Activities

Oct 26, 2005

Disappointment with UN Summit Outcome

Heads of states represented in the UN failed to reach a substantial agreement on significant reform as yet again the lowest common denominator prevailed, say disappointed members of the high-level reform panel

Oct 26, 2005

Disappointment with UN Summit Outcome

Heads of states represented in the UN failed to reach a substantial agreement on significant reform as yet again the lowest common denominator prevailed, say disappointed members of the high-level reform...

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Oct 25, 2005

The General Conference of UNESCO adopts Convention...

On 20 October 2005 a UNESCO resolution reaffirmed the "sovereign right of countries" to pursue policies aimed at "protecting and promoting the diversity of cultural expressions on their territory" and...

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Oct 24, 2005

U.N. Human Rights Body Must Exclude Violators,...

U.S.committed to working with other U.N. members to replace the current UNCHR with a new and more effective body before March 2006, says senior U.S. official

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Oct 20, 2005

Asian Governments at the Gate: The Beginning of...

Some claim controversial "Non-Paper" seeks to destroy advancements made in the field of human rights since 1970s as well as seeking to exclude independent experts in the name of addressing "conflict of...

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Oct 14, 2005

Stormy Weather at the United Nations: Will There...

The Secretary-General and his staff have been actively seeking to demonstrate that the outcome of the summit was a big step in the right direction to bring the UN into the 21st century and equip it to...

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Oct 11, 2005

Annan Backs Geneva to Host Human Rights Body

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan is convinced the new UN Human Rights Council will be based in Geneva. He hopes it will be set up this year

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Oct 05, 2005

West Papua: Appeal to United Nations

Appalled by the ongoing suffering of the people of West Papua under the Yudhoyono administration and the increased military and militia occupation of West Papua, we join our voices to those of the Irish...

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