Security of Humanitarian Personnel High on Committee Agenda
CORRECTION
The final paragraph of page 10 of the Press Release GA/SHC/3616 of 6 November should read as follows:
Committee Adopts Text On Palestinian Right to Self-Determination After Recorded Vote
Inconclusive Debate on Honour Crimes Precludes Consensus
The clash of perspectives on human rights issues was the focus of vigorous debate this afternoon as the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) continued its consideration of issues related to human rights.
No countrys human rights record was perfect, and States should offer help rather than blame when it came to ensuring human rights for the world's vulnerable, the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) was told this afternoon as it continued discussing human rights issues.
"I cannot but underline how impressed I am by the present general situation six years after the genocide", Special Representative on the situation of human rights in Rwanda, Michel Moussalli, said of that country this morning as the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) met to continue discussing human rights issues.
The world must make it crystal clear that no impunity will be allowed for anyone violating international humanitarian law, the representative of the Republic of Korea said this afternoon in the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural), as it continued considering human rights questions.
The perspective on protecting human rights must change from a purely political or legal angle to a holistic and pragmatic approach, the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) was told this morning, as it met to continue considering human rights questions.
