Assembly Committee Hears Briefings on Human Rights in DPRK, Iran and Myanmar

A view of the speakers' table as Ahmed Shaheed (third from left), UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, speaks to a Member of the General Assembly's Third Committee during a meeting of the Committee on the promotion and protection of human rights. With Mr. Shaheed are, from left, Marzuki Darusman, Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK); Tomás Ojea Quintana, Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Myanmar; and Hussein Haniff, Permanent Representative of Malaysia to the UN and Chair of the Committee.