The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Andreas Kakouris, is in Geneva, where on Tuesday he will present, as Head of the Cyprus Delegation, the report of Cyprus on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR).
A statement by the Foreign Ministry said that the Universal Periodic Review is a mechanism of the Human Rights Council, under which all UN states submit a national report on the human rights situation in the country every 4 or 5 years. Under current practice, the report records the progress made in implementing the recommendations accepted by the State under review at the time of the previous presentation of the report.
It is added that during his stay in Geneva, Kakouris will have successive meetings with the UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Nada Al Nashif and the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross Mirjana Spoljaric Egger.
Kakouris returns to Cyprus on Wednesday, the statement concludes.
Source: Cyprus News Agency