HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS, GUATEMALA

 

SIGN ACCORD TO OPEN OFFICE IN COUNTRY

 

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 10 January (OHCHR) -- The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) is set to establish an expanded presence in Guatemala later this year, according to the terms of an agreement signed today in New York with the Government of the Central American nation.

Background Release

 

COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD TO HOLD THIRTY-EIGHTH SESSION

IN GENEVA FROM 10 TO 28 JANUARY 2005

 

Situation of Child Rights in Sweden, Albania, Luxembourg,

Austria, Belize, Bahamas, Iran, Nigeria, Togo and Bolivia to Be Considered

Human Rights

 Panel Discussion

‘ABC:  TEACHING HUMAN RIGHTS’ BOOKLET LAUNCHED AT HEADQUARTERS

AS PANEL DISCUSSES HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS

 

Human Rights

Panel Discussion

Seminar participants stress importance of tolerance,

 

understanding, education in countering islamophobia

 

‘Unlearning Intolerance’:  Secretary-General to open seminar on Confronting

 

COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD CONCLUDES THIRTY-SEVENTH SESSION

Adopts Conclusions on Reports from Brazil, Botswana,

Croatia, Kyrgyzstan, Equatorial Guinea, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda

(Reissued as received.)

JOINT STATEMENT BY COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD AND EXPERT

ON VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN REGARDING BESLAN

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 17 September (United Nations Information Service) -- The following joint statement was issued today by the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child and by the Independent Expert charged with preparing a United Nations study on violence against children, Paulo Sergio Pinheiro:

COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILDREN OPENS THIRTY-SEVENTH SESSION

Hears Statement by Chief of Treaty and Commission Branch of Office

Of High Commissioner for Human Rights; Adopts Agenda, Programme of Work

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UN EXPERT DEPLORES UZBEKISTAN’S LACK OF COOPERATION

 

WITH UN HUMAN RIGHTS MECHANISMS

 

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 13 September (UN Information Service) -- The Special Rapporteur on torture of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights made the following statement today: