http://www.tibetatun.org This is the website of Tibetan UN Advocacy, a new Tibetan NGO in Geneva, Switzerland, established on 25 September 2007 during the Sixth Session of the UN Human Rights Council. en-us Copyright 2007, Tibetan UN Advocacy xyz@tibetatun.org Tue, 6 Nov 2007 11:42:55 GMT http://www.tibetatun.org/images/logos/logo-tuna.gif http://www.tibetatun.org 115 89 TUNA Logo http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2008/hr4953.doc.htm www.tibetatun.org/news.html UNITED NATIONS, 2 May (DPI) - Hailing the adoption of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples by the General Assembly in September 2007 as the beginning of a “new era of renewed partnerships”, the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues today pledged its commitment to making the Declaration a “living document” throughout its work. 5 May 2008 http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42103 www.tibetatun.org/news.html UNITED NATIONS, 23 Apr (IPS) - Leaders of the world's 370 million indigenous peoples are calling for the United Nations to include their voices in its future talks on climate change 5 May 2008 http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/storyPage.aspx?storyId=116600 www.tibetatun.org/news.html GENEVA, 29 April 2008 - United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday welcomed initiatives by the Chinese government for dialogue with the Dalai Lama, saying he hopes Tibetan representatives will seize the opportunity 29 April 2008 http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=26434&Cr=beijing&Cr1=olympic www.tibetatun.org/news.html UN News Centre, 23 April 2008 - The United Nations Special Adviser on Sport for Development and Peace and the head of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) have pledged to ensure that this summer’s Games in Beijing, China, are celebrated in a spirit of friendship and respect 28 April 2008 http://tibetatun.org/updates2.html www.tibetatun.org/news.html The People’s Republic of China has failed to provide a director response to Ms. Asma Jahangir, the Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief of the UN Human Rights Council, with regard to a specific question she put to the Chinese authorities in a communication of last May on case of the Panchen Lama. The Panchen Lama turns 19 today remaining under enforced disappearance since May 1995. 25 April 2008 http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=41488 www.tibetatun.org/news.html UNITED NATIONS, Mar 6 (IPS) - The U.N. "Trust Fund to End Violence against Women" has risen significantly over the last year: from 3.5 million dollars in 2006 to over 15 million dollars in 2007. 8 March 2008 http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-03/07/content_7736815.htm www.tibetatun.org/news.html BEIJING, March 7 (Xinhua) -- More than 125,000 Chinese netizens have submitted their signatures to an on-line campaign against domestic violence, local media said Thursday. 8 March 2008 http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/mar/06/srilanka.humanrights www.tibetatun.org/news.html The Guardian, 6 March 2008 - Sri Lanka's reputation on human rights took a double blow today as an international panel monitoring abuse investigations resigned and a leading watchdog said the country's government had illegally abducted hundreds of people. 8 March 2008 http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=25785&Cr=kenya&Cr1 www.tibetatun.org/news.html UN News Centre, 28 February 2008 – Urging further measures to end the deadly tensions that erupted after disputed presidential elections in Kenya, Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon warmly welcomed the agreement on principles for a coalition Government announced in Nairobi today. 29 February 2008 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7270179.stm www.tibetatun.org/news.html BBC, Feb 28 - Cuba has signed two legally binding human rights agreements at the UN in New York, just days after Raul Castro was sworn in as the new president. 29 February 2008 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7266228.stm www.tibetatun.org/news.html Swissinfo.ch, Feb 26 - The chief interrogator of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge has wept while visiting a prison he commanded where at least 14,000 people were killed. 27 February 2008 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/02/AR2008030202118.html?nav=rss_politics/administration www.tibetatun.org/news.html Washingtonpost.com, 3 March 2008 – Louise Arbour, the top U.N. human rights official, will step down on June 30, according to sources close to her, ending a four-year term that has been highlighted by confrontation with the Bush administration over the Iraq war, the death penalty and U.S. efforts against terrorism. 3 March 2008 http://www.swissinfo.org/eng/front/NGOs_call_for_improved_human_rights_policy.html?siteSect=108&sid=8785011&cKey=1204099932000&ty=st www.tibetatun.org/news.html Swissinfo.ch, Feb 26 - More than 30 Swiss non-governmental organisations have raised concerns about human rights practices in Switzerland in a report addressed to the United Nations 3 March 2008 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/26/AR2008022600903.html www.tibetatun.org/news.html WashingtonPost.com, Feb. 27 -- China declared Tuesday that it is willing to resume a long-stalled human rights dialogue with the United States, apparently seeking to improve its image before this summer's Olympic Games in Beijing. 27 February 2008 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7264174.stm www.tibetatun.org/news.html BBC, Feb 26 - Military archives spanning nearly four decades of civil war in Guatemala will be opened to the public, the country's President Alvaro Colom has announced. 26 February 2008 http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics/7265593.stm www.tibetatun.org/news.html BBC, Feb 26 - The Beijing Olympics will help to improve the human rights situation in China, says a senior International Olympic Committee (IOC) official. 26 February 2008 http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=25741&Cr=women&Cr1 www.tibetatun.org/news.html UN News Centre, February 25 - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today kicked off a multi-year global campaign bringing together the United Nations, governments and civil society to try to end violence against women, calling it an issue that “cannot wait.” 25 February 2008 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/7262830.stm www.tibetatun.org/news.html BBC, Feb 25 - The director of the UN's World Food Programme has said it is considering plans to ration food aid because of rising prices and a shortage of funds. 25 February 2008 http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=41310 www.tibetatun.org/news.html LIMA, Feb 22 (IPS) - Teófila Ochoa and Cirila Pulido, survivors of a 1985 massacre in Peru, said that seeing retired Peruvian army officer Telmo Hurtado in prison-issue clothing and shackles was the closest they have come to seeing justice done. 22 February 2008 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080221/ap_on_re_af/un_somalia www.tibetatun.org/news.html AP, 20 February 2008 – The U.N. Security Council authorized African peacekeepers Wednesday to continue operating in Somalia for six months while the United Nations mulls taking over those duties. 20February 2008 http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/media.aspx www.tibetatun.org/news.html OHCHR, 18 February 2008 –The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous people; the UN Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance; the UN Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the rights to an adequate standard of living, and on the right to non-discrimination in this context; and the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention issued the following statement today 18February 2008 http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Rest_of_World/End_culture_of_impunity_in_Nepal__UN/articleshow/2790226.cms www.tibetatun.org/news.html Timesofindia, 17 February 2008 – A top UN human rights official has urged Nepal to end the culture of impunity in the country and punish armymen involved in torture of innocent people in the Himalayan nation. 17February 2008 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7248085.stm www.tibetatun.org/news.html BBC, 16 February 2008 – The United Nations has condemned Eritrea, accusing it of preventing hundreds of peacekeepers from crossing from Eritrea into Ethiopia 15February 2008 http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/eng/wjb/zwjg/zwbd/t406936.htm www.tibetatun.org/news.html FMPRC, 12 February 2008 – The issue of climate change has become a serious challenge in today's world. It affects not only the development of the global economy and prosperity, but also the very existence of mankind. A united front to confront this challenge, and to safeguard the common home of mankind has become the unanimous appeal by all members of the international community. 15February 2008 http://www.ungift.org/index.php www.tibetatun.org/news.html UN initiative to stop human trafficking 17February 2008 http://media.www.hlrecord.org/media/storage/paper609/news/2008/02/14/News/Hrp-Panelists.Look.At.Human.Rights.Institutions-3211386.shtml www.tibetatun.org/news.html College Publisher Network, 14 February 2008 – As part of a multi-year commitment to studying National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs), Harvard Law School's Human Rights Program invited Morten Kjaerum, Executive Director of the Danish Institute for Human Rights, to speak at the law school last Friday. The Director of the Human Rights Program, Professor Ryan Goodman, gave a brief background to NHRIs. Kjaerum - who is also Special Coordinator of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and served as President of the International Coordination Committee (ICC) for NHRIs - discussed the relatively recent emergence of NHRIs, their proper role in international human rights mechanisms and domestic implementation, and their efficacy 17February 2008 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7244333.stm www.tibetatun.org/news.html BBC, 15 February 2008 – Serbia's foreign minister has urged the United Nations Security Council to oppose the province of Kosovo's expected declaration of independence 15February 2008 http://allafrica.com/stories/200802140683.html www.tibetatun.org/news.html allAfrica.com, 14 February 2008 – On December, I wrote a piece for Pambazuka News reflecting on the pending elections entitled THE LONG ROAD TO DEMOCRACY. As in the 2002 elections, I was wary that Kenyans would be taken for a ride again 15February 2008 http://www.tibetatun.org/pubs/sapa.pdf www.tibetatun.org/news.html Forum-Asia, 14 February 2008 – We, the participants of the 1st Regional Workshop on Minority Issues in Southeast Asia, organised by the Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), in partnership with the International Movement Against All Forms of Discrimination and Racism (IMADR), and Minority Rights Group (MRG), in Bangkok, Thailand on 21 -23 January 2008 14 February 2008 http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=25426&Cr=middle&Cr1=east www.tibetatun.org/news.html UN News Centre, 28 Jan - 28 January 2008 – The security restrictions imposed by Israel in the occupied Palestinian territory are intrusive, disproportionate, discriminatory and arbitrary, an independent United Nations human rights expert has stated, warning that they restrict the access of Muslims, Christians and Jews to worship at their holy places. 29January 2008 http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=25425&Cr=kenya&Cr1= www.tibetatun.org/news.html UN News Centre, 28 January 2008 – The United Nations Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide today called for an immediate halt to the destructive cycle of attacks and revenge attacks in Kenya, where post-electoral violence continues to claim lives, and announced plans to dispatch a staff member there 29January 2008 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7206144.stm www.tibetatun.org/news.html BBC, 24 Jan - A UN agency operating in North Korea left itself open to exploitation, a US Senate investigation has found 28January 2008 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7206411.stm www.tibetatun.org/news.html BBC, 24 Jan - A woman believed to be the last native speaker of the Eyak language in the north-western US state of Alaska has died at the age of 89 28January 2008 http://www.unhchr.ch/huricane/huricane.nsf/view01/8FDBF12E3EF5DDC4C12573D9007606C7?opendocument www.tibetatun.org/news.html HRC, 23 Jan - High Commissioner for Human Rights Calls for an End to Restrictions on Aid and Essential Supplies to Gaza; Underscores International Community's Responsibility to Protect 28January 2008 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7195313.stm www.tibetatun.org/news.html BBC, Jan 18 - The UN has criticised a lack of progress in Burma towards change, after last year's violent suppression of anti-government protests Thursday, 18January 2008 http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/16/world/europe/16spain.html?_r=2&ref=world&oref=slogin&oref=slogin www.tibetatun.org/news.html New York Times, Jan 16 - Secretary General Ban Ki-moon appealed Tuesday for global dialogue to fight terrorism, though he conceded that there was no quick way to eliminate the Islamist terror threat Thursday, 17January 2008 http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-China-Property-Rights.html?_r=1&oref=slogin www.tibetatun.org/news.html New York Times, Jan 15 - China will step up efforts to educate farmers on their property rights and encourage them to resolve land disputes through legal means, officials said Tuesday, in a push to curb protests over illegal land grabs and inadequate compensation Thursday, 17January 2008 http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0115/p09s02-coop.html www.tibetatun.org/news.html Christian Science Monitor, Jan 15 - Five high-profile members of Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge government are finally in detention awaiting trial. It's historic progress toward long-awaited justice for the brutal regime that caused the deaths of 1.7 million Cambodians in the late-1970s Thursday, 17January 2008 http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=40769 www.tibetatun.org/news.html KIGALI, Jan 12 (IPS) - What Gilbert Nshimyumukiza remembers most about the Rwandan genocide is that it started to rain as he and his brothers tried to carry his mortally wounded father back into their house Thursday, 17January 2008 http://www.swissinfo.org/eng/front/Clarity_demanded_on_terrorism_blacklist.html?siteSect=105&sid=8620955&cKey=1200308251000&ty=st%20%20%20%20%20%20target= www.tibetatun.org/news.html Swissinfo.ch, Jan 14 - Switzerland is calling for reform of the United Nations terrorism blacklist in an effort to improve transparency Monday, 14January 2008 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/250dd438-be10-11dc-8bc9-0000779fd2ac.html?nclick_check=1%20%20%20%20%20%20target= www.tibetatun.org/news.html FT.com, Jan 8 - The United Nations is to push for economic and social rights, including the human rights responsibilities of companies, to be given greater attention in the run-up to the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights Thursday, 10 January 2008 http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=worldNews&storyid=2008-01-08T093104Z_01_PEK253926_RTRUKOC_0_US-OLYMPICS-BEIJING-RIGHTS.xml%20%20%20%20%20%20target= www.tibetatun.org/news.html Reuters, Jan 8 - China hit back on Tuesday at critics of its human rights record, saying the world was using the Olympics, which Beijing will host in August, as an excuse to make a villain out of its government Thursday, 10 January 2008 http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/07/opinion/07joseph.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin%20%20%20%20%20%20target= www.tibetatun.org/news.html NY times, Jan. 5-KENYA descended into chaos last week after accusations of vote rigging. The specter of further unrest haunts Pakistan after elections were postponed in the wake of Benazir Bhutto’s assasination. And two years ago Haitians clashed with the police in Port-au-Prince after a botched vote count enraged supporters of the leading presidential candidate Thursday, 10 January 2008 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/04/AR2008010403513.html%20%20%20%20%20%20target= www.tibetatun.org/news.html Washington Post, Jan. 5-When former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq al-Hariri was assassinated nearly three years ago, the United States and France prodded the U.N. Security Council into ordering a U.N. inquiry into the killing within 24 hours Thursday, 10 January 2008 http://www.gorkhapatra.org.np/content.php?nid=33718%20%20%20%20%20%20target= www.tibetatun.org/news.html The Rising Nepal, Jan. 5- Representative of the United Nation High Commissioner for Human Rights in Nepal (OHCHR), Richard Bennett said that holding the constituent assembly elections alone will not guarantee sustainable peace and democracy but the state should also keep human rights at the centre of the peace process. Sunday, 6 January 2008 http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1§ion=0&article=105326&d=5&m=1&y=2008&pix=kingdom.jpg&category=Kingdom www.tibetatun.org/news.html Arab News, 5 January 2008 — The National Society for Human Rights (NSHR) has invited representatives of 16 higher educational institutions in the country to a workshop that will discuss steps to include human rights in the curriculum in Riyadh today Sunday, 6 January 2008 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7171253.stm www.tibetatun.org/news.html BBC, 4 January 2008 – US-based Human Rights Watch says the United Nations should send observers to monitor the fighting in Sri Lanka Sunday, 6 January 2008 http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=25207&Cr=charter&Cr1 www.tibetatun.org/news.html UN News Centre, 3 January 2008 – For the first time in its history, the United Nations holds a certified copy of its own Charter, signed on 26 June 1945 by the Organization’s original 51 members, after it was presented to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon by the head of the United States National Archives Friday, 4 January 2008 http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=24966&Cr=child&Cr1 www.tibetatun.org/news.html UN News Centre, 7 December 2007 – Young people from around the world will be able to record and share their stories online in various languages thanks to a new project launched today by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), technology giant Google and the non-profit organization One Laptop per Child Friday, 4 January 2008 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7169122.stm www.tibetatun.org/news.html BBC, 3 January 2008 - China is to expand the use of lethal injections to replace execution by shooting, a senior official has said Thursday, 3 January 2008 http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=aem5.TWV6ccU&refer=home www.tibetatun.org/news.html Jan. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Strobe Talbott's curriculum vitae includes 21 years at Time magazine, seven years as a deputy secretary at the State Department under U.S. President Bill Clinton, a stint at Yale and some five years at the Brookings Institution Wed, 2 January 2008 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7165443.stm www.tibetatun.org/news.html BBC, 31 Dec - The United Nations has taken control of the peacekeeping mission for Darfur in Sudan after months of negotiations but it remains seriously under strength. Tue, 1 January 2008 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7163758.stm www.tibetatun.org/news.html BBC, 29 Dec - Hong Kong's chief executive has said Beijing plans to allow the special region to directly elect its leader by 2017 and legislators by 2020 Sunda, 30 Dec 2007 http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=40582 www.tibetatun.org/news.html BANGKOK, Dec 22 (IPS) - For nearly 30 years Cambodians have grappled with a question that no one in the country could answer with certainty: will the surviving leaders of the Khmer Rouge regime face justice for the genocide they perpetrated on their own people in the mid-1970s? Sunda, 30 Dec 2007 http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22971964-5013871,00.html www.tibetatun.org/news.html The Australian, Dec 26 — A GROUP of prominent Aboriginal leaders has threatened to take its case against new welfare laws for indigenous families in far north Queensland to the UN unless the Rudd and Bligh governments immediately suspend plans to introduce the "racist" reforms Wednesday, 26 Dec 2007 http://www.washingtontimes.com/article/20071223/FOREIGN/914950549/1003 www.tibetatun.org/news.html Washington Times, Dec 23 — The United Nations General Assembly approved a two-year U.N. budget of $4.17 billion yesterday, with the United States casting the only "no" vote because of objections to funding for a follow-up to a conference it considered anti-Israel Wednesday, 26 Dec 2007 http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=25077&Cr=rights&Cr1=council www.tibetatun.org/news.html UN News Centre, 14 Dec -The United Nations Human Rights Council concluded its sixth session today in Geneva, adopting 13 resolutions and decisions, including a request that the independent expert on Myanmar return to the South-East Asian nation for further assessments Monday, 17 Dec 2007 12 :56: 48 GMT http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20071214/OPINION/712140546/-1/newssitemap www.tibetatun.org/news.html Heraldtribune.com, 15 Dec - In the frenzy following the release of the National Intelligence Estimate last week, stating that Iran suspended its nuclear weapons program in 2003, not many reports have noted that it was inspectors of the United Nation's International Atomic Energy Agency who discovered the secret weapons program in 2003 and pressured the Iranian government to put it on hold. (See the Jan. 14, 2005, update of the Congressional Research Service's Report for Congress titled "Iran's Nuclear Program: Recent Developments," discussing 2003 inspections.) Monday, 17 Dec 2007 12 :34: 48 GMT http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7143810.stm www.tibetatun.org/news.html BBC, 14 Dec - -Talks at the UN climate summit in Bali have continued past their scheduled end despite optimism that a compromise could be reached between the EU and US Friday, 14 Dec 2007 12 :55: 48 GMT http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/IL13Ae01.html www.tibetatun.org/news.html Asia Times, 13 Dec - - A consensus is gathering that Myanmar's State Peace and Development Council's (SPDC) official version of events of its violent crackdown on street demonstrations in late September, continued detention without trial of protesters and ongoing harassment and arrests of activists doesn't square with the actual facts Friday, 14 Dec 2007 11 :33: 48 GMT http://www.swissinfo.org/eng/front/Grim_reminder_helps_mark_rights_day.html?siteSect=105&sid=8513839&cKey=1197287990000&ty=st www.tibetatun.org/news.html Swissinfo.ch, 10 Dec - The Swiss Red Cross is highlighting abuses against people by opening one of its clinics for torture victims to the general public on Human Rights Day Monday, 10 Dec 2007 11 :33: 48 GMT http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7135986.stm www.tibetatun.org/news.html BBC, 10 Dec - UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon has said that the world's patience is "running out" with Burma's government Monday, 10 Dec 2007 11 :33: 48 GMT http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=24969&Cr=western&Cr1=sahara www.tibetatun.org/news.html UN, 7 Dec - A third round of United Nations-backed negotiations on Western Sahara, bringing together representatives of Morocco and Frente Polisario, will take place early next month, it was announced today Monday, 10 Dec 2007 11 :33: 48 GMT http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7132233.stm www.tibetatun.org/news.html BBC, 7 Dec - Nato and Russia have failed to narrow their differences over the future status of Kosovo ahead of Monday's UN deadline for an agreement Saturday, 7 Dec 2007 11 :33: 48 GMT http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7133239.stm www.tibetatun.org/news.html BBC, 7 Dec - Burma's military authorities killed at least 31 people during the suppression of pro-democracy protests earlier this year, a UN human rights envoy has said Saturday, 7 Dec 2007 11 :33: 48 GMT http://www.unhchr.ch/huricane/huricane.nsf/view01/FD2D1AB3B31A05F5C12573A6003847A4?opendocument www.tibetatun.org/news.html UN, 3 Dec - UN, 3 Dec - The United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances issued the following statement on Friday, 30 November Wednesday, 4 Dec 2007 8:43: 48 GMT http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1690545,00.html www.tibetatun.org/news.html Time, 4 Dec - Muneera Habib Mansoor was at a garden party in Kabul in 1997 when she stepped on a land mine. Her first leg was blown off, the second had to be amputated. Najmuddin Helal drove over a land mine in 1982 and lost both legs. Gulandam Karami, a widow with three children, stepped on one last year as she was taking her goats to pasture. She lost both legs at the hip, and is only just now learning to walk on prosthetics. She is progressing well, but worries that her new legs shod in bright red Adidas will not be able to handle the pathways in her mountain village, which is a three-hour drive from Kabul. Still, she says, any help at all is a boon. "Before this, I was crawling." Wednesday, 4 Dec 2007 3:43: 48 GMT http://en.tibet.cn/news/tin/t20071130_289255.htm www.tibetatun.org/news.html Xinhua, 30 Nov - The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) said here Thursday that it would further cooperate with China and its Tibet Autonomous Region on energy development Wednesday, 4 Dec 2007 3:43: 48 GMT http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World_growth_rate_slowing_UN/articleshow/2580555.cms www.tibetatun.org/news.html UNITED NATIONS, 29 Nov - The world economy has been growing more slowly after global unemployment jumped to 6.3 per cent last year, the highest in a decade, the United Nations reported Thursday, 29 Nov 2007 3:43: 48 GMT http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PEK334489.htm www.tibetatun.org/news.html BEIJING, Nov 28 (Reuters) - China's efforts to prevent HIV/AIDS-related discrimination have failed to stamp out "widespread" stigmatisation of sufferers, United Nations. officials said on Wednesday Thursday, 29 Nov 2007 3:41: 48 GMT http://tibetatun.org/pubs/chnnc1e.pdf www.tibetatun.org/news.html The People's Republic of China - Initial National Communication on Climate Change, 2004, [pdf 2.2 mb] Thursday, 29 Nov 2007 11:51: 48 GMT http://tibetatun.org/pubs/hdr_20072008_en_complete.pdf www.tibetatun.org/news.html Human Development Report 2007/2008 - Fighting climate change: Human solidarity in a divided world [pdf 12 mb] Thursday, 29 Nov 2007 11:49: 48 GMT http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2007/gashc3911.doc.htm www.tibetatun.org/news.html DPI, UN, 27 Nov - Profoundly concerned by the situation facing children in situations of armed conflict and foreign occupation, and by the number of children subject to trafficking, prostitution and child pornography, the General Assembly would request the Secretary-General to appoint a Special Representative to act as a high-profile global advocate on the elimination of violence against children, according to one of five draft resolutions approved by the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) today Thursday, 29 Nov 2007 11:48: 48 GMT http://www.unhchr.ch/huricane/huricane.nsf/view01/6F9DE77663CBC2D3C12573A0006FA776?opendocument www.tibetatun.org/news.html UN Press Release, 27 Nov - The Subcommittee on the Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (SPT) has announced the second phase of its visits programme for 2008. Thursday, 29 Nov 2007 11:46: 48 GMT http://www.duihua.org/2007/11/new-statistics-point-to-dramatic.html www.tibetatun.org/news.html Dui Hua Foundation, 27 Nov - Chinese arrests for "endangering state security" (ESS) doubled in 2006 over the previous year, according to official statistics recently released by the Chinese government Thursday, 29 Nov 2007 11:45: 48 GMT http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7114665.stm www.tibetatun.org/news.html BBC, 27 Nov - China must play its part in talks to frame a new deal on climate change, French President Nicolas Sarkozy says Wednesday, 27 Nov 2007 10:08: 48 GMT http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=1&art_id=vn20071126005224914C607672 www.tibetatun.org/news.html IOL, 26 Nov - We are a proud democracy. We call ourselves the rainbow nation and we are the only country in the world that voluntarily changed from a tyrannical apartheid regime to a fully-fledged democracy where all our citizens, irrespective of race, creed or colour have full human rights. Wednesday, 27 Nov 2007 10:06: 48 GMT http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=24786&Cr=women&Cr1 www.tibetatun.org/news.html UN News Centre, 25 Nov - Denouncing violence against women as "one of the most heinous, systematic and prevalent human rights abuses in the world," United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has vowed to lead a campaign against the scourge Wednesday, 27 Nov 2007 10:05: 48 GMT http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/90882/6307788.html www.tibetatun.org/news.html People's Daily Online, 23 Nov - After slashing its rural poverty-stricken population by an impressive 80 percent in 20 years, China finds itself mired in the fight against entrenched destitution in the remote interior, especially among ethnic minorities. Wednesday, 27 Nov 2007 10:05: 48 GMT http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/11/26/opinion/edshambaugh.php?WT.mc_id=rssfrontpage www.tibetatun.org/news.html International Herald Tribune, 26 Nov - For Europe, the "China honeymoon" is over. As the 10th European Union-China summit meeting convenes in Beijing this week, and after 15 years of rapidly and dramatically developing ties, there are numerous indications of new strains emerging in the relationship Monday, 26 Nov 2007 10:31: 48 GMT http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20071124.CHINA24/TPStory/TPInternational/Asia/ www.tibetatun.org/news.html The Globe and Mail, Nov 24 -- Political squabbling in Ottawa has jeopardized a plan to overhaul Canada's human-rights dialogue with China, a coalition of human-rights groups has warned Monday, 26 Nov 2007 10:31: 48 GMT http://www.voanews.com/english/2007-11-24-voa37.cfm?rss=asia www.tibetatun.org/news.html VOA News, Nov 24 - An advance team of Chinese engineers and medical officers arrived in Sudan's war-torn Darfur region Saturday Monday, 26 Nov 2007 10:30:48 GMT http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2007/11/117_14293.html www.tibetatun.org/news.html The Korea Times, Nov 23 - The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Korea University and Ewha Womans University to provide students majoring in law with human rights-related education programs. Monday, 26 Nov 2007 10:29:48 GMT http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=40168 www.tibetatun.org/news.html GUATEMALA CITY, Nov 21 (IPS) - Human rights groups from Guatemala, Mexico, Uruguay, Colombia, Western Sahara and Sweden called for reparations for victims of armed conflicts and crimes against humanity, and punishment for those responsible Friday, 23 Nov 2007 011:07:48 GMT http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7105235.stm www.tibetatun.org/news.html BBC, 21 November 2007 - The chestnut tree that comforted Anne Frank as she hid from the Nazis in Amsterdam during World War II has won another reprieve. Amsterdam city council ruled in March that the rotting 150-year-old tree must be felled as a danger to the public. Friday, 23 Nov 2007 011:07:48 GMT http://green.yahoo.com/news/afp/20071121/wl_asia_afp/chinatibetclimatewarming.html www.tibetatun.org/news.html BEIJING (AFP), 20, 2007 - Climate change is causing more weather-related disasters than ever in the Himalayan region of Tibet, where the temperature is rising faster than the rest of China, state press reported Wednesday. Friday, 23 Nov 2007 011:07:48 GMT http://www.upi.com/International_Security/Energy/Analysis/2007/11/20/analysis_prepping_for_post-kyoto_talks/3766/ www.tibetatun.org/news.html UPI, Nov. 20, 2007 - The success of post-Kyoto Protocol talks this December hinge on determining which countries must commit to limit greenhouse gas emissions and what the nature of those commitments should be, experts say Friday, 23 Nov 2007 011:07:48 GMT http://www.achrweb.org/Review/2007/194-07.html www.tibetatun.org/news.html AHCHR, Nov 21 - Yesterday, civil society organizations hurried up to meet the deadline for submission of the Stakeholders reports under the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the Human Rights Council. For those not following the United Nations Human Rights Council, it provides for Universal Periodic Review of the States for assessing "each State of its human rights obligations and commitments". Thursday, 22 Nov 2007 011:07:48 GMT http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PEK235302.htm www.tibetatun.org/news.html BEIJING, Nov 20 (Reuters) - China urged Iran on Tuesday to abide by U.N. resolutions demanding it curtail nuclear activity but said there was still room to negotiate a solution to the worsening standoff. Thursday, 22 Nov 2007 011:06:48 GMT http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2007/gashc3909.doc.htm www.tibetatun.org/news.html UN, DPI, 20 November 2007- Draft resolutions that would have the General Assembly address the human rights situations in three Member States -- Myanmar, Iran and the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea -- were approved today by the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) amid a barrage of objections by many delegations, which maintained that the freshly constituted Human Rights Council was the correct forum to address such concerns Thursday, 22 Nov 2007 011:05:48 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/09e24b6c-9309-11dc-ad39-0000779fd2ac,Authorised=false.html?_i_location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ft.com%2Fcms%2Fs%2F0%2F09e24b6c-9309-11dc-ad39-0000779fd2ac.html%3Fnclick_check%3D1&nclick_check=1 www.tibetatun.org/news.html FT.COM, 15 November 2007- The head of the United Nations intellectual property agency, under pressure from industrialised countries to resign, has announced he will leave office late next year, 12 months before his contract expires Wed, 21 Nov 2007 010:59:48 GMT http://www.ohchr.org/english/about/publications/docs/crc18.pdf www.tibetatun.org/news.html OHCHR - This booklet is a present offered to Miss Convention on the occasion of the attainment of her age of majority. It is also as a tribute to all persons who have worked and are continuing to strive to enforce childrens rights. Wed, 21 Nov 2007 010:59:48 GMT http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7102898.stm www.tibetatun.org/news.html BBC, Tuesday, 20 November 2007 - An international genocide tribunal set up to try surviving members of Cambodia's brutal Khmer Rouge regime is holding its first public hearing. Wed, 21 Nov 2007 010:59:48 GMT http://www.forum-asia.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1190&Itemid=42 www.tibetatun.org/news.html Forum Asia, Tuesday, 06 November 2007 - This month, the leaders of Association of Southeast Asia Nations (ASEAN) at its 13th ASEAN Summit in Singapore will sign the "ASEAN Charter", aiming to turn the loosely structured body into a rule-based one. ASEAN currently exercises without a legally binding document unlike other regional inter-governmental organisations such as the European Union, the Organisation of American States, and the African Union Wed, 21 Nov 2007 010:59:48 GMT http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7101239.stm www.tibetatun.org/news.html BBC, 19 Nov - Philippine President Gloria Arroyo has said her country is unlikely to sign a new Asean charter unless Burma frees the opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Mon, 19 Nov 2007 010:00:48 GMT http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,2212203,00.html www.tibetatun.org/news.html Guardian Unlimited, 16 Nov -A UN general assembly committee has passed a draft resolution calling for an end to the death penalty in a debate that put the US in the same camp as Iran and Syria Sat, 17 Nov 2007 010:00:48 GMT http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/11/16/news/UN-GEN-UN-Human-Rights-Council.php www.tibetatun.org/news.html UNITED NATIONS: The United States on Friday renewed criticism of the U.N. Human Rights Council, arguing it had shown a misplaced focus on Israel while giving a free pass to countries with poor human rights records. Sat, 17 Nov 2007 010:00:48 GMT http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=24683&Cr=general&Cr1=assembly www.tibetatun.org/news.html UN News Center, 15 November 2007 - A new culture of international relations based on the principles of full respect for human rights, human security, the responsibility to protect and the promotion of sustainable development is necessary, General Assembly President Srgjan Kerim said today Sat, 17 Nov 2007 010:00:48 GMT http://africa.reuters.com/wire/news/usnN14242759.html www.tibetatun.org/news.html UNITED NATIONS, Nov 14 (Reuters) - A bid to have the U.N. General Assembly call for a moratorium on the death penalty drew charges on Wednesday that the European Union was trying to impose its values on others in a throwback to colonialism. Tue, 13 Nov 2007 05:00:48 GMT http://www.ptinews.com/pti/ptisite.nsf/all/9C7D7233A3977E64652573920022F5A5?Opendocument www.tibetatun.org/news.html Dharam Shourie United Nations, Nov 13 (PTI) France has voiced strong support for induction of India, Japan, Germany and Brazil as permanent members into the Security Council as the world body embarked on a debate on reforms in its most powerful organ including its expansion. Addressing the United Nations General Assembly, French Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations Jean-Pierre Lacroix said induction of India and other members of G-4 will make the Security Council more effective and reflect current realities. Tue, 13 Nov 2007 05:00:48 GMT http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2007/pi1813.doc.htm www.tibetatun.org/news.html DPI, UN, 13 Nov: The new edition of the UN Chronicle magazine, Issue 3, 2007, which focuses on racial discrimination, is now available in English and in French. Titled The Solidarity of Peoples,it contains 26 articles on the present state of the international debate on racism and racial discrimination. The contributions look at present and past forms of social exclusion of affected groups and populations, and the multiple dimensions of racial discrimination and related forms of intolerance. Tue, 13 Nov 2007 08:00:48 GMT http://www.financialexpress.com/news/Soft-power-of-the-United-Nations/238755/ www.tibetatun.org/news.html The Financial Express,Joseph S Nye, 13 Nov: Joseph Stalin once dismissed the relevance of "soft power" by asking, "How many troops does the Pope have?" Today, many self-styled realists dismiss the United Nations (UN) as powerless, and argue that it can be ignored. They are mistaken. Tue, 13 Nov 2007 05:00:48 GMT http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7091937.stm http://www.tibetatun.org/news.html BBC, 13 Nov: United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon has urged Burma's leaders and opposition to redouble their efforts to achieve national reconciliation. Tue, 13 Nov 2007 05:00:48 GMT http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\11\11\story_11-11-2007_pg13_5 www.tibetatun.org/news.html Daily Times, 11 Nov - LAHORE: A three-member European Union (EU) delegation, including Portugal and France ambassadors to Pakistan, met the house-arrested Human rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) chairwoman Asma Jehangir at her residence in Gulberg on Saturday, sources said. The meeting lasted for more than 90 minutes. Mon, 12 Nov 2007 10:00:48 GMT www.tibetatun.org/updates.html http://www.tibetatun.org/updates.html 12 November 2007, Geneva, Switzerland - According to the decisions of the UN Human Rights Council during the first segment of its Sixth session in September 2007, Chinas human rights record will come up for scrutiny by the UNs highest human rights body in early 2009. Mon, 12 Nov 2007 10:00:48 GMT http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2007/gashc3904.doc.htm http://www.tibetatun.org/news.html DPI, UN, 9 Nov - As the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) today concluded its review of the right of peoples to self-determination, this afternoon, acting without a vote, it approved a draft resolution, as orally amended, that would have the General Assembly designate an international year for human rights learning, commencing 10 December 2008. Tue, 8 Nov 2007 9:45:48 GMT http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7085893.stm http://www.tibetatun.org/news.html BBC News, New York, 9 Nov - A resolution calling for a worldwide suspension of the use of the death penalty has been introduced at the United Nations General Assembly. Tue, 8 Nov 2007 9:45:48 GMT http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=39895 http://www.tibetatun.org/news.html MELBOURNE, Nov 2 (IPS) - Australias opposition to the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples, passed in September, is in step with the governments approach to domestic policies under Prime Minister John Howard. Tue, 9 Nov 2007 2:56:56 GMT http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSSP272174 http://www.tibetatun.org/news.html SINGAPORE, Nov 6 (Reuters) - The U.N.'s top climate change official said on Tuesday he was confident world governments meeting in Bali next month would finally begin negotiations on mapping out a second plan to fight global warming. Tue, 6 Nov 2007 11:42:56 GMT http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2007/gashc3900.doc.htm http://www.tibetatun.org/news.html DPI,UN, 5 November 2007 - With its institutional-building process essentially completed, the Human Rights Council was now looking forward to implementing its mechanisms in the first half of 2008 as it embarked on its mission to promote and protect human rights worldwide, Doru-Romulus Costea, the Councils President, told the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) this afternoon. Tue, 6 Nov 2007 11:42:55 GMT http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=39875 http://www.tibetatun.org/news.html UNITED NATIONS, Oct 31 (IPS) - The 192-member U.N. General Assembly is expected to vote, perhaps by early or mid-November, on one of the most divisive political issues before the world body: a moratorium on the death penalty. Mon, 5 Nov 2007 10:38:55 GMT http://www.usatoday.com/weather/climate/globalwarming/2007-10-31-australia-greenhouse-gases_N.htm?loc=interstitialskip http://www.tibetatun.org/news.html USA TODAY, - Australia's prime minister said Wednesday he wants the U.S. and China to make significant commitments to reduce carbon emissions at a meeting in December, as climate change dominates the Australian election campaign Mon, 5 Nov 2007 10:38:55 GMT http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21571747/ http://www.tibetatun.org/news.html Reuters, BEIJING - The U.N. General Assembly has adopted the Olympic truce resolution for the 2008 Beijing Games in New York in the face of opposition from activists pushing for a free Tibet Mon, 5 Nov 2007 10:38:56 GMT http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2007/gashc3898.doc.htm http://www.tibetatun.org/news.html DPI, UN, 31 October 2007 - As the recently established Human Rights Council continued to receive a stream of support from many delegations today in the Third Committees (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) continuing review of human rights issues, a number of speakers warned that although that body was now the practical expression of reform ideas, there had been efforts to artificially create a negative atmosphere, to use it to divide countries and as a means of wielding power