06/05/2009

HRC members speaking time reduced to 2 minutes for Afghanistan's review

The speaking time for the review of Afghanistan is reduced to two minutes for Human Rights Council members.

The President of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review, H.E. Martin Ihoeghian Uhomoibhi, announced at the end of the day that, due to the number of speakers enrolled for Afghanistan's review (58 States), Human Rights Council's members will have their speaking time reduced to two minutes.

Countries: Afghanistan