Human rights mainstreaming in the United Nations system

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Aware of the increased cooperation between bodies of the inter American system for the protection of human rights and the United Nations Commission on Human Rights,

The current human rights machinery is in need of reform, and we welcome efforts to elevate the position of human rights in the United Nations system.

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The mainstreaming of human rights in the entire United Nations system has yet to be achieved.

The agreed doubling of the resources for the Office of the High Commissioner will help give human rights activities their rightful place within the United Nations system.

The Sub Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights wishes to contribute to the discussions regarding reform of the human rights system within the United Nations.

Integrating the human rights of women throughout the United Nations system

The European Union therefore underlines the need to strengthen the human rights regime, in particular by integrating human rights in all activities of the United Nations system.

Norway fully supports the efforts to increase the focus on human rights throughout the United Nations system, and we support the idea of upgrading the Commission in Human Rights to a standing Human Rights Council.

We support the further mainstreaming of human rights throughout the United Nations system.

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UNDP has expanded one of its own subthematic networks, the human rights policy network, known as HuriTALK, to serve as the knowledge sharing and capacity building tool on mainstreaming human rights in the United Nations system.

(ii) Parliamentary documentation the integration of the human rights of women throughout the United Nations system (2)

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Within the United Nations human rights system, communications exist in respect of five out of the seven core human rights treaties.

The United Nations human rights treaty system is one of the strengths of the United Nations human rights system.

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(b) To further contribute actively towards mainstreaming of human rights within the United Nations system

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(b) To further contribute actively towards mainstreaming of human rights within the United Nations system

The proposal to elevate the Commission on Human Rights to a standing Human Rights Council was supported by many delegations as a means of concretely reflecting the centrality of human rights issues in the United Nations system.

Aware of the increasing cooperation between bodies of the inter American system for the protection of human rights and those pertaining to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights,

First, for the past 25 years, the special mechanisms had been the eyes and ears of the Commission on Human Rights and an essential component of the United Nations system for the promotion and protection of human rights.

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(a) The title of the draft resolution would be revised to read Right to development and human rights mainstreaming in the United Nations system

Inter agency cooperation within the United Nations system for the implementation of relevant resolutions of the Commission on Human Rights in regard to the right to Development

2. Stresses the importance of ongoing efforts aimed at mainstreaming the issue of human rights within the United Nations system

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The elaboration of an annual global report on human rights by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, covering all countries and situations, will help to increase the credibility of the United Nations human rights system.

This is accomplished by setting up or strengthening national human rights capacities and national human rights institutions, following up on the recommendations of human rights treaty bodies and the Commission on Human Rights and creating a culture of human rights.

We fully support the idea of further mainstreaming human rights into the overall activities of the United Nations system.

All human rights will be addressed in an integrated, interrelated and interdependent manner by stimulating and coordinating action across the United Nations system.

Amend the title of the resolution to read as follows Right to development and human rights mainstreaming in the United Nations system .

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Indigenous rights, human rights, women s rights

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OHCHR and the Division disseminated information about the human rights treaty system, including on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.

The new human rights architecture we will create such as the proposed Human Rights Council should advance human rights through cooperation and mutual support.

(c) Human rights situations and reports of special rapporteurs and representatives (continued)

My country welcomes the strengthening of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the decision to establish a Human Rights Council.