Georgia Human Rights Tender

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia Davit Zalkaliani delivered a speech at the UN Human Rights Council high level segment of the 40th session. In his address the Minister stressed the significance and role of this institution in the protection of human rights particularly in the light of the united efforts of the international community Conflicts and instability inequality discrimination and other human rights violations remain the biggest challenge in the world.The Minister introduced the important progress achieved in the human rights field in Georgia. He also spoke about reforms and new initiatives in recent years and emphasized the importance of civil society involvement in this process. Human rights are the main issue of the agenda of our country. Reforms carried out in recent years were aimed at ensuring comprehensive changes in the freedom of the judiciary institutional independence of law enforcement agencies and the peniten ary system Zalkaliani said. In this regard the Minister emphasized the impressive reforms implemented by Georgia as a reformist country in the peniten ary system which Georgia implored for many countries in the framework of the Good Human Rights Stories initiative.First Deputy Foreign Minister for Human Rights of the Council thanked the Parliament adopted a series of thematic resolutions which is especially notable in the resolution of the cooperation the Human Rights Council is seriously concerned about the fact that the regional and international m nitoringis mechanisms are not allowed to enter Abkhazia and South Ossetia regions. According to the head of the Foreign Ministry the humanitarian and human rights situation on the ground is getting worse. Arbitrary detentions and abductions ethnically motivated human rights violations infringement of the right to life to education in their mother tongue ban freedom of movement residence and property rights and restrictions across the occupation line illegally erected barbed wire fences and other artificial obstacles of everyday R reflected on life. It is particularly alarming that the murder of Archil Tatunashvili Giga Ovoszori and Davit Basharuli has not yet been enforced justice . According to the Minister it is of particular importance to the support of member statesAccording to the Minister Georgia is firmly following the path of engagement confidence building and reconciliation of the population living in the occupied territories and is ready to share all the benefits that the Georgian governments policies and reforms including the peace initiative move forward to a better future. Speaking to the UN Human Rights Council Davit Zalkaliani talked about the challenges of human rights which are facing the whole world today. He condemned the Syrian 8-year-old chaos that killed more than 400000 people crimes committed against the Venezuelan people by the authoritarian regime of Maduro and Russias aggression against Ukraine and Georgia. The Minister once again used its tribunal and Russia to leave the occupied territories and the international community especially the UN Human Rights Council to call for decisive action. On February 25-26 2019 the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia Visited Geneva where he participated and delivered a speech at the high level segment of the 40th session of the Human Rights Council. Street Within the framework of the visit to Geneva Davit Zalkaliani meetings will be held with the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Head of the UN Geneva Office The Director General of the World Trade Organization The Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization The Director General of the World Health Organization and the Foreign Ministers of various countries participating in the high level segment.