Activities

Dec 15, 2005

Burma: Time for UN Action

There are currently more than 1.100 political prisoners in Burma. An AAPP report, endorsed by the Rafto Foundation, urges the UN Security Council to raise the Burmese issue, and asks Secretary General Kofi Annan to intervene personally

Dec 15, 2005

Burma: Time for UN Action

There are currently more than 1.100 political prisoners in Burma. An AAPP report, endorsed by the Rafto Foundation, urges the UN Security Council to raise the Burmese issue, and asks Secretary General...

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Dec 14, 2005

Negotiations on the Human Rights Council so f...

Negotiations on the Human Rights Council continued throughout the week. A new shorter text, expected mid-week, did not appear and negotiations advanced on the basis of the compilation text circulated a...

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Dec 09, 2005

Minister van Ardenne-van der Hoeven on the UN...

To address global poverty, we must look beyond aid and debt relief. Without trade, the missing ingredient in the MDGs, it will be impossible to tackle poverty, says Dutch Minister for Development Coop...

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Dec 08, 2005

Compilation Paper on the Human Rights Council

Document forming the basis of the negotiations on the Human Rights Council submitted by co-chairs to all delegations on 28 November

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Dec 07, 2005

EU on the Human Rights Council: Working Methods,...

The EU should concentrate efforts on the main issues necessary for the early establishment of the Human Rights Council, such as mandate, size, status and composition

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Dec 07, 2005

US: Calls for Empowerment of the Human Rights...

Statement by Mark P. Lagon, Deputy Assistant Secretary of US Mission at the UN, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, in the Human Rights Council Working Group

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Dec 07, 2005

Statement at the WGDD by the Indigenous Peoples...

The Indigenous Peoples Caucus, consisting of Indigenous Delegations from all seven regions of the world, reached consensus on the provisional adoption of preambular paragraphs and of operative articles...

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Dec 07, 2005

China: Statement by Ambassador Wang Guangya at...

China's human rights situation is yet to be a perfect picture. As a developing country, we still have a long way to go before the full realization of all fundamental freedoms and human rights

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