CRC 31st session 19 September 2002 The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland today presented its second periodic report to the Committee on the Rights of the Child on the measures it...

19 September 2002 The Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Haiti, Louis Joinet, will visit Haiti from 21 to 29 September 2002 at the invitation of the Government. During this visit...

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan: The Secretary-General wholeheartedly welcomes the announcement that Belize and Guatemala have reached...

CRC 31st session 17 September 2002 The Committee on the Rights of the Child today reviewed the second periodic report of Argentina on how that country was implementing the provisions of the Convention...

CRC 31st session 16 September 2002 Morning New High Commissioner for Human Rights to Open Committee's Day of General Discussion on 20 September The Committee on the Rights of the Child this morning...

The UN Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, Juan Miguel Petit, will visit South Africa from 16 to 26 September 2002. The Special Rapporteur intends to...

The new Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, Doudou Diene, has taken up his functions. Mr...

Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the luncheon held on the occasion of the general debate in New York on 12 September: Don’t worry, I will be brief. I think you’ve listened...

President Also Underlines HIV/AIDS, Poverty Eradication, Sustainable Development The following is the text of the statement that was made by Jan Kavan, President of the General Assembly, at the...

Reports from Argentina, the United Kingdom, the Seychelles, Sudan, Ukraine, the Republic of Moldova, Burkina Faso, Poland and Israel to be Reviewed The promotion and protection of children's rights in...