Bahrain has highlighted the need for countries to raise the level of preparedness for pandemics, and to invest in a healthier and safer future.
The kingdom’s permanent representative to the UN Office and other international organisations in Geneva Dr Yusuf Abdulkarim Bucheeri stressed the importance of adopting policies and measures to confront the challenges resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic in line with international standards, and as called for by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, as well as recommendations of the World Health Organisation.
He made the statement as he led Bahrain’s delegation to a public debate on the update of the High Commissioner for Human Rights report, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.
Bahrain continues its pioneering initiatives in the field of protecting and promoting human rights, and implementing its voluntary commitments in accordance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the recommendations that the kingdom received during the Universal Periodic Review, Dr Bucheeri said.
The first stages of preparing the National Human Rights Action Plan were launched in August by holding a number of workshops in co-operation with relevant national, international and regional bodies, and with the broad participation of stakeholders.
Dr Bucheeri said the Human Rights Council has an important responsibility towards encouraging co-operation and solidarity among states, free from politicisation, selectivity and interference in their internal affairs, with the aim of creating a united international front to face crises and challenges facing humanity now and in the future.
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