HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONCLUDES FIRST READING OF DRAFT

GENERAL COMMENT ON ARTICLE 2 OF COVENANT

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COUNTRIES TRADE BARBS OVER ‘SELECTIVITY’ IN HUMAN RIGHTS,

DEBATE JUSTIFICATIONS OF WAR IN IRAQ

Independent Expert on Extreme Poverty

Presents Report to Commission on Human Rights

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COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS CONTINUES DEBATE ON QUESTION

OF VIOLATIONS ANYWHERE IN WORLD

Special Rapporteurs on Democratic Republic of the Congo and Iraq,

Personal Representative on Cuba, and Justice Minister of Congo Speak

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MINISTER OF STATE IN CHARGE OF EXTERNAL RELATIONS OF CAMEROON

ADDRESSES COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS

Commission Continues Consideration of Question of Violation

Of Human Rights in Occupied Arab Territories, Including Palestine

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COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS HEARS FROM SPECIAL RAPPORTEURS

ON SITUATIONS IN BURUNDI, MYANMAR

Minister of Justice of Togolese Republic Speaks

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EXPERTS DESCRIBE SITUATIONS IN SUDAN, SOUTH-EAST EUROPE AND AFGHANISTAN

Commission on Human Rights Continues Debate on Occupied Arab Territories

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HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE BRIEFED ON WORK OF COUNTER-TERRORISM COMMITTEE

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HIGH COMMISSIONER REPEATS CALL ON PARTIES IN IRAQ

TO RESPECT HUMAN RIGHTS, PROTECT CIVILIANS

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GENEVA, 27 March (UN Information Service) -- Following are the comments by United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Sergio Vieira de Mello to the fifty-ninth session of the Commission on Human Rights today:

COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS TAKES UP DEBATE ON SITUATION

IN OCCUPIED ARAB TERRITORIES, INCLUDING PALESTINE

Norwegian State Secretary for Ministry of Foreign Affairs Delivers Address

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COUNTRIES TELL COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS THAT GREATER EFFORTS

ARE NEEDED TO SPUR DEVELOPMENT

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