3 December 2002 The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Sergio Vieira de Mello, drew attention today in Geneva to the celebration of the International Day of Disabled Persons. The High Commissioner...

3 December 2002 New York, 3 December (UNFPA) —- Despite strides towards gender equality since the mid 1980s, more women still live in poverty than men, and the gap has widened over the past decade...

22 November 2002 Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, 2 December 2002: Slavery was, in a very real sense, the first...