The Council continued to introduce innovations, break boundaries and set new standards, all against the backdrop of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, which continues to disrupt countless lives and livelihoods.Īs my predecessor expressed to you last year, COVID-19 has in some way acted as a magnifying glass for pre-existing human rights issues. Turning to the report before you - the Human Rights Council has indeed accomplished a lot this year.
Today we are faced with many global crises that cannot be addressed by a single nation, or region rather, they require the deep commitment and determination of all States, big and small, represented in this esteemed hall. This diversity in membership is one of the Council’s greatest strengths, and gives it legitimacy when speaking out on human rights violations in all countries. With these elections, as from the first of January 2022, a total of 123 UN member States will have served as members of the Human Rights Council – that is to say nearly two-third of the States represented here.
It has been an immense privilege for me to serve as President of the Council during its 15th cycle. I continue to take enormous pride in presiding over the United Nations’ premier human rights body, which continues to spotlight human rights situations across the globe. I present today’s report on behalf of the Council and its Bureau, whose support I could not have done without over these past 10 months.īut first, I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate Argentina, Benin, Cameroon, Eritrea, Finland, Gambia, Honduras, India, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Montenegro, Paraguay, Qatar, Somalia, the United Arab Emirates and the United States of America for having been elected by this Assembly earlier this month to serve as members of the Human Rights Council.Īs members of the Council, these 18 States, along with the 29 continuing members, undertake a great responsibility to uphold the highest standards of human rights, as laid out in the Council’s founding document – GA resolution 60/251 -, which was adopted in this hall in 2006. I am honoured to present to you the annual report of the Human Rights Council for this year, as mandated by this august body.
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