61st regular session of the Human Rights Council (23 February – 31 March 2026)
- ITEM 1: High-level segment (Cont'd) SPEAKERS: Mr. Marcos Gómez Martínez, Vice-President of the Human Rights Council (Opening) H.E. Mr. Abdulla Khaleel, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Maldives H.E. Mr. Mohamed Ali Nafti, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Migration and Tunisians Abroad of Tunisia H.E. Mr. Alejandro Solano Ortiz, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Costa Rica H.E. Mr. Alain Berset, Secretary General of the Council of Europe H.E. Ms. Mirjana Spoljaric Egger, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross-ICRC H.E. Mr. Mehmet Kemal Bozay, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Director for European Union Affairs of Türkiye H.E. Ms. Jan Beagle, Director-General of the International Development Law Organization-IDLO H.E. Mr. Jasem Mohamed AlBudaiwi, Secretary General of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf-GCC H.E. Mr. Hadi Bin Ali Alyami, Executive Director of the OIC Independent Permanent Human Rights Commission H.E. Mr. Mohamed Ali Nafti, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Migration and Tunisians Abroad of Tunisia - ITEM 1: Annual high-level panel discussion on human rights mainstreaming SPEAKERS: Mr. Sidharto Reza Surydipuro, President of the Human Rights Council (Opening) Mr. Volker Türk, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (Introduction) Ms. Mariya Taher, Director of Sahiyo Ms. Catherine Russell, Executive Director of the United Nations Children's Fund Ms. Diene Keita, Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund Ms. Pascale Allotey, Director of the Department of Sexual, Reproductive, Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health and Ageing, including the Special Programme in Human Reproduction at WHO Ms. Irene Kaggwa, Giga Programme Manager at ITU Ms. Thorgerdur Katrín Gunnarsdóttir, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iceland (on behalf of a group of countries) Mr. Ronald Lamola, Minister of International Relations and Cooperation of South Africa Ms. Princess Kasune, Minister of Justice of Zambia European Union, Ms. Deike Potzel Belgium (on behalf of a group of countries), Mr. Christophe Payot Mr. Marcelo Vàzquez Bermúdez, Vice-President of the Human Rights Council Kenya (on behalf of Group of African States - African Group), Ms. Fancy Chepkemoi Too Japan, Mr. Atsuyuki Oike France, Ms. Claire Thuaudet Organization of Islamic Cooperation, Mr. Hadi Bin Ali Al-Yami Burkina Faso, Ms. Sabine Bakyono Kanzie Switzerland, Ms. Barbara Fontana Indonesia, Ms. Fathiyah Tsamara Angola, Ms. Antónia Osvaldina Simão Da Cruz Yaba Austria, Ms. Vera Fuchs Plan International, Inc., Ms. Tenar Lorente Frontline AIDS LTD., Mr. Patrick Lawrance Asian-Pacific Resource and Research Centre for Women (ARROW), Mr. Fathima Safiya Riyaz International Planned Parenthood Federation, Ms. Fadoua Bakkhada Humanists International, Mr. Leon Langdon Shaanxi Patriotic Volunteer Association, Mr. Guowei Cui Maldives, Ms. Salma Rasheed Minister of Justice, Constitutional and Religious Affairs of Mozambique, Mr. Mateus Da Cecilia Feniasse Saize Cameroon, Ms. Nadjma Adoum Cyprus, Ms. Vivian Konnari Saudi Arabia, Ms. Asya Abdullatif Baakdah Kenya, Ms. Njambi Kinyungu Gambia, Mr. Muhammadou Kah Cabo Verde, Ms. Clara Manuela Da Luz Delgado Jesus Colombia, Mr. Gustavo Gallon Egypt, Mr. Shady Hesham Ibrahem Elsheha Iraq, Mr. Ali Al Safar Armenia, Mr. Petros Hovhannisyan Rwanda, Ms. Urujeni Bakuramutsa Manzi Ethiopia, Ms. Hana Teshome Kibret iuventum e.V., Mr. Hisashi Saito Sambhali Trust, Ms. Hansraj Singh Promotion du Développement Economique et Social - PDES, Ms. Aicha Duihi Rajasthan Samgrah Kalyan Sansthan, Ms. Arushii Lal Santania Ms. Irene Kaggwa, Giga Programme Manager at ITU Ms. Pascale Allotey, Director of the Department of Sexual, Reproductive, Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health and Ageing, including the Special Programme in Human Reproduction at WHO Ms. Pernille Fenger, Director - UNFPA Office in Geneva (Final remarks)
