Louise Arbour
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

Human Rights Day

• Background
• Objectives for the Day

International Human Rights Day, 10 December 2004

• Statement by the President of the General Assembly in the plenary
• Message from the United Nations Secretary-General
• Statement by the United Nations Deputy-Secretary-General to the General Assembly
• Message from the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
• Message from the Independent Experts of the Commission on Human Rights
• United Nations General Assembly
• Human Rights Education Messages

Activities:

Media

• Joint OHCHR/UNESCO Press Release, 16 November 2004
• BBC's HARDtalk Interview with High Commissioner Arbour
• News Conference by High Commissioner Arbour, Geneva, 9 December 2004
• NGO Press Conference on Human Rights Learning, New York, 10 December 2004

United Nations Headquarters, New York

In the Field

• Afghanistan
• Asia-Pacific Regional Office
• Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Cambodia
• Cameroon (in french)
• Colombia
• Côte d'Ivoire
• Democratic Republic of the Congo (in french)
• Eritrea-Ethiopia
• MONUC
• Nepal
• Occupied Palestinian Territories
• Serbia and Montenegro
• Tajikistan
• Zimbabwe

By National Human Rights Institutions

UN System

• World Health Organization

United Nations Postal Administration Stamp Series - Human Rights Education Decade (1995-2004)

• Statement of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
• Stamp Series (visuals)

Past Activities