Commemoration of Human Rights Day
10 December 2007
Room XVII
at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland

Mr. Ban Ki-moon
Secretary-General of the United Nations (video-presentation)

[English] 3 minutes

Ms. Louise Arbour
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

[English] [French / English ] 12 minutes

Mr. Sergei Ordzhonikidze
Director-General, United Nations Office at Geneva

[English] 3 minutes

Mr. Doru Costea
President of the Human Rights Council

[English] [French / English / Arabic] 8 minutes

Cuba on behalf of the Non Aligned Movement
Mr. Juan Antonio Fernández Palacios

[English] [Spanish/English] 6 minutes

Brazil on behalf of GRULAC
Mr. Sérgio Abreu E Lima Florencio

[English] [Spanish] 5 minutes

Egypt on behalf of the African Group
Mr. Sameh Shoukry

[English] 7 minutes

Portugal on behalf of the European Union
Mr. Francisco Xavier Esteves

[English] 6 minutes

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

[English] 5 minutes

Syrian Arab Republic on behalf of the Arab Group
Mr. Fuysal Khabbaz Hamoui

[English] [Arabic] 10 minutes

The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Mr. Georgi Avramchev

[English] 4 minutes

Morocco
Mr. Mohammed Loulichki

[English] [French] 6 minutes

Switzerland
Mr. Blaise Godet

[English] [French] 3 minutes

Canada
Mr. Marius Grinius

[English] [French/English] 4 minutes

Germany
Mr. Reinhard Schweppe

[English] 4 minutes

Spain
Mr. Juan Antonio March

[English] [Spanish] 6 minutes

France
Mr. Jean-Baptiste Mattei

[English] [French] 3 minutes

Mexico
Ms. Mabel Gomez Oliver

[English] [Spanish] 3 minutes

Brazil
Mr. Sérgio Abreu E Lima Florencio

[English] 5 minutes

Qatar
Mr. Abula Falah Abdula Al-Dosari

[English] [Arabic] 7 minutes

Holy See
Mr. Silvano Tomasi

[English] 5 minutes

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Mr. Abdhurman Benomran

[English] [Arabic] 2 minutes

Philippines
Ms. Erlinda F. Basilo

[English] 3 minutes

Tunisia
Mr. Samir Labidi

[English] [French] 3 minutes

Bahrain
Mr. Abdulla Abdelatif Abdulla

[English] [Arabic] 6 minutes

Croatia
Mr. Banko Socanac

[English] 3 minutes

Russian Federation
Mr. Oleg Malguinov

[English] [Russian] 5 minutes

Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF)
Mr. Libere Bararunyeretse

[English] [French] 5 minutes

Algeria
Mr. Idriss Jazairy

[English] [French] 4 minutes

Indonesia
Mr. Gusti Agung Wesaka Puja

[English] 4 minutes

Turkey
Mr. Ahmet Uzumcu

[English] 4 minutes

Azerbaijan
Mr. Elchin Amirbayov

[English] 3 minutes

China
Mr. Li Baodong

[English] [Chinese] 4 minutes

Chile
Mr. Juan Martabit

[English] [Spanish] 4 minutes

Greece
Mr. Franciscos Verros

[English] [French] 4 minutes

Ecuador
Ms. Leticia Baquerizo

[English] [Spanish] 8 minutes

Israel
Mr. Itzhak Levanon

[English] 5 minutes

United States of America
Mr. Michael S. Klecheski

[English] 4 minutes

Egypt
Mr. Sameh Shoukry

[English] [Arabic] 4 minutes

Bangladesh
Mr. Mustafizur Rahman

[English] 4 minutes

Latvia
Mr. Janis Mazeiks

[English] 5 minutes

Uruguay
Mr. Alejandro Artucio Rodriguez

[English] [Spanish] 4 minutes

Islamic Republic of Iran
Mr. Ali Reza Moaiyeri

[English] 4 minutes

Lebanon
Ms. Najla Riachi Assaker

[English] [French] 3 minutes

Slovenia
Mr. Andrej Logar

[English] 3 minutes

India
Mr. Swashpawan Singh

[English] 3 minutes

Republic of Korea
Mr. Lee Sung-Joo

[English] 4 minutes

Bhutan
Mr. Sonam T. Rabgye

[English] 4 minutes

Sudan
Mr. Omer Dahab Fadol Mohammed

[English] [Arabic] 4 minutes

Thailand
Mr. Pitchayaphant Charnbhumidol

[English] 5 minutes

Sri Lanka
Mr. Ameer Ajwad Omer Lebbe

[English] 7 minutes

Nicaragua
Ms. Alicia Martin Gallegos

[English] [Spanish] 4 minutes

Nepal
Mr. Dinesh Bhattari

[English] 5 minutes

Peru
Mr. Carlos Alberto Chocoano Burga

[English] [Spanish] 3 minutes

Yemen
Mr. Saleh Taissir

[English] [Arabic] 6 minutes

Ukraine
Mr. Volodymyr Vasylenko

[English] 5 minutes

Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
Mr. Gabriel Ignacio Saalazar Pineda

[English] [Spanish] 4 minutes

Malaysia
Mr. Moktar Idham Musa

[English] 4 minutes

Cuba
Mr. Rudolpho Reyes Rodriguez

[English] [Spanish] 5 minutes

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Mr. Nicolas Thorne

[English] 5 minutes

Mr. Miloon Kothari
Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living on behalf of Special Procedures mandate holders

[English] 9minutes

Mr. Philippe Texier
Chairperson, Meeting of persons chairing human rights bodies

[English] [French] 7 minutes

Ms. Jennifer Lynch
Chair, International Coordinating Committee of National Human Rights Institutions (ICC)

[English] 3 minutes

Ms. Camilla Lissa Asano
Civil society representative

[English] 3 minutes

Mr. Carlo Cleofe
Civil society representative

[English] 4 minutes

Ms. Louise Arbour
High Commissioner for Human Rights

[English] 2 minutes

Representatives from the 2007 Human Rights Fellowship Programme for students from Least Developed Countries
Ms. Vera Mussah
Mr. Hari Chandra Sharma
Mr. Narcisse M. Dongar
Ms. Mahbuba Ahmed

[English] [French] 9 minutes

Mr. Doru Costea
President of the Human Rights Council

[English] [French/English] 1 minute