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Top UN Human Rights Official to Visit Brazil
New York, Nov 5 2009
The United Nations human rights chief will begin her first official visit to Brazil on Saturday during which she will discuss a range of issues with Government officials, members of civil society and others in three major cities.
Navi Pillay kicks off
her weeklong visit in the northern city of Salvador,
according to a news release issued from the Office of the
High Commissioner for Human Rights (http://ochaonline.un.org/).
She will visit an
Afro-Brazilian community located close to Salvador, before
proceeding to Rio de Janeiro on Monday, where she will visit
one of the city’s impoverished districts, known as
favelas.
On Wednesday, Ms. Pillay begins her visit to
the capital, Brasília, where she will attend the opening of
Brazil’s Human Rights Defenders Conference.
While in
the capital, she is also slated to sign an agreement that
includes measures for establishing three-way partnerships
between Brazil, OHCHR, and other countries that request help
in improving human rights protection.
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