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Xinhua News Agency and other leading world media will provide 24-hour global coverage of Universal Children's Day, which falls on Nov. 20. The following is a chronology of major events in protecting the rights and welfare of...
Australia's push for a UN Security Council spot got off to a slow start but momentum is building, writes Daniel Flitton. Sao Tome and Principe has yet to decide whether it will back Australia in the 2012 ballot, but winning the...
Amnesty International has called on world leaders to help prevent enforced disappearances by urging them to ratify a landmark treaty at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). The International Convention for the Protection...
Children occupy a unique status in our society. As minors, they are vulnerable and in need of safeguards to ensure their protection. In 1979, in recognition of children's special position, the United Nations began efforts to...
Many Muslim nations still have not gotten over the publication of some cartoons they believe mocked the Prophet Muhammad. Nations like Algeria and Pakistan have undertaken a campaign to have the UN General Assembly pass a...
On the 20th anniversary of the adoption by the UN General Assembly of the Convention on the Rights of the Child today (20 November), Amnesty International calls on the Albanian authorities to ensure that children are not placed...
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. General Assembly's human rights committee condemned Iran on Friday for a violent crackdown on protesters after presidential elections this year that the Iranian opposition says were rigged.
CHINA has substantially promoted its children's development and rights protection since it became the 105th signatory of the "Convention on the Rights of the Child" adopted by the 44th United Nations General Assembly...
Filed under: Accessories , News , Celebrity Style Carla Bruni carrying the Gucci bag in Doha, Gatar. Photo: Karim Jafaar, Getty Consummately chic Carla Bruni Sarkozy proves her great sense of style knows no (international)...
Don't be surprised if McCain '08 campaign adviser Nicolle Wallace passes up future chances to vent for Rachel Maddow. Wallace did not appear on the Maddow show, agreeing instead to go on the record off-camera with her...
