Norway’s Progress Party, the leading opposition party in the Norwegian parliament, called on the Swiss government to withdraw the nomination of Jean Ziegler to the
PRESS RELEASE Jean Ziegler Co-Founded “Moammar Khaddafi Human Rights Prize” in 1989, Supported Mugabe and Castro Regimes Geneva, March 26, 2008 — To the sound
Jean Ziegler Supported Robert Mugabe and Fidel Castro, Co-Founded “Muammar Khaddafi Human Rights Prize” FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Geneva, March 25, 2008 — One day
Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, Head of the Delegation for the Relations with the UN in the European Parliament, sent the following protest to the Swiss ambassador
President Bashir’s “Headache” UN Human Rights Council, 7th Session Agenda Item 3: Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic social and cultural
On March 10, 2008, speaking at a state dinner in Paris for visiting Israeli President Shimon Peres, French President Nicolas Sarkozy spoke of the UN’s upcoming
On March 10, 2008, speaking at a state dinner in Paris for visiting Israeli President Shimon Peres, French President Nicolas Sarkozy spoke of the UN’s upcoming
Reporting by Leon Saltiel. At the UN Human Rights Council today, Egypt as chair of the African group led informal consultations on its draft resolution
The UN Human Rights Council today debated Burma and North Korea, hearing reports from P. Pinheiro, Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights situation in Myanmar
The UN Human Rights Council today concluded its debate with its experts on Adequate Housing and on Minorities, and opened general debate on agenda item
PRESS RELEASE Geneva, March 11, 2008 — The UN refused to publish a submission by a Geneva non-governmental organization detailing conflict of interest on the
The Syrians convened an informal meeting at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva to showcase their latest draft resolution, on “the Human Rights Situation in