Geneva, 15 February 2002 Following is a statement made today by Mary Robinson, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, on constitutional developments in Bahrain: "I welcome the...

30 January 2002 The 23 members of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women –- the treaty body charged with the monitoring of the human rights of women and girls in the 168...

11 December 2001 Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the inaugural session of the Assembly of Kosovo, delivered by Hans Haekkerup, Special Representative of the Secretary...

11 December 2001 Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the opening sessions of a donor meeting on East Timor in Oslo 11 December: Helping the East Timorese people has been one...

Berlin, 5 December 2001 Statement of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mrs Mary Robinson, at the Annual Meeting of the Afghanistan Support Group Responding to the human rights...

4 December 2001 Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Afghan Women’s Summit for Democracy, being held in Brussels 4 to 5 December, delivered today on his behalf by Angela...

Fifty-sixth General Assembly Third Committee 30 November 2001 53rd Meeting (AM) The Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) this morning continued its efforts to finish its current session...

Fifty-sixth General Assembly Third Committee 28 November 2001 51st Meeting (AM) Draft on Electoral Assistance Approved By Recorded Vote; Four Others Approved without Vote The Third Committee (Social...