Opening of Session - 3rd Session of Open-ended…

Item1.Opening of the Session –Video Message by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein – Statement by the President of the Human Rights Council, H.E. Joaquín Maza Martelli – Statement by Peggy Hicks, Director, TSPREDD(OHCHR) Item2.Election of the Chairperson-Rapporteur - Statement by the Chairperson-Rapporteur Item.3 Adoption of the agenda and programme of work Item.4. Plenary discussions in accordance with the programme of work – Presentation by keynote Speakers -H.E. María Fernanda Espinosa, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ecuador, and former Chairperson–Rapporteur of the intergovernmental Open-ended Working Group -Dominique Potier, Member of the French National Assembly - General Statements Debate: Reflections on the implementation of the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and other relevant international, regional and national frameworks Discussion