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UN chief to address UN Human Rights Council opening session in Geneva

Xinhua, February 24, 2017 Adjust font size:

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will be in Geneva next Monday, where he will speak at the opening session of the UN Human Rights Council in his first address to the body since taking office on Jan. 1, a UN spokesman announced here Thursday.

"The secretary-general will also visit the headquarters of the International Committee of the Red Cross, where he will meet its president, Peter Maurer," UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said at a daily news briefing here.

The secretary-general, who was the former prime minister of Portugal and the head of the UN refugee agency, will return to New York on Monday evening.

The UN Human Rights Council, based in Geneva, is an inter-governmental body within the United Nations system made up of 47 states responsible for the promotion and protection of all human rights around the globe. Endit