] [Russian] 5 minutes

India
H. E. Mr. Swashpawan Singh

[English] 2 minutes

Bahrain
H. E. Mr. Abdulla Abbdullatif Abdulla

[English] [Arabic] 3 minutes

Canada
H. E. Mr. Paul Meyer

[English] 4 minutes

Ecuador
Mr. Galo Larenas Serrano

[English] [Spanish] 2 minutes

Nigeria
H. E. Mr. Joseph U. Ayalogu

[English] 5 minutes

Uruguay
Ms. Pauline Davies

[English] [Spanish] 4 minutes

Netherlands
H. E. Mr. Boudewijn J. Van Eenennaam

[English] 5 minutes

Japan
H. E. Shigeru Endo

[English] 2 minutes

Senegal
Mr. Cheikh Tidiane Thiam

[English] [French] 4 minutes

Brazil
H. E. Mr. Sérgio Abreu E Lima Florencio

[English] 5 minutes

Azerbaijan
H. E. Mr. Elchin Amirbayov

[English] 5 minutes

Bangladesh
Mr. Mustafizur Rahman

[English] 4 minutes

Jordan
Mr. Mohammed Hindawi

[English] [Arabic] 4 minutes

Libya
Mr. Murad Hamaima

[English] [Arabic] 2 minutes

Egypt
H. E. Mr. Sameh Shoukry

[English] 3 minutes

Costa Rica
H. E. Mr. Luis Alberto Varela Quirós

[English] [Spanish] 3 minutes

Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Mr. Choe Myong Nam

[English] 2 minutes

United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
Ms. Siri Tellier

[English] 3 minutes

Ireland
H. E. Mr. Paul Kavanagh

[English] 5 minutes

Albania
H. E. Mr. Sejdi Qerimaj

[English] [French] 3 minutes

Sweden
H. E. Mrs. Elisabet Borsiin Bonnier

[English] 4 minutes

African Union
Ms. Khadija Rachida Masri

[English] [French] 5 minutes

Oman
H. E. Mr. Ahmed Mohamed Masoud Al-Riyami

[English] [Arabic] 2 minutes

Lebanon
H. E. Mr. Gébran Soufan

[English] [Arabic] 3 minutes

Chad
Mr. Ahmat Abdoulaye Ogoum
Ministre, Chargé des droits de l'homme

[English] [French] 6 minutes

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Mr Everett Ressler

[English] 3 minutes - Text [English]

Syria
Mr. Khalil Bitar

[English] [Arabic] 2 minutes

Holy See
H. E. Monsignor Silvano M. Tomasi

[English] 4 minutes

Slovakia
H. E. Mr. Anton Pinter

[English] 4 minutes

United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
Mr. Jan Egeland, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator
(message read by Mr. Gerhard J.W. Putman-Cramer, Chief, Emergencies Services Branch, OCHA)

[English] 5 minutes - Text [English]

Spain
H. E. Mr. Juan Antonio March

[English] [Spanish] 3 minutes

Luxembourg
H. E. Mr. Jean Feyder

[English] [French] 3 minutes

Yemen
H. E. Mr. Farag Saeed Bin Ghanem

[English] [Arabic] 3 minutes

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Ms. Erika Feller

[English] 4 minutes

Italy
Mr. Pasquale D'Avino

[English] 3 minutes

Armenia
Mr. Zohrab Mnatsakanian

[English] 3 minutes

Portugal
Mr. Carlos Pereira Marques

[English] 3 minutes

Australia
H. E. Mrs. Caroline Millar

[English] 3 minutes

Estonia
H.E. Mr. Tonis Nirk

[English] 2 minutes

Chile
H. E. Mr. Juan Martabit

[English] [Spanish] 3 minutes

Iran
H. E. Mr. Ali Reza Moaiyeri

[English] 3 minutes

United States of America
H. E. Mr. Warren W. Tichenor

[English] 3 minutes

Slovenia
H. E. Mr. Andrej Logar

[English] 3 minutes

Hungary
Ms. Orsolya Toth

[English] 3 minutes

Denmark
H. E. Mrs. Marie-Louise Overvad

[English] 4 minutes

Greece
H. E. Mr. Franciscos Verros

[English] [French] 3 minutes

Norway
H. E. Mr. Wegger Chr. Strømmen

[English] 3 minutes

Israel
H. E. Mr. Itzhak Levanon

[English] 3 minutes

Palestine
H. E. Mr. Mohammad Abu-Koash

[English] 3 minutes

New Zealand
Ms. Amy Laurenson

[English] 3 minutes

Belgium
H. E. Mr. Alex Van Meeuwen

[English] [French] 3 minutes

Nicaragua
H. E. Mrs. Alicia Martín Gallegos

[English] [Spanish] 3 minutes

Liechtenstein
Ms. Isabel Frommelt

[English] 3 minutes

Iran

[English] 1 minute