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Louise Fréchette

Empowering women is key to development, Fréchette tells UN Commission

27 February 2006
Opening the 50th session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, UN Deputy-Secretary General Louise Fréchette said today the international community is finally comprehending that empowering women and girls around the globe is the most effective tool for a country’s development.

Commission on Human Rights: independent experts issue report on Guantanamo detainees

16 February 2006
Five independent human rights experts with mandates from the United Nations Commission on Human Rights today called on the United States to close the Guantánamo Bay detention centre and either bring all detainees to trial or release them without further delay, according to a joint report released today in Geneva.
José Ocampo

Economies of developing countries continue to grow but aid still needed – UN official

8 February 2006
As the United Nations Commission for Social Development began its annual session in New York today, a senior official with the world body said that growth in developing countries is expected to continue in the period ahead, but cautioned that an expanding economy must be matched by efforts to cut poverty.