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0n 15 March 2006, the United Nations 60th General Assembly passed a historic resolution approving the creation of the new UN Human Rights Council. The Council will serve as the main United Nations forum for dialogue and cooperation on human rights. Its focus will be to help Member States meet their human rights obligations through dialogue, capacity building and technical assistance. The Council will also make recommendations to the General Assembly for further development of international law in the field of human rights.

The first election of members of the Human Rights Council by the General Assembly is expected to take place on 9 May 2006, followed by the first meeting of the Council to be convened on 19 June 2006. Below are UN Chronicle articles on issues that concern the new UN Human Rights Council and human rights machinery, as well as links to related UN websites and other resources.
World Summit Outcome Actions (Issue 3, 2005) http://www.un.org/Pubs/chronicle/2005/issue3/0305p9.html

From Seeds to System: The United Nations Charter (Issue 3, 2005) By Lawrence S. Finkelstein http://www.un.org/Pubs/chronicle/2005/issue3/0305p18.html

From the Secretary-General: ‘Saving Millions of Lives, Giving Hope to Billions’ (Issue 3, 2005) http://www.un.org/Pubs/chronicle/2005/issue3/0305p4.html

The Human Rights Obligations of Intergovernmental Organizations (Issue 3, 2005) By George Kent http://www.un.org/Pubs/chronicle/2005/issue3/0305p32.html

‘In Larger Freedom’ (Issue 1, 2005) http://www.un.org/Pubs/chronicle/2005/issue1/0105p4.html

Combating Terrorism While Protecting Human Rights (Issue 4, 2004) By Leslie Palti http://www.un.org/Pubs/chronicle/2004/issue4/0404p27.html

The Secretary-General’s Lecture Series: ‘Who Is Afraid of Human Rights?’ (Issue 3, 2004) By Nguyen Tang Le Huy Quoc-Benjamin http://www.un.org/Pubs/chronicle/2004/issue3/0304p17.asp

Satisfaction, Regret and Hope (Issue 1, 2002) By Nigel Rodley http://www.un.org/Pubs/chronicle/2002/issue1/RightsWatch.html

Reconciling Non-intervention and Human Rights (Issue 2, 2001) By Douglas T. Stuart http://www.un.org/Pubs/chronicle/2001/issue2/0102p32.htm

Defending ... The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Issue 4, 1998) By Dumitru Mazilu http://www.un.org/Pubs/chronicle/1998/issue4/498p17.htm

LINKS TO RELATED RESOURCES

UN Charter http://www.un.org/aboutun/charter/

Universal Declaration of Human Rights http://www.un.org/Overview/rights.html

UN Human Rights Council http://www.un.org/apps/news/infocusRel.asp?infocusID=114&Body=human%20rights%20council&Body1

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights http://www.ohchr.org/english/

UN Commission on Human Rights Suspends Work - UN News http://www.un.org/apps/news/printnews.asp?nid=17856

UN Commission on Human Rights http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu2/2/chr.htm

International Court of Justice http://www.icj-cij.org/icjwww/icjhome.htm

Human Rights in Action - UN Cyberschoolbus http://www.un.org/cyberschoolbus/humanrights/index.asp

Human Rights - UN Works http://www.un.org/works/humanrights/humanrights1.html

World Summit Outcome Documents http://www.un.org/summit2005/documents.html

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