HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS CONCERNED OVER POSSIBLE

LOSS OF EVIDENCE OF PAST ABUSES IN IRAQ

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 16 May (UN Information Service) -- Following is a statement issued today by United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Sergio Vieira de Mello:

Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

Second Session

9^th & 10^th Meetings (AM & PM)

Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

Second Session

7^th & 8^th Meetings (AM & PM)         

INDIGENOUS LANDS SEVERELY DAMAGED BY DEVELOPMENT, MINING, TOURISM,

PERMANENT FORUM TOLD, AS DEBATE BEGINS ON ENVIRONMENT

Speakers Urge Halt to Lumber, Oil Concessions,

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE RULES ON COMPLAINTS OF VIOLATIONS FROM INDIVIDUALS

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 13 May (UN Information Service) -- An independent expert body has found violations of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights in five countries.

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSIONER CONCERNED AT KILLINGS IN CONGO-KINSHASA’S ITURI,

SAYS STRONGER RIGHTS PRESENCE MAY BE NECESSARY

(Reissued as received.)

Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

Second Session

5^th & 6^th Meetings (AM & PM)                              

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT MUST BE BASED ON CULTURAL FOUNDATION, MANAGEMENT

CAPACITY OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE CONCERNED, PERMANENT FORUM TOLD

Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

Second Session

3^rd & 4^th Meetings (AM & PM)                     

NEED FOR DATA, FUNDING, CLOSER COOPERATION WITH UNITED NATIONS

STRESSED IN INDIGENOUS FORUM DISCUSSION

Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

Second Session

1^st & 2^nd Meetings (AM & PM)                        

OBSTACLES FACED BY INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, NEED TO INTEGRATE ISSUES INTO UN SYSTEM

STRESSED, AS PERMANENT FORUM OPENS SECOND SESSION

Background Release

PERMANENT FORUM ON INDIGENOUS ISSUES AT HEADQUARTERS 12-23 MAY;

THEME ‘INDIGENOUS CHILDREN AND YOUTH’

Bringing together more than 1,500 people from some 500 indigenous groups worldwide, the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues will hold its second session at Headquarters from 12 to 23 May, focusing on the theme “indigenous children and youth”.

HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS CONDEMNS SUICIDE ATTACK

IN TEL AVIV AND CALLS FOR PEACE IN MIDDLE EAST

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 1 May (UN Information Service) --- The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Sergio Vieira de Mello, is appalled by the latest suicide bombing in Tel Aviv, which resulted in three people being killed and some 50 wounded earlier today.