MINSK, 18 February (BelTA) - The ministerial consultations to discuss the topic “Human rights issues in the context of cooperation at international organizations” took place at the CIS headquarters in Minsk on 17 February, BelTA learned from the CIS Executive Committee.
The participants in the consultations discussed the need to ensure the leading role of UN member states in all tracks of the organization's reform processes, including the human rights. The parties highlighted the importance of joint work to counter attempts to reformat the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights from a structural unit of the UN Secretariat into an independent organization or agency not accountable to states. CIS foreign ministry officials agreed that the Human Rights Council's financial problems are partly due to its agenda being overloaded with non-core issues.
Furthermore, the meeting participants emphasized the importance of deepening multilateral interaction and coordinating the efforts of the CIS countries in order to pursue a coordinated policy aimed at ensuring mutually respectful constructive cooperation between states in the field of human rights and countering the further politicization of the work of UN human rights bodies and mechanisms. The experts confirmed the importance of further joint efforts aimed at preserving historical truth and countering attempts to rewrite the outcomes of World War II.
The representatives of the CIS states agreed to continue providing mutual support for candidates nominated by the CIS states for election to UN human rights and other bodies with limited membership.
the consultations brought together representatives of Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and the CIS Executive Committee.
The participants in the consultations discussed the need to ensure the leading role of UN member states in all tracks of the organization's reform processes, including the human rights. The parties highlighted the importance of joint work to counter attempts to reformat the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights from a structural unit of the UN Secretariat into an independent organization or agency not accountable to states. CIS foreign ministry officials agreed that the Human Rights Council's financial problems are partly due to its agenda being overloaded with non-core issues.
Furthermore, the meeting participants emphasized the importance of deepening multilateral interaction and coordinating the efforts of the CIS countries in order to pursue a coordinated policy aimed at ensuring mutually respectful constructive cooperation between states in the field of human rights and countering the further politicization of the work of UN human rights bodies and mechanisms. The experts confirmed the importance of further joint efforts aimed at preserving historical truth and countering attempts to rewrite the outcomes of World War II.
The representatives of the CIS states agreed to continue providing mutual support for candidates nominated by the CIS states for election to UN human rights and other bodies with limited membership.
the consultations brought together representatives of Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and the CIS Executive Committee.
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