25 August 2003 Following is the text of remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the memorial service of Sergio Vieira de Mello in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on 23 August: I thank you all for being...

25 August 2003 The following statement was issued on Friday evening by acting High Commissioner for Human Rights Bertrand Ramcharan : "The sort of senseless and repulsive violence that struck our...

25 August 2003 The staff of the United Nations Office at Geneva will hold a silent march on Tuesday, 26 August 2003, in order to express its feelings, pain and indignation at the attack on the United...

22 August 2003 Friends of the United Nations, supporters of the human rights movement, dear colleagues, I have come here to Baghdad today to take home the remains of our fallen United Nations stalwart...

CERD 63rd session 22 August 2003 Morning The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this morning adopted recommendations on reports presented to it by Norway, Finland, and Saint Vincent...

22 August 2003 The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) wishes to inform all colleagues and friends of Sergio Vieira de Mello that arrangements are being made for a United Nations...

CERD 63rd session 22 August 2003 Afternoon Issues Observations on Reports of Albania, Bolivia, Cape Verde, the Czech Republic, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Finland, the Republic of Korea, Latvia...