10 December 2002 The following address was given at 10:30 a.m. at the commemoration of International Human Rights Day, 10 December, at the Palais Wilson, by Sergei Ordzhonikidze, United Nations Under...

9 December 2002 NEW YORK, 9 December -- The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Sergio Vieira de Mello, adds his congratulations to those of the Secretary-General, following the signing...

Fifty-seventh General Assembly Fifth Committee 9 December 2002 31st Meeting (PM) As the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) took up the preliminary outline of the Organization’s...

27 November 2002 Globalization, Terrorism, Universality of Human Rights Part of Shift in Interaction between States, Peoples, He Says Following is the text of the message issued by Secretary-General...

6 December 2002 In observance of next week’s Human Rights Day, the Department of Public Information (DPI) will host, for the fifth consecutive year, a student conference on human rights on Friday, 6...

6 December 2002 The High Commissioner for Human Rights was deeply disturbed to learn of the deaths of at least 10 Palestinians, including two United Nations staff working with UNRWA, during an attack...

6 December 2002 “The best chance for preventing, limiting, solving and recovering from conflict and violence lies in the restoration and defence of the rule of law “. We commemorate today the creation...

4 December 2002 The following statement was issued today by the Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights: Dato' Param Cumaraswamy...