Tehran, February 28: Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi has arrived in the Swiss city of Geneva to attend the 16th session of the UN Human Rights Council and a plenary meeting of the Conference on Disarmament.
Salehi, who arrived in Geneva early Monday at the head of a high-ranking delegation, is scheduled to deliver speeches at the four-week session of the UN Human Rights Council and the Conference on Disarmament.
The top Iranian diplomat also plans to hold bilateral negotiations with heads of delegations attending the conference, IRNA reported.
The UN Disarmament Conference, the world’s sole multinational negotiating forum for disarmament, has been meeting in Geneva since 1979. It comprises of 65 member states, including Brazil, Britain, Iran, Turkey and the United States.
Cessation of the nuclear arms race and nuclear disarmament, prevention of nuclear war, comprehensive program of disarmament and transparency in armaments are part of the agenda that the Conference pursues.
The UN Human Rights Council is an inter-governmental body with 47 member states, which was established by the UN General Assembly in 2006 with the main purpose of addressing instances of human rights violations.
——-Agencies