The United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) today elected 15 new members to the Geneva-based Commission on Human Rights, including the United States, which will rejoin the UN’s main human rights body after a year’s absence.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mary Robinson, today indicated that her Office was maintaining daily contact with the Israeli authorities concerning a proposed mission to the Middle East.
Reaffirming the duty of countries to protect their citizens, especially in the aftermath of last year’s terror attacks against the United States, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today warned that such protection must not come at the expense of human rights.
By dealing with two dozen communications on human rights and three reports of States during a three-week period, the United Nations Human Rights Committee has completed its most fruitful session yet, its Chairman said today.
