Open Letter from the PILPG Circle of Former Ambassadors of the UN Human Rights Council to International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach on the Potential Readmission of "Neutral" Russian and Belarussian Athletes for the 2024 Olympics
March 27, 2023
The Public International Law & Policy Group, an ECOSOC-accredited NGO, convened a Circle of Former Ambassadors to the United Nations Human Rights Council, a group of several former Ambassadors to the Human Rights Council, including two former Presidents of the Council - Ambassador Joachim Rucker (2015) and Ambassador Vojislav Suc (2019).
On March 27, PILPG's Circle of Former Ambassadors to the United Nations Human Rights Council sent an open letter to the International Olympic Committee President, Thomas Bach, on the potential readmission of "neutral" Russian and Belarussian athletes for the 2024 Olympics.
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Zorica Marić-Djordjević
Chair
Former Ambassador of Montenegro
PILPG Senior Peace Fellow
Joachim Ruecker
Former Ambassador of Germany
Former UN Human Rights Council President
Keith Harper
Former Ambassador of the United States
Vojislav Suc
Former Ambassador of Slovenia
Former UN Human Rights Council President
Yvette Stevens
Former Ambassador of Sierra Leone
Filloreta Kodra
Former Ambassador of Albania
Jorge Lomonaco
Former Ambassador of Mexico
Amanda Ellis
Former Ambassador of New Zealand
Tudor Ulianovschi
Former Ambassador of the Republic of Moldova
Francisco Villagrán de León
Former Ambassador of Guatemala
Juan Esteban Aguirre
Former Ambassador of Paraguay
Dr. Iruthisham Adam
Former Ambassador of the Maldives