Human Rights Council
Eleventh special session on the human rights situation in Sri Lanka

26 - 27 May 2009

at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland

Live Webcast

Mr. Martin Ihoeghian Uhomoibhi
President of the Human Rights Council

[English] 6 Minutes

Ms. Navanethem Pillay
The High Commissioner for Human Rights
(video message)
[English] 8 Minutes    [English]

• Independent Expert on the question of human rights and extreme poverty
  Ms. Magdalena Sepúlveda Carmona

[English] [Spanish / English] 10 Minutes    [English]

Sri Lanka as a concerned country
H.E. Mr. Mahinda Samarasinghe, Minister of Disaster Management and Human Rights

[English] 15 Minutes

Statements of Human Rights Council members

Czech Republic (on behalf of the European Union)
Mr. Tomas Husak

[English] 7 Minutes

Cuba (on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement)
Mr. Resfel Pino

[English] 3 Minutes

Egypt (On Behalf of the African Group)
Mr. Hisham Badr

[English] 2 Minutes

Pakistan (on behalf of the Organization of the Islamic Conference)
Mr. Zamir Akram

[English] 5 Minutes

Germany
Mr. Konrad Max Scharinger

[English] 5 Minutes

Canada
Mr. Marius Grinius

[English] 5 Minutes

Qatar
Mr. Khalid Fahad Al-Hajri

[English] [Arabic] 2 Minutes

China
Mr. Li Baodong

[English] 3 Minutes

India
Mr. Gopinathan Achamkulangare

[English] 4 Minutes

Russian Federation
Mr. Valery Loshchinin

[English] [Russian / English] 5 Minutes

Egypt
Mr. Hisham Badr

[English] 2 Minutes

Jordan
Mr. Mutaz Faleh S. Hyassat

[English] 2 Minutes

Switzerland
Mr. Dante Martinelli

[English] [French] 5 Minutes

Chile
Mr. Carlos Portales

[English] [Spanish] 5 Minutes

Cuba
Mr. Juan Antonio Fernández Palacios

[English] [Spanish] 6 Minutes

Brazil
Ms. Maria Nazareth Farani Azevêdo

[English] 6 Minutes

Malaysia
Mr. Othman Hashim

[English] 4 Minutes

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Mr. Peter Gooderham

[English] 4 Minutes

Philippines
Ms. Erlinda F. Basilio

[English] 5 Minutes

Argentina
Mr. Sebastián Rosales

[English] [Spanish] 2 Minutes

Indonesia
Mr. Dian Triansyah Djani

[English] 5 Minutes

Slovenia
Mr. Andrej Logar

[English] 3 Minutes

Japan
Mr. Shinichi Kitajima

[English] 4 Minutes

France
Mr. Jean-Baptiste Mattéi

[English] [French] 5 Minutes

Mexico
Ms. Mabel Gómez Oliver

[English] [Spanish] 5 Minutes

Ghana
Ms. Mercy Yvonne Amoah

[English] 5 Minutes

Italy
Mr. Pasquale D'Avino

[English] 3 Minutes

Nicaragua
Mr. Carlos Robelo

[English] [Spanish] 3 Minutes

Saudia Arabia
Mr. Abdulwahab Abdulsalam Attar

[English] [Arabic] 3 Minutes

South Africa
Ms. Glaudine J. Mtshali

[English] 3 Minutes