IRRC No. 871

Interview with H. E. Ambassador Luis Alfonso De Alba

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Luis Alfonso De Alba was the first President of the United Nations Human Rights Council and held this mandate from 19 June 2006 to 18 June 2007. During that period, the Council was entrusted by the General Assembly with the task of designing the new institutions of the international human rights system, while at the same time fulfilling its mandate to protect and promote human rights.

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