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Nobel Prize Winners tell UN: Vote Sri Lanka off Human Rights Council

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Serbia standing for seat in UN Human Rights Council

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May 20, 2008
        

15 new members of the UN Human Rights Council will be chosen at tomorrow’s session of the General Assembly with Serbia as a potential candidate. There are three candidates for two seats for Eastern Europe—Serbia, Slovakia and Ukraine—while Spain, France and Great Britain will contest the two...

                   
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Carter Center urges U.N. Assembly not to re-elect Sri Lanka to Human Rights Council

tamilnet.com
May 20, 2008
        

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter's Atlanta based Carter Center, in a statement issued on Friday has urged the U.N. General Assembly not to re-elect Sri Lanka to the Human Rights Council in the upcoming Council elections. Six countries -- Bahrain, Japan, Pakistan, South Korea, Sri Lanka, and...

Sri Lanka ready to face UN vote

mathaba.net
May 20, 2008
        

COLOMBO, May 19 (Xinhua) -- The Sri Lankan government is ready to face a key vote at the UN Human Rights sessions this week, Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama said Monday. The re-election vote to retain Sri Lanka's seat in the 47-member United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) is to be held...

Sri Lanka human rights seat opposed

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May 20, 2008
        

UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., May 19 (UPI) -- Nobel Peace Prize winners are calling on the United Nations to reject Sri Lanka's candidacy for the U.N. Human Rights Council, human rights activists said. Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa and Adolfo Perez Esquivel...

Sri Lanka human rights seat opposed

upi.com
May 20, 2008
        

UNITED NATIONS, May 19 (UPI) -- Nobel Peace Prize winners are calling on the United Nations to reject Sri Lanka's candidacy for the U.N. Human Rights Council, human rights activists said. Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa and Adolfo Perez Esquivel of...

                   

Three Nobel Laureates Oppose Sri Lanka's Bid for the Human Rights Council

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May 19, 2008
        

In the run-up to Wednesday's elections to the UN Human Rights Council, Nobel laureates Desmond Tutu, Adolfo Perez Esquivel, and Jimmy Carter have all issued statements opposing Sri Lanka's candidacy. The case against Sri Lanka, according to Tutu: Sri Lanka has failed to honour its pledges of...

                   

Nobel Prize Winners tell UN: Vote Sri Lanka off Human Rights Council.

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May 19, 2008
        

Nobel Prize Winners tell UN: Vote Sri Lanka off Human Rights Council. 4:39 AM SL Time (New York, May 19, 2008) Winners of the Nobel Peace Prize from three continents called on UN members to reject Sri Lanka`s candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council, the NGO Coalition for an Effective Human...

                   

Nobel Prize Winners tell UN: Vote Sri Lanka off Human Rights Council

alertnet.org
May 19, 2008
        

Reuters and AlertNet are not responsible for the content of this article or for any external internet sites. (New York, May 19, 2008) _ Winners of the Nobel Peace Prize from three continents called on UN members to reject Sri Lanka's candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council, the NGO Coalition...

Sri Lanka ready to face UN vote

people.com.cn
May 19, 2008
        

The Sri Lankan government is ready to face a key vote at the UN Human Rights sessions this week, Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama said Monday. The re-election vote to retain Sri Lanka's seat in the 47-member United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) is to be held on Wednesday in Geneva....

Sri Lanka ready to face UN vote

xinhuanet.com
May 19, 2008
        

COLOMBO, May 19 (Xinhua) -- The Sri Lankan government is ready to face a key vote at the UN Human Rights sessions this week, Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama said Monday. The re-election vote to retain Sri Lanka's seat in the 47-member United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) is to be held...