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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONCLUDES FIRST SESSION
30 June 2006
Press Release
Adopts International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance and United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples; Decides to Hold Special Session on Situation of Human Rights in Palestinian occupied territory
The Human Rights Council has concluded its first session, which began on 19 June, adopting eight resolutions, three decisions and two statements by the President. During the two-week session, the new body addressed a range of issues, exchanging views with representatives of some special procedures, the Sub-Commission and treaty bodies, holding…
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CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT URGED TO ALLOW CIVIL SOCIETY TO PARTICIPATE DIRECTLY IN ITS WORK
29 June 2006
Meeting Summaries
Conference Concludes Second Half of 2006 Session After Hearing General Statements, Including by the Incoming President
The Conference on Disarmament today heard renewed calls to allow representatives of civil society to participate directly in its work at the last plenary of the second part of its 2006 session.
Ireland, which has raised the issue of the participation of civil society in the past, said the failure of the Conference to define an appropriate relationship with civil society was of concern. It was hard to believe, much less understand,…
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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DISCUSSES FUTURE PROGRAMME OF WORK; DIALOGUE AND COOPERATION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
29 June 2006
Meeting Summaries
Members Call for Greater Involvement of and Coordination with Office of the High Commissioner and Special Procedures in Work of Council
The Human Rights Council this morning discussed its programme of work for its future sessions and debated the issue of dialogue and cooperation on human rights which included human rights education and learning, advisory services, technical assistance and capacity-building.
In the debate on the programme of work for the first year of the Council, many speakers felt that the proposal submitted by Norway…
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GOVERNING COUNCIL OF UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION CONCLUDES SIXTIETH SESSION
29 June 2006
Press Release
The Governing Council of the United Nations Compensation Commission, under the Presidency of Ambassador Tassos Kriekoukis (Greece), has today concluded its sixtieth session. Representatives of Kuwait, Iraq, and India addressed the fifteen-member Governing Council at its opening plenary meeting.
The Council considered a number of reports and information notes prepared by the secretariat on matters such as the activities of the Commission during the last quarter; distribution by Governments and international organisations of payments to successful…
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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS TEXTS FOR PROTECTION FROM ENFORCED DISPPEARANCE, RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
29 June 2006
Meeting Summaries
Extends Mandate of Working Group on Drafting Optional Protocol
to International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted by consensus the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance and recommended that the General Assembly adopt the treaty.
The Council also adopted by a roll-call vote of 30 in favour to 2 against and 12 abstentions a resolution on the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The Council adopted the declaration…
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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DISCUSSES MODALITIES OF A UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW MECHANISM
28 June 2006
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council this morning discussed how to set up the modalities of the universal periodic review mechanism, which would periodically review the situation of human rights in all countries, hearing delegations proposing the creation of a working group to design the modalities.
Several speakers underlined that the review mechanism should be non-confrontational, non-selective, impartial and transparent while considering country situations and should take into consideration country specificities of a religious, cultural and historical nature.…
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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONSIDERS REVIEW OF MANDATES AND MECHANISMS
28 June 2006
Meeting Summaries
Speakers Urge Extension of Mandates of Special Procedures for One Year Pending Examination in an Inter-Sessional Working Group
The Human Rights Council this afternoon discussed the review of the mandates and mechanisms which it inherited from the former Commission on Human Rights.
In the discussion, speakers said the special procedures system was an indispensable mechanism of the United Nations for the promotion and protection of human rights worldwide. The special procedure mechanisms formed part of the backbone of the system of international human rights protection and…
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GROUP OF EXPERTS ON CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS CONVENTION CONCLUDES FOURTEENTH SESSION
27 June 2006
Press Release
The Fourteenth Session of the Group of Governmental Experts of the States Parties to the 1980 Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed to Be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects (CCW) concluded on Friday, 23 June at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.
The Group was chaired by Ambassador François Rivasseau of France in his capacity as President-designate of the Third Review Conference to be held from 7 to 17 November 2006. Two Coordinators also chaired meetings of…
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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DISCUSSES DRAFT TREATIES ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS AND ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCE
27 June 2006
Meeting Summaries
Council Concludes Discussion on Right to Development
The Human Rights Council this morning discussed the reports of the Working Groups on the elaboration of an Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, and on the elaboration of a Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance.
Catarina de Albuquerque, Chairperson-Rapporteur of the Open-Ended Working Group to consider options regarding the elaboration of an Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on…
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REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
27 June 2006
Bi-Weekly Briefing
Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).Human Rights Council
Ms. Heuzé drew attention to the Order of the Day of the Human Rights Council, which included consideration of and decisions on a number of important texts and declarations. With regard to the Draft…
