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FOLLOWING GENERAL ASSEMBLY APPROVAL, SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS NAVANETHEM PILLAY OF SOUTH AFRICA AS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS - 28 July

SECRETARY-GENERAL REITERATES AIM TO KEEP HUMAN RIGHTS ‘HIGH ON AGENDA’ AS HE WELCOMES GENERAL ASSEMBLY ENDORSEMENT OF NEW HIGH COMMISSIONER - 28 July

SHOW COMMITMENT TO 2008 GAMES BY STRENGTHENING PEACE, HARMONY CULTURE BASED ON SPIRIT OF OLYMPIC TRUCE, URGES GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT - 28 July

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UN rights officials call on countries to back declaration on indigenous peoples

UN rights expert wraps up visit to Myanmar

Top UN envoy urges Sudan to review death sentences against Darfur rebels

General Assembly President wraps up South America visit with stop in Brazil

Afghan lawyers group major stride for young democracy, says UN agency

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