The clash of perspectives on human rights issues was the focus of vigorous debate this afternoon as the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) continued its consideration of issues related to human rights.
Discussion Continues on International Law Commission Report
CORRECTION
The above headline on Press Release GA/L/3159 issued on 30 October should be amended to read:
ASSEMBLYS LEGAL COMMITTEE IS TOLD DIPLOMATIC PROTECTION CONCEPT
IS DISCRETIONARY, RATHER THAN OBLIGATION OF STATES
The Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) this afternoon began its consideration of the proposed medium-term plan for 2002-2005.
Top Priority International Effort Urged to Combat Social, Economic, Security Consequences of Disease
The General Assembly this morning took up its agenda item on a culture of peace, including the International Year for the Culture of Peace (2000), as well as the International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World (2001-2010), which was proclaimed by the Assembly in 1998.
No countrys human rights record was perfect, and States should offer help rather than blame when it came to ensuring human rights for the world's vulnerable, the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) was told this afternoon as it continued discussing human rights issues.
"I cannot but underline how impressed I am by the present general situation six years after the genocide", Special Representative on the situation of human rights in Rwanda, Michel Moussalli, said of that country this morning as the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) met to continue discussing human rights issues.
