UNPO at the UN

Apr 08, 2005

Over 200 NGOs Call for Extension of UN Working Group on Indigenous Issues

Indigenous groups fear non-adoption of the proposed Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Apr 08, 2005

Over 200 NGOs Call for Extension of UN Working...

Indigenous groups fear non-adoption of the proposed Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

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Apr 08, 2005

NGO Expresses Civil and Political Rights, Including...

Oral Intervention by International NGO Forum on Indonesian Development

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Apr 07, 2005

Commission hears claims by NGOs of Violations...

The Commission on Human Rights continued its debate on civil and political rights, hearing from 46 NGOs alleging violations of civil and political rights in many parts of the world

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Apr 07, 2005

Oral Statements on Civil & Political Rights Made...

UN Tibet Team oral statements at the 61st session of the UNCHR on behalf of the Society for Threatened Peoples International and the International Fellowship of Reconciliation

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Apr 07, 2005

World's Worst Regimes Seat in the UN Human Rights...

Freedom House released its annual list of the world's most repressive regimes. Six are members of the UN body, charged with monitoring and condemning human rights violations

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Apr 07, 2005

Annan: United Nations Needs New Human Rights ...

Transcript of UN Secretary General Kofi Annan address before the 61st Session of the UN Human Rights Commission

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Apr 06, 2005

Statement on Situation of Ogoni People

Speaker draws attention to the egregious violations of the civil and political rights of the Ogoni people by the Government of Nigeria, seemingly committed to the protection of oil companies at the cost...

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Apr 05, 2005

Commission Hears on Civil and Political Rights...

Oral statement draws attention to one of the worlds longest, but least reported, armed conflicts, namely that of the Cabinda province, in Angola, and refers to serious and widespread violations of human...

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