According to her, women's rights in Russia were discussed at this meeting on her initiative.
Moreover, the meeting with Mr. Mironov focused on the whole range of civil, political, socio-economic and cultural rights, Ms. Arbour said. She was especially interested in the information on the public chamber which is to be formed in Russia and in the work of the parliamentary commission on the investigation of the terrorist act in Beslan.
"I welcome all initiatives of democratic countries when they criticize themselves and set up such institutions," Louise Arbour noted.
Socio-economic rights of Russian citizens and the current situation with beneficial payments were on the agenda of the meeting, as well, she added.
Sergei Mironov told journalists that the problem of the Russian-speaking population in the Baltic states was not discussed. The Federation Council speaker is convinced that the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights is well aware of the problem of the Russian-speaking population in Latvia and Estonia and the propaganda of Nazism in these countries. "This is inadmissible, therefore, all democratic institutions should be involved," Mr. Mironov told journalists.
