24 December 2002 Two United Nations bodies have found violations of civil and political rights and torture treaties in eight countries. The Human Rights Committee, meeting in Geneva from 14 October to...

23 December 2002 Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the Conference on Good Neighbourly Relations delivered by Lakhdar Brahimi, Special Representative of the Secretary...

20 December 2002 The following statement was issued today by Sergio Vieira de Mello, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights : "At the end of this year, the Field Presence of the Office of...

Fifty-seventh General Assembly Plenary 18 December 2002 77th Meeting (AM) Action also taken on Human Rights, Refugees, Women’s Issues, Crime Prevention, Drug Control, Other Social Issues Convinced...

16 December 2002 Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on the occasion of International Migrants Day, 18 December 2002: Today marks the third International Migrants Day. It...

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17 December 2002 The following is the message of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants on the occasion of the Third International Migrants Day, 18 December 2002: Migration has always...

Fifty-seventh General Assembly Plenary 11 December 2002 73rd Meeting (AM) Acting on Recommendations of Fourth Committee, Also Designates 29 May as International Day of UN Peacekeepers The General...

11 December 2002 Three international experts on freedom of expression and the media meeting in London have condemned continuing attacks on journalists and the possible challenge to editorial...