commission

Sergio Vieira de Mello

AIDS, hunger, terror threaten world security, top UN human rights body told

17 March 2003
World security is threatened not only by the crises currently dominating the headlines but by AIDS, hunger and the "dreams of obscure vengeance" from political terrorists "whose only achievements are the sudden screams of innocent people," the top United Nations human rights official said today.

Top UN human rights body set to open 2003 session in Geneva

13 March 2003
The United Nations Commission on Human Rights is set to open its annual six-week session in Geneva, which, for the first time in the panel's near 60-year history, will include a High-Level segment where top government officials will debate key human rights concerns.

UN women’s commission meets on violence, trafficking, access to media

3 March 2003
The United Nations Commission on the Status of Women opened its annual session today at UN Headquarters in New York, focusing on women’s access to the media and the elimination of all forms of violence against women and girls.