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29 November 2000
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29 November 2000
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson arrives in Caracas, Venezuela, today on the start of a 10-day visit to Latin America that will also see her go to Mexico, Colombia and Chile.
In Caracas, the High Commissioner will hold her first working meeting with Vice President Isaias Rodriguez. Tomorrow, 30 November, she will address a seminar entitled "International Protection and Promotion of the Rights of the Person", organized by the Institute of High Diplomatic Studies of Venezuela. Her keynote speech will focus on human rights and the establishment of the International Criminal Court. Later in the day, Mrs. Robinson will meet with representatives of Venezuelan civil society and with Dilia Parra, the country's human rights ombudsman.
On Friday, 1 December, Mrs. Robinson travels to Mexico where she will attend the Presidential transfer-of-power ceremony. The High Commissioner and President-elect Vicente Fox Quesada are scheduled to sign a human-rights technical cooperation agreement on 2 December. In Mexico she is also set to meet with the head of the National Human Rights Commission and leading human rights non-governmental organizations.
From Mexico, the High Commissioner will travel on 3 December to Bogota, Colombia, where her Office has a field branch. On 4 December, she is scheduled to meet with President Andrés Pastrana and other senior officials. In the afternoon, she will hold discussions on the current situation in the country with officials of different Colombian political parties, and she will meet with representatives of the Afro-Colombian and indigenous communities.
Mrs. Robinson will end her Latin America visit in Chile. She is scheduled to arrive in Santiago on 5 December to take part in the regional preparatory meeting for the World Conference against Racism (Durban, South Africa, 31 August - 7 September 2001). Mrs. Robinson is also expected to meet with President Ricardo Lagos and with the Ministers for Foreign Affairs, Education and Labour and Social Security.
Mrs. Robinson returns to Geneva on 9 December.
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United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson arrives in Caracas, Venezuela, today on the start of a 10-day visit to Latin America that will also see her go to Mexico, Colombia and Chile.
In Caracas, the High Commissioner will hold her first working meeting with Vice President Isaias Rodriguez. Tomorrow, 30 November, she will address a seminar entitled "International Protection and Promotion of the Rights of the Person", organized by the Institute of High Diplomatic Studies of Venezuela. Her keynote speech will focus on human rights and the establishment of the International Criminal Court. Later in the day, Mrs. Robinson will meet with representatives of Venezuelan civil society and with Dilia Parra, the country's human rights ombudsman.
On Friday, 1 December, Mrs. Robinson travels to Mexico where she will attend the Presidential transfer-of-power ceremony. The High Commissioner and President-elect Vicente Fox Quesada are scheduled to sign a human-rights technical cooperation agreement on 2 December. In Mexico she is also set to meet with the head of the National Human Rights Commission and leading human rights non-governmental organizations.
From Mexico, the High Commissioner will travel on 3 December to Bogota, Colombia, where her Office has a field branch. On 4 December, she is scheduled to meet with President Andrés Pastrana and other senior officials. In the afternoon, she will hold discussions on the current situation in the country with officials of different Colombian political parties, and she will meet with representatives of the Afro-Colombian and indigenous communities.
Mrs. Robinson will end her Latin America visit in Chile. She is scheduled to arrive in Santiago on 5 December to take part in the regional preparatory meeting for the World Conference against Racism (Durban, South Africa, 31 August - 7 September 2001). Mrs. Robinson is also expected to meet with President Ricardo Lagos and with the Ministers for Foreign Affairs, Education and Labour and Social Security.
Mrs. Robinson returns to Geneva on 9 December.
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