MARKING ANNIVERSARY OF HISTORIC CONFERENCE, UN URGES STRONGER IMPLEMENTATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS

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Date: 25 Sep 2013 17:00:00 -0400
Subject: MARKING ANNIVERSARY OF HISTORIC CONFERENCE, UN URGES STRONGER
IMPLEMENTATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS
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MARKING ANNIVERSARY OF HISTORIC CONFERENCE, UN URGES STRONGER
IMPLEMENTATION OF HUMAN RIGHTSNew York, Sep 25 2013 5:00PMTwenty
years after countries agreed to boost efforts to protect and promote
human rights, an international framework is now in place and progress
has been made, but implementation in many countries is still lacking,
United Nations officials said today.

"In almost every area from development to conflict, we see evidence
that UN action on human rights is falling short," said High
Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay at a high-level event held
at UN Headquarters on the margins of the annual debate of the General
Assembly.

Ms. Pillay pointed to political obstacles as one of the major reasons
for weak implementation. "Member States are responsible for
implementing human rights. The UN success or failure to promote and
protect human rights hinges above all on the political commitment of
Member States," she said.

"There is a tremendous gap. Even UN efforts that are fundamental to
protecting human rights in development or to protecting lives in
conflict may only receive very late or insufficient political
support."

Ms. Pillay noted that the human rights situation in Syria for example,
will not improve without sustained political consensus among Member
States on human rights.

"With much strengthened engagement between the UN and Member States
and with greater institutional coherence, we can achieve the
implementation that still escapes us," she added.

Today's event is part of a series of programmes being held this year
to mark the 20th anniversary of the World Conference on Human Rights,
held in the Austrian capital in 1993. The Conference resulted in the
Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, which marked the beginning
of a renewed effort in the protection and promotion of human rights.
It was also at the Conference that Member States agreed to create the
post of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.

During the event, which was co-hosted by Ms. Pillay and Austrian
President Heinz Fischer, former High Commissioner for Human Rights
Mary Robinson noted that the eight anti-poverty targets known as the
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) did not adequately reflect human
rights, and stressed that the new set of development goals "must be
rooted on human rights and the rule of law and governance issues to
ensure progress."

Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson echoed this sentiment,
emphasizing the link between development, peace and human rights.

"There's no peace without development. There is no development without
peace. But there is no development or peace without human rights," Mr.
Eliasson said. "If one of these pillars is weak, the whole structure
is weak."

Louise Arbour, also a former High Commissioner for Human Rights,
underlined that progress on human rights has been "pretty modest"
compared to advances in other fields such as science and technology.

"The progress that we have made in the past 20 years has been largely
normative and institutional," she said, adding that while this should
not be dismissed, much more work needs to be done to make the promise
of equality of all men and women a reality.Sep 25 2013 5:00PM
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