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	Islamism Grows Stronger at the United Nations - Middle East Quarterly - September 1999
		[The UNCHR] also expresses its grave concern that there are continuing threats to the life of a citizen of another State which appears to have the support of the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran and whose case is mentioned in the report of the Special Representative.
		Appearing at the UNCHR on March 23, 1999, John Garang, chairman of the Sudan Peoples' Liberation Movement (SPLM) and head of the Sudan Peoples' Liberation Army (SPLA), the southern, mostly Christian rebel force fighting the government of Sudan and its Shari‘a law since 1983, was prevented from speaking by the Sudanese representatives.
		UNCHR Resolution 1994/79 (5), and subsequently 1995/77 (9); 1996/73 (8); 1997/59 (9); 1998/67 (8); 1999/15 (4).
	www.meforum.org /article/477 (2555 words)

	The Bilateral Human Rights Dialogue with China: Undermining the International Human Rights Regime
		In a manner unprecedented at the UNCHR, heavy-handed pressure tactics were applied outside the meetings, but had little effect on the outcome of the resolution adopted by secret ballot on August 31, 1989 by a vote of 15 to 9.
		At the UNCHR in 1993, the no-action motion on the draft resolution, "The Situation of Human Rights in China" was introduced again and adopted this time by a narrower margin of 22 for and 17 against with 12 abstentions.
		A no-action motion at the 1996 UNCHR was adopted by 27 votes to 20, with 6 abstentions.
	www.ichrdd.ca /english/commdoc/publications/globalization/chinaBilatDialogue.html (6668 words)

	Al-Ahram Weekly \| International \| The UN goes corporate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		According to UNCHR research, multinational expansion in the South is unlikely to address the problem of poverty and unemployment.
		The UNCHR further noted that transnational-run agri-businesses have only served to disrupt national patterns of production and land ownership, diverting energy away from traditional food crops to more profitable commercial export crops, and displacing small farmers in the process.
		If such denunciations have proved powerless to prevent their growth, it seems highly unlikely, pace Kofi Annan's assurances to the contrary, that the transnationals would change their modus operandi because the UN is now in dire need of their cash.
	weekly.ahram.org.eg /1999/433/in2.htm (1416 words)

	Tibetan youth congress (The largest Tibetan NGO) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		By organizing demonstration in front of the venue of the 60th session of UNCHR on April 7, TYC observed the day with rallies in the city, which was participated by about 100 Tibetan Supporters.
		To adopt a resolution in the 60th UNCHR to appoint Special Rapporteur to monitor and undertake independent investigation to review the Rights to Religious Beliefs and Human Rights situation in Tibet, including the implementation on the recommendations made by Katarina Tomasevski, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights to Education.
		Therefore, I strongly appeal Your Excellency at the 60th session of UNCHR to meet the demands of this hunger strike movement in New York.
	www.tibetanyouthcongress.org /unchr60.htm (1161 words)

	Briefing paper on the 60th Session of the UNCHR
		It may be possible to eliminate one UNCHR resolution that addressed the issue of Lebanese prisoners held by Israel, since these prisoners have now been released in exchange for the bodies of three murdered Israeli soldiers and a kidnapped Israeli businessman.
		In 1993, the UNCHR passed a one-sided resolution creating the position of Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967.
		By ignoring this issue, the UNCHR has given tacit acceptance of the practice of anti-Semitism, the statement reads, and this undermines the UNCHR’s work to protect minorities and combat religious intolerance and racism.
	bnaibrith.org /pubs/pr/040416_unchr60th.cfm (1224 words)

	Background Documents (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		UNCHR 59 Resolution: Question of the realization in all countries of the economic, social, and cultural rights...
		UNCHR 59 Resolution: Question of the violation of human rights in the occupied Arab territories...
		UNCHR 59 Resolution: Israeli settlements in the occupied Arab territories (2003)
	www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca /foreign_policy/human-rights/background_documents-en.asp (2392 words)

	Free Tibet Campaign Press Release 11 March 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The draft EU statement includes a sentence stating that it would consider supporting a resolution if one were tabled; a position which suggests the EU believes the situation in China and Tibet deserving of criticism - but it is not prepared to put a resolution forward itself.
		The issue of human rights in Tibet is now overwhelmingly influenced by self-interest and international power politics; a development which calls the objectivity of the UNCHR as a body into question.
		Last year the USA was not re-elected to the Commission, leaving a void which no country or body has so far had the courage to fill when it comes to raising criticism of China.
	www.freetibet.org /press/unchr1103.htm (497 words)

	Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia for Canada
		As a result, Makarim's chairmanship of the UNCHR can be seen as an honor for him on the one hand, but also as a tremendous challenge on the other hand.
		The chairman of the UNCHR is bound to address and deal with various cases of human rights violations from all over the world.
		Indonesia's turn to chair the UNCHR in 2005 could also easily turn out to be an opportunity for international pressure to be applied against us to improve our own performance as regards respect for and protection of the human rights of our own people.
	www.indonesia-ottawa.org /information/details.php?type=news&id=508 (1070 words)

	US/NA Taliban POW Massacre May Trigger Bloody Backlash (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The UNCHR official said recent developments in Afghanistan "seem to be unsettling the population in the tribal areas." The agency has put its field staff on high alert and is "closely monitoring the security situation."
		UNCHR is continuing to relocate non-Pushtun refugees from Jalozai to Kurram Agency.
		UNCHR said an increasing number of Afghans had gathered at Pakistan's border town of Chaman.
	www.rense.com /general17/bloodydd.htm (241 words)

	International Affairs - UNCHR
		The International affairs team’s work at the UNCHR is based on its ongoing work on human rights in the regions.
		In view of the requests coming from member churches and related organizations, the focus of this work is more on country-specific situations than on thematic concerns.
		The oral interventions focussed on blasphemy laws in Pakistan and on the situations of children in Iraq as a result of sanctions and the war.
	www.wcc-coe.org /wcc/what/international/humrts-unchr.html (607 words)

	UNCHR Must Eradicate Selectivity and Politicization - Prensa Latina
		Cuban Ambassador to the UN, Orlando Requeijo, said it is useless to set up a new body if it will be similiarly plagued with the politicization, double standards, an uncooperative spirit, confrontation and unequal treatment imposed on the existing Commission by the superpowers.
		The UNCHR´s loss of credibility has nothing to do with its structure or procedures but to the double standards in judging countries in specific circumstances, revealed an informal inquiry among representatives of 50 delegations in Geneva.
		UNCHR High Commissioner Louise Arbour spoke of an action plan with recommendations on how to deal with today"s challenges concerning human rights, and proposed holding an intergovernmental meeting in 2006 to discus the reforms.
	www.plenglish.com /article.asp?ID={04BC05EE-B1DF-4F4A-A8FB-D0BBDAFD489F}&language=EN (200 words)

	Islamic world responds to terrorism with UNCHR resolution (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The resolution, which was submitted to the annual meeting of the UNCHR by the Organization of the Islamic Conference, condemns the West’s unilateralism and discrimination against Muslims.
		The resolution was ratified by the UNCHR because, through the use of propaganda and psychological operations, the West, led by the United States, is making serious efforts to tarnish the image of Muslims throughout the world and to equate Islam with violence and terrorism.
		It is certain that measures such as trying to depict Islam as a harsh religion, screening violent films with Muslims in the roles of villains and terrorists, producing pseudo-scholarly works in which Muslims are accused of extremism, and altering the history of Islam in textbooks of European countries are not at all accidental.
	www.mehrnews.com /en/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=172319 (334 words)

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		The petition of the Eritrean refugees has also called upon all humanitarian and charity organizations to provide assistance to the Eritrean refugees stressing that the political records of the refugees do not allow them to get back to their homeland due to the brutal, harsh and democracy-devoid policies of the ruling clique in Asmara.
		The journalists have pinpointed the presence of discrimination by the UNCHR while dealing with the cases of the Eritrean refugees.
		Thus, it is considered the first political blow for the regime of Isaias by the poor Eritrean refugees.It is recalled that the regime of Isaias has been denying the presence of Eritrean refugees through accusing the government of the Sudan for fabricating the “ status of refugees for Eritreans from nothing”.
	www.adal61.com /English_home/articles/Eretrian-refuji.htm (734 words)

	Free Tibet Campaign - Press Release (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Policies on the human rights situation in China should be part of a consistent, principled approach in which all countries are subject to the same international human rights standards, regardless of such factors as their status in the United Nations or their potential as markets.
		Relationship to UNCHR: Officially no link but the year the dialogue began was the year in which Canada stopped sponsoring the China resolution at the UNCHR.
		Relationship to UNCHR: US policy is that decisions on CHR are made based on the situation on the ground.
	www.freetibet.org /press/bilateral_summary.html (3950 words)

	Indonesia and East Timor: fact and fiction: implementing the recommendations of the UN Commission on Human Rights
		Amnesty International would therefore urge the UNCHR, at a minimum, to reiterate its concern at the failure to bring to justice those responsible for the Santa Cruz massacre, and at the disparity in sentencing between members of the security forces and their civilian victims.
		The UNCHR has been right to call for the immediate release of East Timorese prisoners who were not involved in violent activities, and to urge the proper treatment of all East Timorese prisoners in accordance with international human rights and humanitarian law.
		For these reasons, Amnesty International believes that the UNCHR should urge the Government of Indonesia to invite all four of the UN theme mechanisms to visit both Indonesia and East Timor in the near future, and to facilitate the discharge of their mandates.
	www.amnestyusa.org /countries/indonesia/document.do?id=EC4C63A775437ADA802569A600604800 (8459 words)

	ILGA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The draft report on the 60th session of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) are available in English, French and Spanish on the OHCHR...
		Following the deferral of the Brazilian resolution to the 61 rst UNCHR Session, the UK delegation delivered a speech at the United Nations Commission on Human Rights on behalf of...
		This 15th of April, the United Nations Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) decided by consensus to defer the Brazilian resolution on “sexual orientation and human rights” to the next...
	www.ilga.org /files_target.asp?FileCategoryID=44 (2055 words)

	CJC Printer Friendly (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Libya should be the subject of intense UNCHR scrutiny, not the chair of its deliberations.
		We respectfully ask that Canada continue its positive and constructive role in Geneva as a voice of reason and a counterweight to the anti-Israel sentiment that permeates the Commission, particularly as manifest in unbalanced, unhelpful and inflammatory resolutions on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
		The UNCHR clearly needs reforming to its governance, membership, mandate and methodologies if it is to have any credibility as a mechanism for enhancing and protecting human rights around the world.
	www.cjc.ca /ptemplate.php?action=briefs&item=27&CJC=0352a519a7e54bec515497ca23c88fae&CJC=0352a519a7e54bec515497ca23c88fae (240 words)

	ngoCHR Online News \| Challenges for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights in a Globalizing World (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Concerning the reform of the UNCHR — being considered the body of foremost importance for human rights issues in the UN — the suggested reforms varied merely in a few elements.
		Generally, improvement of the Commission's efficiency and accountability is regarded to be achieved best through a universal membership and a better human rights record of the members demonstrating thus their responsibility as primary actors for safeguarding human rights in international politics.
		The maximization of the impact of the UNCHR could moreover be enhanced by an improved interaction among the various UN bodies.
	www.ngochr.org /view/index.php?basic_entity=DOCUMENT&list_ids=286 (949 words)

	Jesusland Expatriate: Chinese Christians and the UNCHR
		He took it to Geneva after obtaining permission from the secretary of the UNCHR to conduct a demonstration of it during his testimony.
		Chairman, as a former Chinese Christian prisoner, I have held great respect and high expectations upon the UNCHR which is supposedly the highest authority and institution on this earth with the stated mission "to protect and promote human rights for all".
		However, given what I have experienced and testified, I think that certain countries with the poorest of human rights records and worst violators have managed to seize control of and cripple the functionality of the UN Commission on Human Rights and its Secretariat.
	jesuslandexpat.blogspot.com /2005/04/chinese-christians-and-unchr.html (632 words)

	FORWARD : Forward Forum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		In a vote undertaken by the Latin American regional group, Fidel Castro's Cuba was reelected without opposition to a coveted spot on UncHr, as the rights commission is known.
		This absurdity is but a continuation of the farcical conduct witnessed at the recently concluded 58th session of UNCHR in Geneva, Switzerland.
		Unfortunately, American efforts, even in conjunction with the tireless activities of Israeli ambassador Yaacov Levy and the rest of the Israeli delegation, were insufficient to prevent the passage of five resolutions unjustifiably condemning Israel for human rights violations.
	www.forward.com /issues/2003/03.05.16/oped4.html (588 words)

	Palestine
		The unsuccessful opposition was led by the US and the seven European Union member states with voting rights, including Britain, France and Germany.
		France, speaking on behalf of the EU, differed from the US in supporting the convening of the special session in Geneva and expressed hope it would help other mechanisms bring peace to the region, according to a UNCHR press release.
		UNCHR commissioner Mary Robinson said that the resolution reflected the grave concerns expressed at the high number of deaths of Palestinians and at the excessive force used by the Israelis.
	www.irna.com /Palestine/e123.htm (306 words)

	UNCHR
		February 25th - The UNCHR is composed of 53 States and meets each year in regular session in March/April for six weeks in Geneva.
		The main recommendation is requesting the Commission authorize a Special Rapporteur on Climate Change and Human Rights, with the mandate to examine the relationship between human rights and climate change.
		Additionally the groups recommend that the UNCHR look at the effect that emissions trading in the Kyoto Protocol has on indigenous peoples' human rights.
	www.carbontradewatch.org /news/unchr.html (1354 words)

	Performance Results for Performance Goal 2
		Resolutions on democracy from UNCHR reinforce the interrelationship between human rights and democracy, and strengthen the legitimacy of human rights and democracy development efforts in non-democratic countries.
		This indicator was not tracked because the United States was not a member of the UNCHR in 2002, but was re-elected as a member for 2003.
		Election to the UNCHR of democratic states with good human rights records demonstrates the importance placed by the international community on human rights issues.
	www.state.gov /m/rm/rls/perfrpt/2004/html/39033.htm (2518 words)

	Performance Results for Performance Goal 2
		UNCHR passed resolution for the third year on Cuba, Iran, and Iraq.
		UNCHR election in April 2002 returned the United States as a member; United States began work to change UNCHR membership.
		In turn, UNCHR is more effective when countries with poor human rights records are no longer members of UNCHR thus paving the way for more effective resolutions and interventions by Special Rapporteurs.
	www.state.gov /s/d/rm/rls/perfrpt/2003/html/29046.htm (1950 words)

	Fact Sheets on International Bodies Considering Traditional Knowledge - 3. United Nations Commission on Human Rights ...
		In 1947, the UNCHR established the Sub-Commission of the Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities.
		Traditional knowledge is not regularly discussed in the UNCHR but is part of a range of issues considered by two subsidiary bodies of the UNCHR: the Working Group on the Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples ("WGDD") and the Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights.
		The UNCHR formed the WGDD to consider and further develop the draft Declaration.
	www.med.govt.nz /buslt/int_prop/traditional-knowledge/fact-sheets/fact-sheets-04.html (610 words)

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