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It is now 50 years since the Declaration of Human Rights was adopted by the United Nations. The Declaration of Human Rights has the most beautiful collection of human values in one document.
September 1998 the 51st Annual DPI/NGO Conference at the U.N. was titled "From words to deeds".
Risa and Einar The Conference focussed on the 50th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the impact it has had on societies around the world. The discussions centered around how the Declaration and subsequent human rights treaties have been implemented and are functioning today. Throughout the conference, the theme of the Anniversary, "all human rights for all", which emphasized the universality, indivisibility, and interrelationship of all human rights, was highlighted The 51st Annual DPI/NGO Conference was organized by the United Nations Department of Public Information (DPI) in cooperation with the Executive Comittee of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO) associated with DPI. In September 1999 the 52nd annual DPI/NGO Conference was held in New York with the theme "Challenges of a Globalized World: Finding New Directions" 790 organizations was present and a total of 2890 delegates. The discussions on new directions given at the Millennium Forum during May 22. - 26, 2000. (link;www.millenniumforum.org) Link to UN and Declaration of Human Rights In August 2000 the NGO Conference had the theme: Global Solidarity; The Way to Peace and International Cooperation. The 54th Annual DPI/NGO Conference: NGO's Today: Diversity of the Volunteer Experience;
This Conference were interrupted by the terrorist attack on World Trade Center on the 11. September.
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13 September 2001, Closing the Conference at the UNICEF House Next Conference UN CONFERENCE TO EXPLORE WAYS TO HELP REBUILD SOCIETIES EMERGING FROM CONFLICT Einar Michelsen of
Drammen will be representing First Week Foundation and Children of the Earth at a conference, entitled "Rebuilding Societies Emerging from Conflict: A Shared Responsibility",
to
be held
at
the United Nations from 9
to 11
September 2002. The Conference will explore the role of the international community in supporting societies emerging from conflict with a special focus on post-conflict societies that have been the subject of concerted United Nations involvement. United Nations
Secretary-General Kofi
Annan,
Han
Seung-soo, President of the fifty-sixth session of the UN General
Assembly,
and Mary Robinson, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, are among the dignitaries that are expected to address the opening session of the Conference. Other featured
speakers
will include United Nations and government officials, NGO representatives and civil society leaders who have first
hand
field experience
in
post-conflict societies and are in the forefront of the struggle
to
maintain the peace and rebuild the society. To fully appreciate the painstaking efforts
and
enormous resources needed
to restore a sense
of normality
to
societies emerging from conflict, the Conference will also hear from citizens who have lived through the violence faced by these communities, as well as from cultural leaders, journalists,
academics and other professionals whose work has focused on understanding the process
of recovery and reconciliation. First Week Foundation is dedicated to work for peace and are in strong support of the role of United Nations in regards to human rights and the other issues currently enganged by United Nations. The 56 th Annual DPI/NGO Conference 8 – 10 September 2003 Human Security and Dignity: Fulfilling the Promise of the United Nations A record 2,000 Non-Governmental Organization representatives from over 600 UN-related NGOs attended the Conference, in addition to many Mission and UN staff. Final report can be seen at this link; www.un.org/dpi/ngosection
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