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UN human rights body approves guidelines for multinational corporations

13 August 2003
In an important step forward in developing human rights standards for corporations, an expert subsidiary panel of the top United Nations rights body today approved a set of ethics guidelines bringing together a range of legal obligations for companies drawn from existing human rights, labour and environmental standards.

After gay rights event, Annan calls for tolerance, laments bias 'on any grounds'

5 August 2003
While deploring any kind of prejudice and discrimination and speaking out for people's right to make their own choices, Secretary-General Kofi Annan feels the United Nations should not involve itself in the dispute over the issues of same sex marriage, a spokesman for Mr. Annan said today.

Panel discussion at UN to focus on gay rights

4 August 2003
Gay rights will be the focus this evening of a panel discussion organized by the United Nations alliance of gay, lesbian or bisexual employees, with UN officials decrying discrimination based on sexual orientation and stressing the importance of tolerance.