Monday, November 13, 2006
UN holds meeting with Ministry of Human Rights
Security
The UNAMI (U.N. Assistence Mission for Iraq) Human Rights Office (HRO) together with the Ministry of Human Rights (MOHR) is holding a meeting between 13 and 15 November 2006 in the Al-Rasheed Hotel on Strengthening the Human Rights Protection in Iraq – The role and functions of the Ministry of Human Rights. The meeting is designed to provide senior officials from the Ministry of Human Rights with the opportunity to present the new structure and core functions of the Ministry as well as discuss how best to improve cooperation, sharing of information and coordination within the Government and with state institutions. The meeting will be co-chaired by H.E. Ms. Wijdan Salim, Minister of Human Rights and UNAMI Chief of Human Rights Office, in presence of the Media.
Representatives from the Ministries of Justice, Defense, Interior, Education, Social Affairs, and National Dialogue and Reconciliation together with Members of the Human Rights Committee of the Iraqi Council of Representatives, the Office of the Prime Minister, the office of the Deputy Prime Minister, and of the High Judicial Council have been invited to participate. The meeting is part of the ongoing activities that UNAMI HRO has organized together with the MOHR and other Ministries in compliance with its UN-SCR 1546 mandate to “promote the protection of human rights, national reconciliation, and judicial and legal reform in order to strengthen the rule of law in Iraq”.
Representatives from the Ministries of Justice, Defense, Interior, Education, Social Affairs, and National Dialogue and Reconciliation together with Members of the Human Rights Committee of the Iraqi Council of Representatives, the Office of the Prime Minister, the office of the Deputy Prime Minister, and of the High Judicial Council have been invited to participate. The meeting is part of the ongoing activities that UNAMI HRO has organized together with the MOHR and other Ministries in compliance with its UN-SCR 1546 mandate to “promote the protection of human rights, national reconciliation, and judicial and legal reform in order to strengthen the rule of law in Iraq”.
