GENEVA – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk arrived in Damascus on Tuesday at the start of a visit to Syria and Lebanon from 14 to 16 January.
During his brief two-country visit, Türk is scheduled to meet officials, as well as representatives of civil society organisations, members of the diplomatic corps and UN entities.
This is the first visit by a UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to Syria, and the second visit to Lebanon after the Human Rights Chief visited there in 2002.
More details about a news conference, including instructions on registration, will be issued locally.
For more information and media requests, please contact:
Jeremy Laurence (travelling with the High Commissioner): [email protected]
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