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H.E. Zeid Ra'ad al Hussein, High Commissioner for Human Rights talked with Dr. Liviu Olteanu on the issue of the Global Summit on Religion, Peace and Security and received a copy of the journal and book produced by the AIDLR

March 2017

Following the meeting of the High Commissioner for Human Rights with the Civil Society Non-Governmental Organizations accredited at Geneva, the Secretary General of the AIDLR, Liviu Olteanu, had an informative exchange with H.E. Zeid Ra'ad AL HUSSEIN, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. Dr. Liviu Olteanu thanked the High Commissioner for the support of his Office at the Global Summit on Religion, Peace and Security co-organized by the International Association for the Defense of Religious Liberty and the United Nations Office of Genocide Prevention, and for their representation at that Global Summit by H.E. Ibrahim SALAMA Chief, Human Rights Treaties Branch OHCHR and H.E. Michael WIENER, Human Right Officer. Dr Olteanu offered the High Commissioner a copy of the journal “Ambassadors for Liberty, Hope and Peace”.


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Photo: Image from the meeting with civil society.