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The 22nd Session of the Human Rights Council opens in Geneva

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25 Feb 2013

At the opening of the 22nd Session of the Human Rights Council, the UN Human Rights Chief, Navi Pillay, evokes the 20th anniversary of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, and acknowledges achievements and challenges ahead.

Opening Statement by Ms. Navi Pillay United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights at the 22nd session of the Human Rights Council

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25 Feb 2013

25 February 2013 Mr. President and President of the General Assembly, Distinguished Members of the Human Rights Council, Excellencies and dear colleagues, Allow me first of all to congratulate His...

Private military and security companies in Honduras need robust and effective monitoring, says UN expert group

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25 Feb 2013

TEGUCIGALPA / GENEVA (25 February 2013) – The United Nations Working Group on the use of mercenaries today urged the Honduran Government to reinforce the overseeing role of the Control Unit of Private...

Human Rights Council opens twenty-second session and starts high-level segment

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25 Feb 2013

MORNING 25 February 2013 Hears Address by Joachim Gauck, President of Germany The Human Rights Council this morning opened its regular twenty-second session and started its high-level segment, hearing...

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination considers report of the Dominican Republic

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25 Feb 2013

25 February 2013 The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today completed its consideration of the combined thirteenth and fourteenth periodic report of the Dominican Republic on its...

Council holds panel to commemorate twentieth anniversary of Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action

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25 Feb 2013

MIDDAY 25 February 2013 The Human Rights Council held today a high-level panel discussion to mark the twentieth anniversary of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, hearing a video address...

Statement of the UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, Ms. Kyung-wha Kang, at the high-level event on “The Death Penalty: Why, and how to Abolish it?”

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25 Feb 2013

25 February 2013 Mr. President, Madam Moderator, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, On behalf of the High Commissioner and all of us at OHCHR, may I say how grateful I am to the International...

Human Rights Council hears statements from 18 dignitaries as it continues its high-level segment

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25 Feb 2013

AFTERNOON 25 February 2013 The Human Rights Council this afternoon continued with its high-level segment, hearing statements from 18 dignitaries who spoke about their concerns regarding the situations...

Opening statement by the President of the Human Rights Council at the 22nd session of the Council

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25 Feb 2013

25 February 2013 Mr President of the General Assembly, Madame High Commissioner, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, Distinguished colleagues, As for the first time, I’m attending the main Council’s...

Opening remarks by the President of the Human Rights Council for the high-level panel discussion to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action

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25 Feb 2013

25 February 2013 The Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action adopted 20 years ago constitutes a momentous step of the international community in the struggle for the full realization of human...