31 December 1999 Points to Situations in Chechnya, East Timor, Kosovo, Sierra Leone and Great Lakes Region of Africa as Evidence of Work Still to Be Done United Nations High Commissioner for Human...

Challenges Ahead in Human Rights Never again: those words resonated around the world in the aftermath of the horrors of World War Two and the genocide of the Jewish and other communities in Europe...

HR/99/121 20 December 1999 REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL ON INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS CALLS ON THE RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES TO OBSERVE THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES ON INTERNAL DISPLACEMENT The...

HR/99/120 14 December 1999 INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION OF INQUIRY ON EAST TIMOR CONCLUDES SESSION IN GENEVA The Commission of Inquiry set up by the High Commissioner for Human Rights at the request of...

HR/99/115 10 December 1999 MARY ROBINSON ON HUMAN RIGHTS DAY: RACISM AND XENOPHOBIA ARE POWERFUL CAUSES OF CONFLICT AND MUST BE COMBATTED Following is the message of United Nations High Commissioner...

HR/99/119 10 December 1999 MARY ROBINSON ON HUMAN RIGHTS DAY: NEW CENTURY TO POSE FORMIDABLE CHALLENGES FOR HUMAN RIGHTS Following are remarks made today by Mary Robinson, United Nations High...

Opening for signature of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women Joint statement by the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and the...

HR/99/118 10 December 1999 THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IS THE MOST UNIVERSAL DOCUMENT IN THE WORLD The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights has been awarded the Guinness...

HR/99/116 9 December 1999 HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS LAUNCHES PROMOTION OF AWARENESS OF WORLD CONFERENCE AGAINST RACISM ON HUMAN RIGHTS DAY Mary Robinson Names Goodwill Ambassadors Seven...

HR/99/112 9 December 1999 BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF VOLUNTARY FUND FOR HUMAN RIGHTS TECHNICAL COOPERATION TO MEET IN GENEVA FROM 13 TO 15 DECEMBER The Board of Trustees of the Voluntary Fund for Technical...