The General Committee on Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Questions, held on 25 February 2022, was opened by the Chair, Ms. Sereine Mauborgne (France), who discussed the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on global human rights conditions. Ms. Mauborgne also provided an overview of her work in three areas: countering discrimination; addressing structural issues, such as impact of the OSCE consensus rule on human rights engagement; and engaging on specific localized issues, such as the migrant situation on the Belarus-Poland border, NGO treatment in Russia, and the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan.