EIUC Diplomatic Conference 2006

The EIUC DIPLOMATIC CONFERENCE on The role of the European Union in the newly established UN Human Rights Council took place on 8 July 2006 in Venice, Monastery of San Nicolò. the conference was officially opened by Prof. Horst Fischer, EIUC President. Among the guest speakers were Mr. Engelbert Theuermann, Head of the Human Rights Directorate, Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Ms Satu Suikkari, Head of the UN Human Rights Team, Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Michael Matthiessen, Personal Representative of the Secretary-General/High Representative for Human Rights, General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union; Mr. Geoffrey Harris, Head, Human Rights Unit, European Parliament; Mr. Oliver Allen, General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union, Liaison Office in Geneva. List of participants