Brenda Yufeh
8 August 2007
An exchange meeting took place between government representatives and UN representative for Human Rights and Democracy in Central Africa yesterday .
Ahead of the 2007 September session of the United Nations General Assembly, the United Nations Centre for Human Rights and Democracy in Central Africa yesterday in Yaounde had an exchange meeting with representative of the government. The meeting was aimed at identifying collaboration avenues in which the UN Regional Office for Human Rights and Democracy could support the government of Cameroon during the upcoming UN General Assembly.
The Regional Representative of the United Nations Centre for Human Rights and Democracy in Central Africa, Marie-Evelyne Petrus-Barry, said the come together enabled her to brief the government on the different strategies of the centre for the next two years. Noting that because the centre is the government's main partner in promoting democracy and that the government is going to participate in the September session of the UN General Assembly, there was need for them to sit and discuss on what will be presented to the UN General Assembly. She added that the meeting is also to ensure that future proposals on Human Right issues by the United Nations Centre for Human Right and Democracy in Central Africa are in line with what the government of Cameroon is expecting. So far, Marie-Evelyne Petrus-Barry said they have been supporting the government of Cameroon in upholding human rights obligations, sensitising various partners on human right and democracy principles as well as ensuring that journalists are more aware of human rights issues and how to report.
The Chairperson of the National Commission on Human Right and Freedom, Dr Chemuta Divine Banda, said the commission might not attend the next session of the UN General Assembly because the commission does not want to attend the General assembly as an observer. He explained that the commission did not go through re-accreditation process when the exercise took place and they are trying to satisfy the conditions needed which will enable them fully participate in international conferences. Dr Chemuta Divine Banda said resources have always being lacking for them to fully carry out their activities and as such they are not regular in their reports which are supposed to be yearly and not a four-year progressive report.
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