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Disabled youth plead for inclusion at UN meeting on disability rights treaty
13 Feb 2006 News
Summary: Disabled young people from Bangladesh, China and the United Kingdom today urged a United Nations committee...
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Update on Human Rights Council Negotiations
9 Feb 2006 News
Summary: On Friday January 20th, the President of the General Assembly held an informal session on the Human Rights...
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Committee holds informal meeting with States parties on methods of work
7 Feb 2006 News
Summary: The Committee on the Rights of the Child this morning held an informal meeting with the States parties to the...
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Committee on the Rights of the Child concludes 41st session
7 Feb 2006 News
Summary: The Committee issued Conclusions on Reports of Peru, Ghana, Liechtenstein, Trinidad and Tobago, Hungary,...
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IRAQ: Women, children, clergy and detainees suffer abuses (18 January 2006)
26 Jan 2006 News
Summary: Terrorism and bombing campaigns, lawlessness, kidnapping and targeted killings continue to wreak havoc on...
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Negotiations on Human Rights Council and ECOSOC Reform to Resume in January (27 December 2005)
18 Jan 2006 News
Summary: Due to time constraints, the General Assembly postponed its informal consultations on the Human Rights Council...
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Negotiations on Human Rights Council Resume as Over 100 NGOs Worldwide Endorse Priorities for an Improved Body (13 January 2006)
18 Jan 2006 News
Summary: The General Assembly resumed consultations on the Human Rights Council on Wednesday January 11th on the basis of...
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EVENT: Press Conference by the Chairman of the Ad Hoc Committee On Disabilities Convention (12 August 2005)
9 Jan 2006 News
Summary: Don MacKay highlights the importance of the draft instrument not only for some 600 million people with...
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WEBSITE: NGO Comments on the draft text made at the Sixth Session (8 September 2005)
9 Jan 2006 News
Summary: This website contains links to all reports and briefings submitted by NGOs on the draft text made at the Sixth...
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UN officials urge commitment to integrate disabled persons into society (3 December 2005)
9 Jan 2006 News
Summary: Secretary-General Kofi Annan and other United Nations officials today marked the International Day of Disabled...
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