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Third Committee
Agenda Issues
(not exhaustive)
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- issues of youth, ageing, disabled
persons and the family
- literacy and education, especially
in regard to the United Nations Literacy Decade
- promotion and protection of the
rights of children
- elimination of racism and racial
discrimination
- indigenous issues, especially regarding
the Second International Decade of the World's Indigenous
People
- international human rights policy
- human rights of migrant workers
- specific alleged human rights violations,
especially in Lebanon, the Darfur region of Sudan,
the MexicoUnited States border, the Democratic People's
Republic of Korea, parts of Moldova and in the Democratic
Republic of the Congo
- early work of the Human Rights Council,
established in June 2006
- criminal justice and the prevention
of transnational crime
- rights of peoples to self determination
- advancement of women, particularly
in regard to the eradication of human trafficking
and domestic violence
- prevention of the use of torture
or cruel/inhumane treatment of prisoners
- questions and issues relating to
refugees, returnees and displaced persons, especially
with regard to the Report of the United Nations High
Commissioner for Refugees
- counterterrorism legislation, security
and their effect on human rights
- eradication of poverty, especially
through international debt relief and country owned
poverty reduction strategies
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