Maldives to deliver statement at UNHRC on humanitarian crisis in Palestine

Maldives is set to deliver a national statement at the 57th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council focusing on the humanitarian crisis in Palestine across various agenda items.

The session which began on Monday will continue until October 11^th.

Foreign Ministry in a statement said the Council, throughout the session, will hold thirty interactive dialogues with Special Procedures mandate holders, expert mechanisms, and investigative mechanisms, and two enhanced interactive dialogues and six panel discussions offering in-depth discussion on critical human rights issues. 

In addition to this, fifty country situations reports and over eighty thematic reports, offering a crucial platform for international cooperation and dialogue to address global human rights challenges and promote a more just and equitable world, will be reviewed.

As per the Ministry, Maldives delegation is set to deliver national statements under several agenda items, highlighting the government’s key policies and priorities

In this regard, Maldives, on behalf of a group of Small Island Developing States (SIDS) based in Geneva, will deliver a joint statement during the Interactive Dialogue on the Secretary-General’s Analytical Study on Climate Change which will focus on how loss and damage caused by the adverse effects of climate change impact the full enjoyment of human rights. 

Maldives will also deliver national statements during the Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on Myanmar and focusing on the humanitarian crisis in Palestine across various agenda items.

According to the Foreign Ministry, Maldives’ delegation will be led by Ambassador Dr. Salma Rasheed and will also include Counsellor Adam Hamid, Counsellor Aminath Shifaya Ibrahim, Second Secretary Maryam Fathika Fayaz, Third Secretary Aminath Shadha and Attaché Raaidh Saeedh, of the Permanent Mission of Maldives to the United Nations Offices at Geneva.