{"id":81583,"date":"2018-10-01T15:58:38","date_gmt":"2018-10-01T22:58:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=81583"},"modified":"2018-10-01T15:58:38","modified_gmt":"2018-10-01T22:58:38","slug":"sri-lankas-ambassador-a-l-a-azeez-chairs-the-social-forum-2018-of-the-un-human-rights-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2018\/10\/01\/sri-lankas-ambassador-a-l-a-azeez-chairs-the-social-forum-2018-of-the-un-human-rights-council\/","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lanka’s Ambassador A.L.A. Azeez Chairs the Social Forum 2018 of the UN Human Rights Council"},"content":{"rendered":"

Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka to UN in Geneva<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n

The 2018 Social Forum of the United Nations Human Rights Council kicked off today at the United Nations in Geneva, with Sri Lanka’s Permanent Representative Ambassador Azeez as\u00a0the Chairperson-Rapporteur,\u00a0alongside High Commissioner for Human Rights Madam Michelle Bachelet and Council President Vogislav Suc. This three day Forum will address\u00a0\u00a0the possibilities of further promoting human rights for all and to strengthen universal respect for them, through a thematic focus.<\/p>\n

Opening the 2018 Social Forum of UN Human Rights Council today Ambassador Azeez says ‘this Forum has served as an inclusive platform for multi-stakeholders & has enabled a deep reflection, among participants, on important themes that could bring out diverse aspects of intersectionality between Human Rights and the society’.<\/p>\n

Addressing the Social Forum further, Sri\u00a0Lanka’s Permanent Representative stated that at a time when every recognized norm and value on which the UN, international order, and multilateralism stand, was being put to test in today’s globalized and yet volatile world, the importance of Social Forum, stands enhanced as a bridge-builder and as an enabler of an exchange of diverse perspectives aimed to strengthen and elaborate such norms and values.<\/p>\n

Addressing the Forum,\u00a0Ms. Michelle Bachelet, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights emphasized the\u00a0importance\u00a0of sports as a tool for social\u00a0and\u00a0human empowerment. President of the Council Ambassador\u00a0Vogislav Suc\u00a0also\u00a0addressed the opening session.<\/p>\n

This year’s Social Forum consists of 9 thematic sessions followed by interactive dialogue in each session covering wider range of themes such as\u00a0Sports, Human Solidarity and Universal Values for All Humanity;\u00a0Sports and the Equal Rights of Men and Women\u201d;\u00a0Inclusivity, Equality and Non-Discrimination in Sport;\u00a0Sports, Sustainable Cities and the Right to an Adequate Standard of Living;\u00a0Sports for Sustainable Development and Sustained Peace;\u00a0Youth, Children and Future Generations etc. and side events.<\/p>\n

A documentary created by Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation on how sports and sports-persons help create an impact on society in our journey to peace and reconciliation was screened.<\/p>\n

The Forum will end with\u00a0a musical presentation by the\u00a0UN Music Team titled\u00a0a World Premiere Racing for Peace\u201d\u00a0which symbolises Sri Lankans\u2019 desire and commitment for lasting peace and advancement of human rights.<\/p>\n

(Video Link :\u00a0http:\/\/webtv.un.org\/watch\/panel-on-sport-the-olympic-ideal-social-forum-2018-\/5842795342001\/<\/a>\u00a0 )<\/em><\/p>\n

Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka to UN in Geneva<\/p>\n

01st<\/sup> October 2018<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka to UN in Geneva The 2018 Social Forum of the United Nations Human Rights Council kicked off today at the United Nations in Geneva, with Sri Lanka’s Permanent Representative Ambassador Azeez as\u00a0the Chairperson-Rapporteur,\u00a0alongside High Commissioner for Human Rights Madam Michelle Bachelet and Council President Vogislav Suc. This three day Forum […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-forum"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81583"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81583\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}