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Ambassador CHOI Kyonglim, President of the Human Rights Council, Tenth Cycle (2016)

Ambassador CHOI Kyonglim, President of the Human Rights Council

Choi Kyonglim has been serving as Permanent Representative of the Republic of Korea to the United Nations Office at Geneva since 5 October 2015. Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Choi was the Deputy Minister for Trade at the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy. From 2012 to 2013, he served as the Deputy Minister for Free Trade Agreement at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Between 2009 and 2012, Mr. Choi was the Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Brazil. Prior to that, between 2005 and 2009, he held various positions at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, including those of the Senior Adviser to the Minister for Trade, Senior Coordinator for Free Trade Agreement negotiations and the Director General for Free Trade Agreement Policy.

Statements

Statements

President’s Farewell Remarks, HRC Organizational Session

05 December 2016

Statement by the President of the Human Rights Council, H.E. Choi Kyonglim at the Commemoration of the 25th Anniversary of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention

28 November 2016

Statement by the Vice-President of the Human Rights Council, H.E. Negash Kebret Botora, at the 9th session of the United Nations Forum on Minority Issues

24 November 2016

Statement by the Vice-President of the Human Rights Council, H.E. Geert Muylle, at the 5th annual Forum on business and human rights, 15 November 2016

15 November 2016

Statement by H.E. Ambassador Choi Kyonglim, President of the Human Rights Council, UPR Info / Switzerland Event “Ensuring sustainable implementation at the Universal Periodic Review” to mark the end of the 2nd cycle of the UPR and prepare for the 3rd.

10 November 2016

Statement by H.E. Ambassador Choi Kyonglim, President of the Human Rights Council, 71st session of the General Assembly

04 November 2016

Statement made at the GA's High-level Thematic Debate on Human Rights, 12 July 2016

12 July 2016

Statement by Vice President of the Human Rights Council, H.E. Ramón Alberto Morales at the 9th Session of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

11 July 2016

President of Human Rights Council appoints members of monitoring mission on South Sudan

14 June 2016

Keynote Address to the Glion Human Rights Dialogue III, 3 May 2016

10 May 2016

Address made at Opening Ceremony of 29th General Meeting, International Coordinating Committee of National Institutions for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights

22 March 2016

Introductory remarks at Commemoration of International Day of Remembrance of Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade

18 March 2016

Video-message by HRC President for the HRC 10th Anniversary Event at UNHQ, New York, 15 March 2016

15 March 2016

Statement by H.E. Mr. Choi Kyonglim, President of the Human Rights Council at the opening of the sixteenth session of the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee

22 February 2016

Statement by President of the Human Rights Council
Amb. Choi Kyong-lim (Republic of Korea)
at Meeting of Ministers’ Deputies of the Council of Europe
Strasbourg, 11 February 2016

16 February 2016

Statement by President of Human Rights Council
Amb. Choi Kyong-lim (Republic of Korea)
at I.S.H.R. Reception

28 January 2016

Statement by President-elect of Human Rights Council Amb. Choi Kyong-lim (Republic of Korea) to the Organisational Meeting of the Human Rights Council

07 December 2015

Activities