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INVITATION FOR MEDIA COVERAGE DURING THE OPENING AND CLOSING CEREMONY OF THE ROUNTABLE DISCUSSION IN CONJUNCTION WITH ASEAN HUMAN RIGHTS DECLARATION (AHRD) DAY, 18 NOVEMBER 2016
Thursday 17/11/2016
The ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) Malaysia is organising the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration (AHRD) Day Roundtable Discussion on Friday, 18 November 2016.
The Roundtable discussion will be attended by representatives from other Agencies/Ministries, representative from United Nation Development (UNDP), United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, representatives from Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) as well as representatives from ASEAN Member States’ embassies.
Details of the event are as below:
Day/Date : Friday 18 November 2016
Time : 9.00 am – 5.30 pm
Venue : Triti Meeting Room, Ground Floor, Block WP1, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Malaysia, Putrajaya
Note : Media representatives are advised to arrive 30 minutes before the event commences.
Programme
0830 – 0900 : Arrival of participants / Registration
0900 – 0930 : Opening
Welcome remarks by:
YBhg. Dato’ Sudha Devi, Director-General, Department of Policy Planning and Coordination, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Mr. Edmund Bon Tai Soon, Representative of Malaysia to the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR)
Photo opportunity
0930 – 1000 : Report by the AICHR-Malaysia and Discussion
1000 – 1015 : Coffee break
1015 – 1100 : Discussion Stream 1 with AICHR Malaysia & Council for Anti-Trafficking in Persons & Anti-Smuggling of Migrants (MAPO) representative:
Trafficking in Persons, Article 13 AHRD – ASEAN Convention Against Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women & Children 2015 (ACTIP) & ASEAN Plan of Action Against Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women & Children 2015 (APA)
1100 – 1115 : Coffee Break
1115 – 1200 : Discussion Stream 2 with AICHR Malaysia & Human Rights & Humanities Division (HRHD), Ministry of Foreign Affairs representative:
Right to safe drinking water & sanitation, Article 28(e) AHRD – International Covenant on Economic, Social & Cultural Rights (ICESCR)
1200 – 1430 : Lunch break / Friday Prayer
1430 – 1515 : Discussion Stream 3 with AICHR Malaysia & Ministry of Human Resources (MOHR) representative [as the Malaysian representative to the ASEAN Committee on the Implementation of the ASEAN Declaration on the Protection & Promotion of the Rights of Migrant Workers (ACMW)]:
Rights of migrant workers, Article 4 AHRD – ASEAN Declaration on the Protection & Promotion of the Rights of Migrant Workers 2007
1515 – 1530 : Coffee break
1530 – 1615 : Discussion Stream 4 with AICHR Malaysia & Legal Affairs Department (BHEUU), Prime Minister’s Department representative:
Right to life, Articles 11 & 14 AHRD - Death penalty
1615 - 1700 : Feedback
1. AHRD: Looking ahead and moving forward
2. AICHR Malaysia’s Priority Programmes 2018
1700 - 1715 : Closing
Concluding remarks
- Mr. Edmund Bon Tai Soon
You are cordially invited to send a reporter and photographer/cameraman to cover the event.
SOURCE : Ministry of Foreign Affairs
FOR MORE INFORMATION,PLEASE CONTACT:
Name : Azreey Abu Kasim
Assistant Director
Department of Communication and Public Diplomacy
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Malaysia
Tel: 03 - 8887 4376
Email: azreey@kln.gov.my
-BERNAMA
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