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STORY: UN / HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL PRESIDENT
TRT: 01:59
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 04 NOVEMBER 2022, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
FILE – NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, United Nations Headquarters
04 NOVEMBER 2022, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, briefing room
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Federico Villegas, President, Human Rights Council:
“This year, of course, was the busiest one for the Human Rights Council, which had to deal with three major shaping events. The impact of climate change, the pandemic – that is not over – and the escalation of conflicts with global consequences. Human rights have been greatly impacted by these three shaping events, but at the same time the Council has continuously addressed these issues in order to overcome them and prevent greater impact.”
4. Wide shot, journalists listening
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Federico Villegas, President, Human Rights Council:
“It is obvious that there is a need in the Iranian society for expressing their ways and their opinion of looking at some things in a different way. And the Council is to help any country, any society, to improve their human rights. So what I expect is that we can realize and the Iranian authorities realize that the mechanisms of the Council are there to assist member states to address their human rights challenges.”
6. Close up, journalist asking question
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Federico Villegas, President, Human Rights Council:
“Yes, we did approve, for the first time, a Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation of the Russian Federation. It is the first time that we approve a mechanism like that on a permanent member of the Security Council. And the Special Rapporteur will be appointed soon and he will address the human rights situation in the Russian Federation and present the report and follow up the situation on different human rights challenges.”
8. Close up, journalist asking question
The President of the Human Rights Council, Federico Villegas, said that climate change, the COVID-19 pandemic and the escalation of conflicts have “greatly impacted” human rights all over the world.
Speaking to journalists in New York on Friday (04 Nov), Villegas said that “this year, of course, was the busiest one for the Human Rights Council, which had to deal with three major shaping events.”
Despite their impacts, the President said that the Council “has continuously addressed these issues in order to overcome them and prevent greater impact.”
Speaking about the situation in Iran, Villegas said that “it is obvious that there is a need in the Iranian society for expressing their ways and their opinion of looking at some things in a different way.”
According to him, “the Council is to help any country, any society, to improve their human rights” and he expects that “the Iranian authorities realize that the mechanisms of the Council are there to assist member states to address their human rights challenges.”
Villegas also noted that the Council approved this session, for the first time, a Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation of the Russian Federation.
“It is the first time that we approve a mechanism like that on a permanent member of the Security Council. And the Special Rapporteur will be appointed soon and he will address the human rights situation in the Russian Federation and present the report and follow up the situation on different human rights challenges,” explained the President.
