IHEYO urges the UN to consider a qualified women candidate as their next General Secretary
The Next United Nations Secretary-General: Time for a Woman - 1945-2006: 3 Europeans, 2 Africans, 1 Latin American, 1 Asian,…
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Compassion Fatigue?
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs has recorded some 70 natural disasters in 2005. To come to…
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Silvia Geise elected VP of Council of Europe’s INGO Liaison Committee
Around 400 International NGOs (INGOs) have participatory status with the Council of Europe (CoE), and these NGOs constitute the 'Conference…
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IHEU in last-gasp appeal to Human Rights Commission on freedom of expression
With the adoption by the UN General Assembly ealier this month of the resolution creating the new Human Rights Council,…
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IHEU President receives Danish award
The Danish Free Press Society has awarded its newly-instituted Free Press Prize to the Norwegian-Pakistani comedienne and satirist Shabana Rehman…
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Some progress with resolution creating UN new Human Rights Council
We are pleased to be able to report that the the most extreme demand from the OIC -- that would…
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Appello per deferire il Presidente dell’Iran dinanzi alla Corte Criminale Internazionale
L'appello del Presidente iraniano alla distruzione dello Stato di Israele a dispetto dell'articolo 2: 4 della Carta delle Nazioni Unite…
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Appel pour déférer le Président de l’Iran devant la Cour Criminelle Internationale
Communiqué de Presse, Nations Unies - Genève : 27 Janvier 2006. Pour diffusion immédiate L'appel du Président iranien à la…
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Call to bring the President of Iran to trial before the International Criminal Court
IHEU and two other NGOs have issued a press release at the UN in Geneva, demanding that the Iranian President…
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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights in over 300 languages
See http://www.unhchr.ch/udhr/navigate/alpha.htm for the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in over 300 languages. The Declaration is the statement of fundamental…
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Stop Torture and Genocidal Crimes in Darfur-Sudan
IHEU and 16 other NGOs have written to the UN Commissioner for Human Rights to express serious concern at the…
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