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UN human rights chief salutes people fighting for their rights

Listen / An early draft version of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. UN Photo/Greg Kinch

On Human Rights Day United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, salutes all the people around the world who are suffering for demanding their rights. In her message marking the day, observed on 10 December, Ms. Pillay says millions of people have gone to the streets to advocate for their civil, political, economic, social [...]

9 Dec 2012 | Posted in Today's News | Read More »

Goodwill Ambassador Barbara Hendricks celebrates 25 years with UNHCR

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    For the past 25 years, American soprano Barbara Hendricks has been a tireless advocate on behalf of the UN refugee agency (UNHCR).  Hendricks says her childhood in the racially segregated south of the United States ignited her passion to fight for what she feels is right.     UNFPA extols the benefits of [...]

9 Dec 2012 | Posted in Women | Read More »

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