Ms. Warzazi Elected Chairperson of UN Human Rights Council Advisory Committee
Mrs. Halima Embarek Warzazi, member of the Moroccan Advisory Council on Human Rights (CCDH), has been elected by acclamation chairperson of the UN Human Rights Council Advisory Committee at the opening of the third session of this Committee in Geneva, from August 3-6, 2009.On this occasion, Mr. José Antonio Bengoa Cabello, Ms. Purificacion V. Quisumbing and Mr. Jean Ziegler were elected as vice-chairmen of the Committee, and Latif Huseynov as Rapporteur.
The agenda of the third session of the Committee includes several items, including the discussion of a draft outlining a set of principles and guidelines on the elimination of discrimination against people with leprosy and their families.
Ms. Warzazi is one of the first Moroccan women to hold diplomatic posts. Also, she has held several positions within the United Nations since 1973. She was elected in 1997 unanimously vice-chair of the 49th session of the Sub Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities.
Ms. Warzazi wrote "Les Nations Unies ou la fin d'une belle époque".