Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met with Thorbjorn Jagland, Secretary General of the Council of Europe, on the sidelines of the UN Human Rights Council annual session on March 1.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met with Thorbjorn Jagland, Secretary General of the Council of Europe, on the sidelines of the UN Human Rights Council annual session on March 1.
The officials discussed the key aspects of interaction between Russia and the Council of Europe as Russia marks 20 years since it joined the organisation, including efforts to step up intergovernmental sectoral cooperation and to hold a number of joint pan-European events in Russia, press department reports.
The 31st session of the United Nations Human Rights Council opened on February 29. Senior UN officials emphasized the powerful link between the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the right to development, highlighting that people on the front lines of armed conflict and humanitarian need are hoping the Organization can help ease their suffering.
“Long-term peace and security cannot exist without human rights for all,” United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told the Council members at UN headquarters in Geneva.
“Sustainable development is impossible without peace and security. Human rights are the very foundation of our common humanity. These fundamental links have led the United Nations to undertake wide-ranging advocacy and defence of human rights,” he underlined.
