Offering condolences on the recent accidental death in Iraq of Boston Globe journalist Elizabeth Neuffer, a United Nations spokesman today praised her professionalism in covering international events.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights today hailed the Government of the Philippines for deferring the execution of a convict who would have been the country's first prisoner to be put to death since 1999.
The top United Nations human rights official today welcomed United States President George W. Bush's recent statement that the death penalty should never be applied to any individual who is 'mentally retarded.'
