International Human Rights Day, 10 December 2004

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Past Activities

2003

55th anniversary of Universal Declaration of Human Rights
10th anniversary of the world conference on Human Rights which adopted the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action
10th anniversary of establishment of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
10th anniversary of the adoption of Paris principles on National Human Rights Institutions.

Geneva	New York
Presentation of the Peace Quilt for International Human Rights Day by Mrs. Jonkman and the Permanent Representative of the Netherlands Amb. De Jong to the Acting High Commissioner Bertrand Ramcharan	General Assembly Plenary in commemoration of the 55th Anniversary of UDHR, Human Rights Day and the 10th Anniversary of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action (VDPA)
Special session of the Geneva State and Canton Human Rights Commission at the Palais Wilson	Presentation of the Human Rights Prize for 2003 in the General Assembly Hall, followed by a press conference with the winners. Luncheon for winners hosted by OHCHR and an evening reception hosted by the Permanent Mission of Finland to the United nations and OHCHR
Goi Peace Foundation of Japan presentation of Peace Pole to OHCHR at the Palais Wilson	Performance of the New York Labour Choir, against the backdrop of the Bermuda Children’s Peace and Tolerance Mural
Opening at the Palais Wilson of the Exhibit of posters on Human Rights themes by students of the Bulgarian National Art Academy	High-level panel discussion on the 10 th anniversary of the Vienna World Conference on Human Rights and the VDPA titled "Human Rights Ten Years after Vienna : Progress, Challenges and the Role of Key Institutions"
Staff and the public viewing the just opened Exhibit to honour past and 2003 winners of the United Nations Human Rights Prize and Exhibit of posters on HR themes by students of the Bulgarian National Art Academy	An NGO event on the Rule of the Law, supported by OHCHR
Director-General of UNOG Mr. Sergei Ordzhonikidze and the Acting High Commissioner Bertrand Ramcharan address HR Day greetings to guests at the HR Day reception at the Palais Wilson	Hello World Project - HR messages beamed by laser onto the north facade of the UN Secretariat building in New YorkHello World Project
Human Rights Day reception at the Palais Wilson
Palais Wilson on 10 December 2003

2002

Geneva	New York
A panel on the ˝Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict˝ in Geneva was followed by a reception	A student conference on Human Rights was held in New York
WHO led a dialogue on the Right to Health

2001

The High Commissioner participated in a panel in Addis Ababa on ˝Poverty and Racism: Challenges for Human Rights and Development in Africa˝

Geneva
Presentation on anti-discrimination priorities
Live broadcast of the Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony
OHCHR/UNHCR expert panel on refugees and migrants
Screening of video of the concert against racism organised by OHCHR in Geneva was followed by a cocktail reception

2000

The focal theme was education in view of the mid-term point of the UN Decade for Human Rights Education.

Geneva
Panel discussion with heads of UN agencies
Opening of two exhibits - materials produced within the ACT (Assisting Communities Together) project and on the OHCHR collection on the UDHR
A web based database on Human Rights education was launched

1999

	New York
	A two-day student conference on the ˝Culture of Peace in the new Millennium˝ was held. Speakers included Mrs N. Annan, the President of the 54th session of the General Assembly, representatives of member states and NGOs

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