Meetings
The Working Group holds regular off-the-record briefings for its members with Security Council ambassadors, UN officials and others with special knowledge of Council matters. The meetings serve four main functions:
To inform NGOs about the work of the Council, including closed meetings and behind-the-scenes negotiations.
To provide ambassadors with unique information and analysis from NGOs with field presence and/or expertise.
To offer NGOs an opportunity for advocacy.
To introduce diplomats to NGO representatives (and vice versa), so that wider contact and bilateral advocacy can take place easily.
2025 Meetings
February 18
Ambassador Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett
Permanent Representative of Guyana
March 3
Ambassador Michael Imran Kanu
Permanent Representative of Sierra Leone
March 4
Ambassador Christina Markus Lassen
Permanent Representative of Denmark
March 25
Ambassador Jérôme Bonnafont
Permanent Representative of France
April 16
Ambassador Evangelos Sekeris
Permanent Representative of Greece
April 17
Ambassador Vanessa Frazier
Permanent Representative of Malta
May 7
Ambassador Samuel Žbogar
Permanent Representative of Slovenia
May 22
Assistant Secretary-General Ilze Brands Kehris
Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
June 16
Ambassador Asim Iftikhar Ahmad
Permanent Representative of Pakistan
June 24
Head of Human Rights Components in UN Peace Missions
Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
July 10
UN Working Group on the use of mercenaries
UN Human Rights Council
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2024 - 1994
