[WSIS CS-Plenary] Fw: News on Human Rights Commission for 7 April (from congoCHR.org)

[Fullsack Jean-Louis]

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From: "Fullsack Jean-Louis" <jlfullsack at wanadoo.fr>
To: <rik.panganiban at ngocongo.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2004 9:17 AM
Subject: Re: News on Human Rights Commission for 7 April (from congoCHR.org)


> En francais ci-apres
> Helo all
>
> I'd just draw the attention of the HR Caucus and especially of the Gender
> Caucus to the European Parliament Report A-0055/2004 by Karin Junker
> entitled "Report upon population and development : ten years after the
> international conferennce on population and development (Cairo, 1994).
> It i.a. contains some strong critical statements of the so called "Mexico
> policy" which forbids for example the USAID to fund development activities
> which are in favor of or encompass family planning and voluntary abortion
> information.
> It also mentions that this policy -reintroduced by the US- have frozen
since
> 2002 the contribution that the US committed to provide to the UN Fund for
> Population. The European Commission decided to compensate for this loss of
> credit. But the Report asks the European Union and its member countries
to
> enter into a factual debate with the US about the catastrophic
consequences
> on DCs populations of this "Mexico policy", encouraging President Bush to
> repeal it.
> Moreover the report contains a lot of information and considerations about
> the evolution of DCs' population rights and health during the last decade.
> This Report is available at the EP website (www.europarl.eu.int)
> Jean-Louis Fullsack
> CSDPTT-France
>
> J'aimerais juste attirer l'attention du Caucus des Droits de l'Homme et
plus
> particulierement du Caucus Femmes sur le Rapport A5- 0055/2004 du
Parlement
> Europeen dont le Rapporteur est la deputee Karin Junker et qui est
intitule
> "Rapport sur la population et le developpemement : dix ans apres la
> Conference internationale sur la population et le developpement (Le Caire,
> 1994)".
> Il contient entre autres quelques affirmations fortes et critiques contre
ce
> qu'on appelle la "politique de Mexico" qui interdit par exemple a l'agence
> americaine d'aide au developpement USAID de financer des activites de
> developpement qui sont en faveur de ou comportent de l'information sur le
> planning familial et l'interruption volontaire de grossesse.
> Il mentionne aussi que cette politique -reintroduite par les USA- a gele
> depuis 2002 la contribution que les USA se sont engages a fournir au Fonds
> des NU pour la population (FNUAP). La Commission europeenne a pris
> l'initiative de compenser la perte de credits ainsi occasionnee. Mais le
> Rapport demande l'Union Europeenne et ses Etats membres d'engager avec les
> Etats-Unis un debat factuel au sujet des consequences catastrophiques de
> cette "politique de Mexiico" sur les populations des PeD, en encourageant
le
> President Bush a abroger celle-ci.
> En outre; le Rapport contient un grande quantite d'informations et de
> considerations sur l'evolution de la sante et des droits des populations
des
> PeD durant la derniere decennie.
> Ce Rapport est disponible sur le site du Parlement europeen
> www.europarl.eu.int.
> Jean-Louis Fullsack
> CSDPTT
>
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> From: "CONGO (Rik Panganiban)" <rik.panganiban at ngocongo.org>
> To: <undisclosed-recipients:>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2004 2:59 PM
> Subject: News on Human Rights Commission for 7 April (from congoCHR.org)
>
>
> > *LATEST NEWS ON THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION *
> > *AT WWW.CONGOCHR.ORG *
> >
> > /News & Civil Society Perspectives on the UN Commission on Human Rights
/
> >
> > http://www.ngoCHR.org • http://www.congoCHR.org
> >
> >
> > *Roundtables on Freedom of Expression in Turkey 7-8 April*
> >
> > The International Publishers Association and International PEN are
> > sponsoring two days of roundtables on Freedom of Expression at the
> > Palais from 7 to 8 April. Civil and Political rights in Turkey will be
> > the particular focus of the roundtables.
> >
> > For more info, go to
> > http://www.congochr.org/view/index.php?list_ids=85&basic_entity=DOCUMENT
> >
> > ----------------------------------
> >
> > *Gender / Women's Caucus Schedule for CHR*
> >
> > Conchita Poncini, president of the NGO CSW, updates us on the calendar
> > of events organized by the Gender/Women's Caucus. Their next event is on
> > 13 April, a panel on "Labour Migration, Human Trafficking and Sexual
> > Exploitation"....
> >
> > For more info, go to
> > http://www.congochr.org/view/index.php?list_ids=84&basic_entity=DOCUMENT
> >
> > ----------------------------------
> >
> > *Online Resource for Children's Human Rights Issues*
> >
> > The Child Rights Information Network maintains an up-to-date website on
> > children's human rights issues at the CHR at
> > http://www.crin.org/docs/resources/treaties/unchr.htm. They also host a
> > website for the NGO Subgroup to the CHR as well as an email newsletter
> > on child rights and the CHR.
> >
> > ----------------------------------
> >
> > *29th meeting: NGOs request Optional Protocol to the ICESCR*
> >
> > This morning, NGOs expressed their concerns over the protection of
> > economic, social and cultural rights, requesting the creation of an
> > Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and
> > Cultural Rights...
> >
> > For complete story, go to
> > http://www.congochr.org/view/index.php?basic_entity=DOCUMENT&list_ids=67
> >
> > ----------------------------------
> >
> > *Event on the Human Rights Situation in Colombia*
> >
> > The Colombian government should start implementing the measures
> > contained in the resolutions and recommendations adopted by the
> > Inter-American Court of Human Rights as well as by other international
> > governmental and non-governmental organizations. This was the position
> > generally maintained at an NGO parallel event held on the human rights
> > situation in Colombia, last Friday, April 4 and which focused most
> > notably on the atrocities committed against members and sympathizers of
> > the Union Patriotica (Patriotic Union) ...
> >
> > For complete story, go to
> > http://www.congochr.org/view/index.php?basic_entity=DOCUMENT&list_ids=77
> >
> > ----------------------------------
> >
> > *Peaceful demonstration against violations in Darfur*
> >
> > A coalition of Sudanese opposition parties held a peaceful demonstration
> > to raise awareness about the human rights situation in the Darfur region
> > of western Sudan last Friday, April 4th, in front of the Palais des
> > Nations. This demonstration took place at a time when delegates from the
> > Sudanese government and opposition parties where attending the currently
> > ongoing 60th session of the Commission on Human Rights ...
> >
> > For complete story, go to
> > http://www.congochr.org/view/index.php?basic_entity=DOCUMENT&list_ids=78
> >
> > ----------------------------------
> >
> > *Commission addresses civil and political rights at 30th meeting*
> >
> > The 30th meeting of the CHR began with an interactive dialogue on item
> > 11 - civil and political rights - with the presentation of three reports
> > dealing with questions of extrajudicial executions, torture and
> > detention, disappearances and arbitrary detention ...
> >
> > For complete story, go to
> > http://www.congochr.org/view/index.php?basic_entity=DOCUMENT&list_ids=79
> >
> > ==================================
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> >
> > Our colleagues at the International Conference of Volunteers will be
> > coordinating a team of volunteer reporters, who will be providing daily
> > reports on what is happening at the Commission on Human Rights from now
> > until the conclusion of this session on April 23. As always, we welcome
> > the important contributions that volunteers make to our work. We also
> > express appreciation to the association M.C.Art for their technical
> > support of this endeavor.
> >
> > In addition, our friends at Pax Romana and the Advocacy Centre for Asia
> > have developed a complementary website to archive all NGO and government
> > statements and documents presented at this year's CHR. The website can
> > be found at http://www.unchr.info. We invite you to visit their site as
> > well.
> >
> > For more information about the congoCHR.org website, please contact Rik
> > Panganiban at rik.panganiban at ngocongo.org or Isolda Agazzi Ben Attia at
> > isolda.agazzi at ngocongo.org.
> >
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> >
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> > CDH, aussi bien que d'autres fora globaux tels que l'Assemblée Mondiale
> > de la santé et le Sommet Mondiale de la Société de l'Information.
> >
> > Nos collègues à la Conférence internationale des volontaires
> > coordonneront une équipe de journalistes volontaires, qui fourniront des
> > rapports quotidiens sur les événements de la Commission pour les Droits
> > de l'Homme jusqu'à la conclusion de cette session le 23 avril. Nous
> > sommes toujours conscients des contributions importantes que les
> > volontaires apportent à notre travail. Nous exprimons également notre
> > appréciation à l'association M.C.Art pour leur appui technique dans
> > cette entreprise.
> >
> > En outre, nos amis à Pax Romana et Advocacy Centre for Asia ont
> > développé un site Web complémentaire pour archiver les rapports et
> > documents des ONG et des gouvernements présentés à la CDH de cette
> > année. Nous vous invitons à visiter également leur site Web à
> > http://www.unchr.info.
> >
> > Pour de plus amples renseignements sur le site Web de congoCHR.org,
> > veuillez contacter Rik Panganiban à rik.panganiban at ngocongo.org ou
> > Isolda Agazzi Ben Attia à isolda.agazzi at ngocongo.org.
> >
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> > de CONGO de pasadas sesiones de la CDH, así como de otros foros globales
> > tales como la Asamblea Mundial de la Salud y la Cumbre Mundial de la
> > Sociedad de la Información.
> >
> > Nuestros colegas de la Conferencia internacional de voluntarios
> > coordinarán un equipo de reporteros voluntarios, que proporcionarán
> > informes diarios sobre los acontecimientos de la Comisión por los
> > Derechos Humanos hasta la clausura de esta sesión el 23 de abril.
> > Valoramos, como siempre, la contribución importante que los voluntarios
> > aportan a nuestro trabajo. También exprimimos nuestro aprecio a la
> > asociación M.C.Art por su ayuda técnica en este afán.
> >
> > Nuestros colegas de Pax Romana y Advocacy Centre for Asia (Centro de la
> > defensa del Asia) han desarrollado igualmente un sitio Web
> > complementario donde se archivarán las declaraciones y documentos
> > presentados por las ONG y los gobiernos en la CDH este año. Les
> > invitamos a visitar su sitio Web que puede ser localizado en
> > http://www.unchr.info.
> >
> > Para más información sobre el sitio Web de congoCHR.org, le rogamos
> > comunicar con Rik Panganiban: rik.panganiban at ngocongo.org o con Isolda
> > Agazzi Ben Attia: isolda.agazzi at ngocongo.org.
> >
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