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A devoted defender of human rights – Interview with His Excellency Mr Mousa Burayzat, Ambassador of Jordan to the United Nations
06/25/2008
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Mousa Burayzat

He was one of the first ambassadors to sit on the Human Rights Council, and he is known as a devoted defender of human rights. Q : You have been participating in the Human Rights Council ever since its beginning. What do you think about the Council and what has the first year been like ? The Council — taking everything into consideration — has been rather successful. Of course, we feel that in terms of implementing its resolutions, particularly when…

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Promoting the international legal and political status of the Alaskan indigenous peoples…Interview with Ronald Barnes, Permanent Representative of the Alaska Indigenous Tribes before the UN Human Rights Council
06/25/2008
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Ambassador Ronald Barnes was first appointed in 1994 by the Elders of Tununak, Alaska, as their representative before the United Nations with a clear mandate to promote the international legal and political status of the Alaskan indigenous peoples. The Indigenous Peoples and Nations Coalition was founded as a ’free political institution’ of the Elders and grassroots communities to promote their rights under international law. In 1946 Alaska was placed on the list of Non-Self-governing Territories by virture of General…

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