بالعربيةCouncil resolution 7/3 asks that the High Commissioner for Human Rights consults with States, NGOs and others on how to better international cooperation and dialogue in the UN human rights...
Summary: This year's theme is 'Lead, Empower, Deliver'As the world takes stock of its efforts to address the epidemic, at least one children’s organisation was warning against spending cuts on HIV and AIDS in light of the global financial...
Although sandwiched between the Convention on the Right's of the Child's 18th and 20th birthdays, this year's Universal Children's Day, which falls on 20 November, has nonetheless been marked with a flurry of activity across...
The General Assembly,Reaffirming the purposes and principles contained in the Charter of the United Nations, including developing friendly relations among nations based on respect for the principle of equal rights and self-determination of peoples,...
In Arabic[3 April 2008] – UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed the entry into force of the first international treaty on the human rights of persons with disabilities, after the required twentieth country ratified the landmark...
We are a joint country program of Save the Children Australia and Save the Children New Zealand. We have been working in PNG for roughly 30 years, in the areas of HIV, rural health, NGO capacity-building and child rights. Currently have around 200...
The General Assembly,Recalling all its previous resolutions on the rights of the child, in particular its resolution 54/149 of 17 December 1999, in which it strongly supported the work of the open- nded inter-sessional working groups and urged them...
The General Assembly,Recalling its resolution 54/148 of 17 December 1999 and all previous relevant resolutions, including the agreed conclusions of the Commission on the Status of Women, in particular those relevant to the girl child,Recalling also...
[13 December 2007] - Discrimination threatens lives in emergencies, and governments and aid agencies should pay more attention to the needs of vulnerable groups who suffer most in disasters, the Red Cross said in a report released on Thursday....
[10 December 2007] - The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) will turn 60 on 10 December 2008. Human Rights Day 2007 will launch a year-long UN system-wide advocacy campaign to mark this important milestone. The theme of the campaign, which...
