PM affirms concern of government to enhance human rights and freedoms

SANA'A, Feb. 11 (Saba)-Prime Minister Ali Mujawar affirmed on Wednesday concern of
the government to boost human rights and freedoms in the country.

During his meeting with members of preparing the national report on human rights
condition in the country, Mujawar said that the government would work to enhance
human rights and freedoms in the country based on electoral platform of President
Ali Abdullah Saleh as well as international human rights agreements.
It is scheduled that the national report would be discussed next May during the
meeting of the Human Rights Council in Geneva.

The report includes legal and structural aspects related to human rights in the
country and achievements in this regard since the unification, the members of the
committee said.

The Minister of Human Rights Huda al-Ban, the head of the committee said that the
committee adopted transparency in preparing the report to cover all aspects of human
rights in the country, adding that the ministry concerns to discuss the report with
several government and non government organizations to extend range of the
participation in preparing the report.

The minister pointed out that the report includes all aspects of human rights in and
needs of the country to enhance its efforts to speared awareness and training as
well as conducting studies on human rights.

Mujawar highlighted efforts of the committee in preparing the report that reflects
positive progress in domain of human rights in the country. He also pointed out to
the efforts of the government to resolve several human rights issues within
constitution and national principles.

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