Louise Arbour

South Africa: SA Judge Accepts UNHCR Nomination

allafrica.com     yesterday   1 related          

Posted to the web 23 July 2008 Joe Lauria Durban-born Navanethem Pillay has been notified of her nomination as the new UN Human Rights Commissioner, despite American reservations. She did not name Pillay, but UN officials...                

green it up

wordpress.com     Jul 21, 2008          

Since I've been so heavily involved with print and multi-media design over the past three years, I've found that the staple tool of nearly any design studio - regardless of genre - are Apple products, specifically iMac...                

South African reported to be new UN rights chief

iht.com     Jul 19, 2008   45 related          

The United Nations chief told rights advocates Friday that his choice to be the next U.N. human rights commissioner is a South African judge who was the first black woman to serve on her country's High Court, the director of...                

Sri Lanka gets tough on UN, aid visas (AFP)

yahoo.com     Jul 17, 2008   3 related          

by Mel Gunasekera 1 hour, 2 minutes ago COLOMBO (AFP) - Sri Lanka's government on Thursday unveiled new restrictions on how long United Nations and other foreign aid staff are allowed to work on the war-torn island. The new...                

Food for thought for Eurocrats

guardian.co.uk     Jul 17, 2008   120 related          

The EU wants to fund farmers in poor countries with €1bn. Much of their holiday countdown is being spent trying to cajole EU governments and MEPs to endorse a planned €1bn fund for aiding farmers in poor countries. Even worse,...                

UN Chief Narrows Search for New Human Rights Commissioner

voanews.com     Jul 16, 2008          

Navanethem Pillay, black South African woman judge on ICC; Hina Jilani, female Pakistani lawyer and rights advocate, and Argentinean lawyer Juan Mendez, who was tortured and detained as political prisoner, named top three...                

Home Affairs Delegation Visits UN Human Rights Headquarters in Switzerland

allafrica.com     Jul 15, 2008   1 related          

An Angolan delegation of Home Affairs Ministry, led by its vice-minister for Human Rights and Social Services, José Bamokina Zau, is expected Wednesday in Geneva, Switzerland, for a visit to the headquarters of the UN High...                

Hotel Rwanda: Robin Philpots ok

indymedia.org.uk     Jul 9, 2008   9 related          

“The genocide in Rwanda was 100 percent the responsibility of the Americans!” Those are not the words of a political leader who has been marginalized like Robert Mugabe or a Fidel Castro. Nor are they the words of a nostalgic...                

Nepal: UN welcomes release of three detained under public security law

un.org     Jul 8, 2008   2 related          

8 July 2008 – The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Nepal has welcomed the release of three people who had been detained under the country’s Public Security Act (PSA). The three...                

The U.N.'s Useful Idiots

tnr.com     Jul 7, 2008   7 related          

"Some supporters of Israel," wrote Marlise Simons in yesterday's Times, "have called her an idiot." The "her" is Louise Arbour, the U.N. high commissioner for human right, who is leaving her post after four years. But, as far...                

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