Human Rights Council - Seventh special session on
World Food Crisis

22 May 2008


at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland

Live Webcast

 

   

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Thursday, 22 May 2008

10:00 - 13:15 | 15:00 - 19:00

 
 

10:00 - 13:15 - 1st Plenary Meeting
video [English] [Original language] 3 Hours 7 Minutes

 
 


Mr. Doru Costea
,
President of the Human Rights Council

video [English] 8 Minutes

 
 


Ms. Louise Arbour
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

video [English] 8 Minutes

 
 


Mr. Olivier de Schutter
Special Rapporteur on the right to food

video [English] [French / English] 15 Minutes

 
 


Mr. Eibe Riedel
Member of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

video [English] 5 Minutes

 
  Statements of Human Rights Council members  
 


Cuba
Mr. Juan Antonio Fernández Palacios

video [English] [Spanish] 5 Minutes

 
 


Egypt on behalf of the African Group
Mr. Sameh Shoukry

video [English] 6 Minutes

 
 


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

video [English] 5 Minutes

 
 


Slovenia on behalf of the European Union
Mr. Andrej Logar

video [English] 7 Minutes

 
 


Palestine on behalf of the Arab Group
Mr. Mohammad Abu-Koash

video [English] [Arabic] 4 Minutes

 
 


Japan
Mr. Shinichi Kitajima

video [English] 4 Minutes

 
 


Guatemala
Mr. Carlos Ramiro Martínez Alvarado

video [English] [Spanish] 4 Minutes

 
 


Malaysia
Mr. Amran Mohamed Zin

video [English] 3 Minutes

 
 


Netherlands
Mr. Boudewijn J. Van Eenennaam

video [English] 3 Minutes

 
 


Indonesia
Mr. Jose A. Morato Tavares

video [English] 4 Minutes

 
 


Bangladesh
Mr. Debapriya Bhattacharya

video [English] 6 Minutes

 
 


Senegal
Mr. Babacar Carlos Mbaye

video [English] [French] 4 Minutes

 
 


Egypt
Mr. Sameh Shoukry

video [English] [Arabic] 6 Minutes

 
 


Mauritius
Mr. Shree Baboo Chekitan Servansing

video [English] 4 Minutes

 
 


Madagascar
Ms. Clarah Andrianjaka

video [English] [French] 4 Minutes

 
 


Brazil
Mr. Sérgio de Abreu e Lima Florêncio

video [English] 6 Minutes

 
 


India
Mr. Swashpawan Singh

video [English] 4 Minutes

 
 


Azerbaijan
Mr. Elchin Anurbayov

video [English] 4 Minutes

 
 


Mexico
Mr. Luis Alfonso de Alba

video [English] [Spanish] 6 Minutes

 
 


Canada
Mr. Marius Grinius

video [English] 5 Minutes

 
 


Philippines
Ms. Erlinda F. Basilio

video [English] 5 Minutes

 
 


Nicaragua
Mr. Carlos Robelo Raffone

video [English] [Spanish] 4 Minutes

 
 


Nigeria
Mr. Mohammed I. Haidara

video [English] 3 Minutes

 
 


France
Mr. Jean-Baptiste Mattéi

video [English] [French] 5 Minutes

 
 


Angola
Mr. Arcanjo Maria Do Nascimento

video [English] [French] 4 Minutes

 
 


China
Mr. Li Baodong

video [English] [Chinese] 5 Minutes

 
 


Peru
Mr. Carlos Alberto Chocano Burga

video [English] [Spanish] 4 Minutes

 
 


South Africa
Ms. Glaudine J. Mtshali

video [English] 4 Minutes

 
 


Sri Lanka
Ms. R. Ariyaratne

video [English] 5 Minutes

 
 


Germany
Mr. Reinhard Schweppe

video [English] 4 Minutes

 
 


Saudi Arabia
Mr. Abdulwahab Abdulsalam Attar

video [English] [Arabic] 3 Minutes

 
     
 

15:00 - 19:00 - 2nd Plenary Meeting
video [English] [Original language] 3 Hours 53 Minutes

 
     
  Statements of Human Rights Council members (continued...)  
 


Russian Federation
Mr. Yury Boichenko

video [English] [Russian] 4 Minutes

 
 


Bolivia
Ms. Angélica Navarro Llanos

video [English] [Spanish] 5 Minutes

 
 


Ghana
Ms. Mercy Yvonne Amoah

video [English] 3 Minutes

 
 


Zambia
Ms. Encyla M. Sinjela

video [English] 3 Minutes

 
 


Qatar
Mr. Abdulla Falah Abdulla Al-Dosari

video [English] [Arabic] 5 Minutes

 
 


United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Ms. Rebecca Sagar

video [English] 3 Minutes

 
 


Uruguay
Mr. Alejandro Artucio Rodríguez

video [English] [Spanish] 4 Minutes

 
 


Jordan
Mr. Mutaz Faleh S. Hyassat

video [English] 2 Minutes

 
 


Republic of Korea
Mr. Chang Dong-hee

video [English] 3 Minutes

 
 


Djibouti
Mr. Mohamed-Siad Doualeh

video [English] [French] 4 Minutes

 
 


Switzerland
Mr. Blaise Godet

video [English] [French] 5 Minutes

 
  Statements of Observer States and other observers  
 


Morocco
Mr. Mohammed Loulichki

video [English] [French] 4 Minutes

 
 


Chile
Mr. Carlos Portales

video [English] [Spanish] 4 Minutes

 
 


Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Ms. Barbara Ekwall

video [English] 4 Minutes

 
 


World Food Programme (WFP)
Mr. Daly Belgasmi

video [English] [French] 3 Minutes

 
 


Congo, Republic of the
Ms. Kellie-Shandra Ognimba

video [English] [French] 2 Minutes

 
 


Algeria
Mr. Idriss Jazairy

video [English] [French] 2 Minutes

 
 


Viet Nam
Mr. Pham Quoc Tru

video [English] 3 Minutes

 
 


Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
Mr. Gabriel Ignacio Salazar Pineda

video [English] [Spanish] 5 Minutes

 
 


Turkey
Mr. Ahmet Üzümcü

video [English] 4 Minutes

 
 


Tunisia
M. Samir Labidi

video [English] [French] 2 Minutes

 
 


Norway
Mr. Vebjørn Heines

video [English] 3 Minutes

 
 


Dominican Republic
Ms. Ysset Román Maldonado

video [English] [Spanish] 3 Minutes

 
 


Argentina
Mr. Alberto J. Dumont

video [English] [Spanish] 4 Minutes

 
 


Portugal
Mr. Francisco M. Xavier Esteves

video [English] 4 Minutes

 
 


Holy See
Mr. Hubertus Matheus Van Megen

video [English] 3 Minutes

 
 


International Organization of the Francophonie (OIF)
Mr. Libère Bararunyeretse

video [English] [French] 3 Minutes

 
 


Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC)
Mr. Babacar Ba

video [English] [French] 3 Minutes

 
 


Belarus
Mr. Evgeny Lazarev

video [English] [Russian] 3 Minutes

 
 


Ecuador
Mr. Juan Holguín

video [English] [Spanish] 3 Minutes

 
 


Thailand
Mr. Sihasak Phuangketkeow

video [English] 4 Minutes

 
 


Singapore
Mr. Tan York Chor

video [English] 3 Minutes

 
 


Columbia
Mr. Álvaro Enrique Ayala Meléndez

video [English] [Spanish] 3 Minutes

 
 


New Zealand
Ms. Amy Laurenson

video [English] 3 Minutes

 
 


Luxembourg
Mr. Jean Feyder

video [English] [French] 3 Minutes

 
 


African Union
Mr. Usman Sarki

video [English] [French] 3 Minutes

 
 


Spain
Mr. Javier Garrigues Flórez

video [English] [Spanish] 3 Minutes

 
 


United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Mr. Alain Lambert

video [English] 3 Minutes

 
 


Belgium
Mr. Alex Van Meeuwen

video [English] [French] 3 Minutes

 
 


Iceland
Mr. Thorbjörn Jónsson

video [English] 2 Minutes

 
 


Maldives
Mr. Abdul Ghafoor Mohamed

video [English] 2 Minutes

 
 


Finland
Mr. Pekka Metso

video [English] 3 Minutes

 
 


Sudan
Mr. Omer Dahab Fadol Mohamed

video [English] [Arabic] 4 Minutes

 
 


Ireland
Mr. Mícheál Tierney

video [English] [French] 2 Minutes

 
 


International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Mr. Brad McDonald

video [English] 3 Minutes

 
 


Haiti
Mr. Jean-Claude Pierre

video [English] [French] 3 Minutes

 
 


United Arab Emirates
Mr. Obaid Salem Saeed Al Zaabi

video [English] [Arabic] 3 Minutes

 
 


Bahrain
Ms. Muna Radhi

video [English] [Arabic] 2 Minutes

 
 


World Bank (WB)
Mr. Richard Newfarmer

video [English] 3 Minutes

 
 


Kuwait
Mr. Dharar Abdul-Razzak Razzooqi

video [English] 3 Minutes

 
 

DRAFT

 

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SUBMITTED BY

 

TITLE

 
                 
 

Resolution

 

A/HRC/S-7/L.1

 

Cuba

 

The negative impact on the realization of the right to food of the worsening of the world food crisis, caused inter alia by the soaring food prices 08-05-2008

 


Cuba

Mr. Juan Antonio Fernández Palacios

video [English] [Spanish] 3 Minutes

 

General Comments and Explanations of the vote before the vote

 


Canada
M. Terry Cormier

video [English] 1 Minute

 

Draft resolution (A/HRC/S-7/L.1) has been adopted without a vote

 

Non Governmental Organizations

 


Caritas Internationalis (International Confederation of Catholic Charities) in a joint statement

video [English] [French] 3 Minutes

 
 


Movement Against Racism and for Friendship among Peoples (MRAP) in a joint statement

video [English] [French] 3 Minutes

 
 


Centre Europe-Tiers Monde (CETIM) in a joint statement

video[French] 3 Minutes

 
 


Foodfirst Information and Action Network (FIAN)

video [English] 3 Minutes

 
 


International Federation for Human Rights Leagues (FIDH)

video [English] 3 Minutes

 
 


Nord-Sud XXI

video [English] 3 Minutes

 
 


Amnesty International (AI)

video [English] 3 Minutes

 
 


World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU)

video [Spanish] 3 Minutes

 
 


Union of Arab Jurists

video [French] 3 Minutes

 
 


International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development

video [English] 3 Minutes

 
 


World Vision International (WVI)

video [English] 3 Minutes

 
 


Indian Movement Tupaj Amaru (MITA) in a joint statement

video [French] 3 Minutes

 
 


International Commission of Jurists (ICJ)

video [English] 3 Minutes

 
 


Final remark by the Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Mr. Olivier de Schutter

video [English] 5 Minutes

 
 


Mr. Doru Costea

Closing Statement of the President of the Human Rights Council

video [English] 2 Minutes

 

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