HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
Third session
SUMMARY RECORD OF THE 10th MEETING
Held at the Palais des Nations, Geneva,
on Tuesday, 5 December 2006, at 3 p.m.
President: Mr. DE ALBA ………… (Mexico)
CONTENTS
IMPLEMENTATION OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION 60/251 OF 15 MARCH 2006 ENTITLED “HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL” (continued)
The meeting was called to order at 3.10 p.m.
IMPLEMENTATION OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION 60/251 OF 15 MARCH 2006 ENTITLED “HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL” (agenda item 2) (continued) (A/HRC/3/4)
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10. Ms. HASSASSIAN (Observer for Palestine) said that a footnote contained in the annex to Human Rights Council decision 2006/102 indicated that the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967 had been established until the end of the occupation. Regrettably, the occupation continued to inflict daily suffering on the Palestinian people and to deprive them of many of their basic rights, including the right to life. The Council should closely monitor the occupation and the egregious human rights violations committed in Palestine.
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The meeting rose at 4.25 p.m.
Document Type: Summary record
Document Sources: General Assembly, Human Rights Council, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the OPT
Subject: Human rights and international humanitarian law, Occupation
Publication Date: 05/12/2006