Human Rights Council Fifth session 11 to 18 June 2007 Organizational meeting 19 to 22 June 2007 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland
Live Webcast
June, 2007
Tuesday, 19 June 2007
16:00 - 18:00 - Opening of the session [Entire video] [Original language]
Luis Alfonso de Alba President of the Human Rights Council [English] [Spanish] 3 minutes
Election of the President of the Human Rights Council
Nominated by Poland on behalf of the Eastern European Group Mr. Zdzislaw Rapacki [English] [English / Spanish] 2 minutes
H.E. Mr. Doru Costea elected President of the Human Rights Council by acclamation
Mr. Doru Costea President of the Human Rights Council [English] [English / French / Arabic] 8 minutes
Election of four Vice-Presidents for the Bureau of the Human Rights Council
Announced by Brazil Mr. Sergio de Abreu E Lima Florencio
Ambassador Guillermo Valles Galmes Permanent Representative of Uruguay for the group of Latin-American and Caribbean States (Rapporteur)
Ambassador Mohamed-Siad Doualeh Permanent Representative of Djibouti for the African Group
Ambassador Boudewijin Van Eenennaam Permanent Representative of the Netherlands for the Western European and Others Group
Ambassador Dayan Jayathilake Permanent Representative of Sri-Lanka for the Asian Group [English] 1 minute
Point of Order Canada [English] 2 minutes
Vote on the President’s ruling
Mr. Doru Costea President of the Human Rights Council [English] 1 minute
Result of the vote
46 in favour; 1 against
General Comments and explanations of the vote after the vote
Canada Mr. Terry Cormier [English] [English / French] 1 minute
Point of Order Egypt Mr. Doru Costea, President of the Human Rights Council [English] 2 minutes
Canada Mr. Terry Cormier [English] 1 minute
Algeria on behalf of the African Group Mr. Idriss Jazairy [English] [French] 6 minutes
China Mr. Cheng Jingye [English] [Chinese] 2 minutes
Germany on behalf of the European Union Mr. Michael Steiner [English] 6 minutes
United Kingdom Mr. Nicholas Thorne [English] 4 minutes
Pakistan on behalf of the Organization of the Islamic Conference Ms. Tehmina Janjua [English] 4 minutes
Bangladesh Mr. Toufiq Ali [English] 3 minutes
Malaysia Mrs. Hsu King Bee [English] 3 minutes
Cuba Mr. Juan Antonio Fernández Palacios [English] [Spanish] 4 minutes
United States of America Mr. Warren W. Tichenor [English] 1 minute
Pakistan Ms. Tehmina Janjua [English] 3 minutes
Morocco Mr. Mohammed Loulichki [English] [French] 2 minutes
Sri Lanka Mr. Dayan Jayathilake [English] 4 minutes
India Mr. Swashpawan Singh [English] 2 minutes
Switzerland Mr. Blaise Godet [English] [French] 2 minutes
France Mr. Jean-Maurice Ripert [English] [French] 3 minutes
Russian Federation Mr. Oleg Malginov [English] [Russian] 4 minutes
Uruguay Mr. Alejandro Artuccio [English] [Spanish] 2 minutes
Chile Mr. Juan Martabit [English] [Spanish] 3 minutes
Azerbaijan Mr. Elchin Amirbayov [English] 2 minutes
Japan Mr. Ichiro Fujisaki [English] 1 minute
Argentina Mr. Sergio Cerda [English] [Spanish] 2 minutes
Brazil Mr. Sergio de Abreu E Lima Florencio [English] 4 minutes
Israel Mr. Itzhak Levanon [English] 2 minutes
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