Geneva 27 March 2003 Madam Chairperson, I would like first of all to congratulate you on assuming the Chair of the 59th session of the Commission on Human Rights. I wish you and the members of the...

Commission on Human Rights 59th Session 27 March 2003 Madam Chairperson, I should like to thank the Commission for giving me the opportunity, also this year, to refer to the Council of Europe’s work...

Commission on Human Rights 59th session 27 March 2003 Morning Hears Statements by Foreign Minister of Ireland and Director-General of Human Rights of Council of Europe The Commission on Human Rights...

Commission on Human Rights 59th session 27 March 2003 Afternoon Norwegian State Secretary for Ministry of Foreign Affairs Delivers Address The Commission on Human Rights began consideration this...

Human Rights Committee 77th session 27 March 2003 Afternoon The Human Rights Committee met this afternoon to hear a briefing by Curtis Ward, Legal Expert for the Security Council’s Counter-Terrorism...

Geneva, 27 March 2003 Following are the comments by United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Sergio Vieira de Mello to the fifty-ninth session of the Commission on Human Rights today: "You –...

Commission on Human Rights 59th session 26 March 2003 Afternoon A series of national delegations speaking before the Commission on Human Rights this afternoon said such factors as economic...

Commission on Human Rights 59th session 26 March 2003 Morning The Commission on Human Rights started this morning its debate on the right to development, hearing statements from the Independent Expert...

Human Rights Committee 77th session 26 March 2003 Morning The Human Rights Committee concluded this morning its consideration of a second periodic report of Mali, questioning a Government delegation...

Commission on Status of Women Forty-seventh Session (Resumed) 25 March 2003 14th Meeting (PM) The Commission on the Status of Women did not adopt its draft agreed conclusions on women’s human rights...