The Universal Declaration of Human Rights: a living document Geneva, 28 August 1998 I am honoured to give the keynote address at this Forum 98 here in Geneva during this special year. I am conscious...

ROUND-UP HR/SC/98/32 28 August 1998 Creates Working Group on Transnational Corporations; Requests Creation of Sessional "Social Forum"; Issues Chairman's Statements on Kosovo, Bhutanese Refugees The...

HR/98/62 28 August 1998 The Chairman of the fifty-fourth session of the Commission on Human Rights, Jacob Selebi of South Africa, has appointed special rapporteurs, independent experts or experts...

José Luis Diaz, media and information officer for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, said the Subcommission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities this...

AFTERNOON HR/SC/98/31 26 August 1998 Calls for Lifting of Embargo on Iraq, Citing Suffering of Population The Subcommission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities approved...

MORNING HR/SC/98/30 26 August 1998 The Subcommission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities focused this morning on the fiftieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human...

José Luis Diaz, media and information officer for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, said the Subcommission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities was today...

HR/98/61 The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Burundi, Paulo Sergio Pinheiro (Brazil), arrived in Bujumbura on Friday 21 August for his fifth visit to the country. During his...

AFTERNOON HR/SC/98/29 24 August 1998 The Subcommission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities this afternoon continued its debate on the rights of children, freedom of religion...

21 August 1998 The High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mary Robinson and the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Sergio Vieira De Mello, wish to stress the Secretary-General's strong...