Human Rights Council (61st session) - High-Level Segment – Day 3, morning session

Описание: LIVE: 61st Session of the UN Human Rights Council | High-Level Segment – Day 3, morning session (25 February 2026)

During the high-level segment, the Council hears statements from dignitaries representing more than 120 States, including Heads of State and Government, ministers, and senior officials, addressing pressing human rights issues and global priorities. Meeting in the Assembly Hall of the Palais des Nations, the Council continues its general debate at the highest political level, providing a platform for Member States to outline national perspectives, highlight challenges, and reaffirm commitments to the promotion and protection of human rights.

High-level segment speakers:
Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Minister of External Affairs of India (video message)
Madalitso Chidumu Baloyi, Minister of Health and Sanitation of Malawi
Dhananjay Ramful, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and International Trade of Mauritius (video message)
Baiba Braže, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Latvia (video message)
Augustin Emane, Ministre de la Justice, Garde des Sceaux, Chargé des Droits Humains du Gabon
Winston Peters, Minister of Foreign Affairs of New Zealand (video message)
Mihai Popşoi, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Moldova
Sid Ahmed Ely Benane, Commissioner for Human Rights, Humanitarian Action, and Relations with Civil Society of Mauritania
Yohei Onishi, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan
Beate Meinl-Reisinger, Federal Minister for European and International Affairs of Austria (video message)
Gordan Grlić-Radman, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of Croatia (video message)
Abdalla Mohamed Dirife Ali, Minister of Justice of the Sudan
Olushegun Adjadi Bakari, Ministre des affaires etrangères et de la Coopération du Bénin (video message)
Alexandra Hill Tinoco, Minister of Foreign Affairs of El Salvador (video message)
Mamoudou Kassogue, Ministre de la Justice et des Droits de l’Homme, Garde des Sceaux du Mali
Maria Malmer Stenergard, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sweden (video message)
Chris Elmore, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Multilateral, Human Rights, Latin America and the Caribbean of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Andrii Sybiha, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine (video message)
Josip Brkić, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Marie Chatardová, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Czechia
Monsignor Daniel Pacho, Under-Secretary for the Multilateral Sector of the Section for Relations with States and International Organizations of the Holy See
Theodora Constantinidou, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cyprus
Francisco Caraballo Núñez, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs for Bilateral Foreign Policy of the Dominican Republic
Leo Ryan Pinder, the Attorney-General and Minister of Legal Affairs of the Bahamas (video remarks)
Abdul Khalique Shaikh, Federal Secretary of the Ministry of Human Rights of Pakistan
Jukka Salovaara, Permanent State Secretary of Finland
Haoliang Xu, Associate Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (video message)

The high-level segment forms a central part of the Council’s 61st session, which runs from 23 February to 31 March 20