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Ambassador Stavros Lambrinidis is the Head of the Delegation of the European Union to the United Nations since January 2024. Previously, he was the Head of the European Union Delegation to the United States. His predecessor was Olof Skoog, who was appointed European Union Special Representative for Human Rights in March 2024.
A long-standing request [37] for a representative that would be in charge of enhancing the effectiveness and visibility of EU's human rights policy, based on the Strategic Framework and Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy (officially adopted on 25 June 2012), [38] led to the creation of the post of the Special Representative of the ...
The EU supports the UN's values of freedom, democracy and human rights. The preamble to the EU's treaty cites the UN Charter's human rights articles and is very active on the UN Human Rights Council. The EU was also instrumental in setting up the system of UN Special Rapporteurs on human rights issues. [7]
The European Union on Monday repeated calls for China to stop human rights violations after an EU delegation visited Tibet and also met with Chinese officials. The EU said in a statement it was ...
Permanent Representative of Iran to the United Nations: 81. Iraq: Abbas Kadhim Obaid Al-Fatlawi: chargé d'affaires ad interim: Permanent Representative of Iraq to the United Nations: 82. Ireland: Fergal Tomas Mythen: 26 August 2022: 83. Israel: Danny Danon: 19 August 2024: Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations: 84. Italy ...
Deputy Head of Delegation in Vienna United Nations New York City: Stavros Lambrinidis 2024 João Vale de Almeida (2015–2019); Thomas Mayr-Harting (2011–2015); Olof Skoog (2019–2023) United Nations Geneva: Lotte Knudsen 2021 Maria Angela Zappia (2011–2014), Walter Stevens [18] (2018–2021) United Nations Vienna: Carl Hallergård 2023
The European Union's (EU) Treaty of Lisbon, in force since 1 December 2009, requires the EU to accede to the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). Article 6 of the consolidated Treaty on European Union states "The Union shall accede to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. Such accession ...
Raphael, who is fluent in English and French as well as Hebrew, has taken part in advocacy for Israel over the last year, including speaking to the UN Human Rights Council about her experience of ...