Deputy FM Amanatidis to participate in the high-level panel discussion of the 31st Session of the UN Human Rights Council (Geneva, 1 March 2016)

Deputy Foreign Minister Ioannis Amanatidis is traveling to Geneva today, Monday, 29 February 2016, to participate in the 31st Session of the UN Human Rights Council.

Mr. Amanatidis will present his views at the high-level panel discussion of the Human Rights Council on Tuesday, 1 March 2016, as well as at the Disarmament Conference.

Mr. Amanatidis will also attend a Cypriot Permanent Representation event on the impact of the destruction of cultural heritage on human rights, and he will have a one-on-one meeting with the Permanent Secretary of the Cypriot Foreign Ministry, Ambassador Zenon.

On the margins of the Session, Mr. Amanatidis will visit the Ecumenical Patriarchate’s Orthodox Center in Geneva, where he will meet with His Eminence Metropolitan Jeremias of Switzerland and His Grace Bishop Makarios of Lampsacus, as well as with members of the Greek associations of Geneva and Lausanne and educators at the Greek School.

February 29, 2016