TWENTY YEARS AFTER LANDMARK CONFERENCE, HUMAN RIGHTS ACTION MORE VITAL THAN EVER – UN OFFICIAL

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Date: 18 Sep 2013 14:00:01 -0400
Subject: TWENTY YEARS AFTER LANDMARK CONFERENCE, HUMAN RIGHTS ACTION
MORE VITAL THAN EVER – UN OFFICIAL
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TWENTY YEARS AFTER LANDMARK CONFERENCE, HUMAN RIGHTS ACTION MORE VITAL
THAN EVER – UN OFFICIAL New York, Sep 18 2013 2:00 PM Significant
progress has been made in the two decades since the convening of a
major global human rights conference in Vienna, but serious
limitations remain on the full realization of these rights for
millions worldwide, a top United Nations official said today,
highlighting an upcoming event aimed at taking stock of the situation.

The World Conference on Human Rights, held in the Austrian capital in
1993, as well as its outcome – the Vienna Declaration and Programme of
Action – 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, which is currently
held by Navi Pillay.

To mark the 20th anniversary of the Vienna Conference, a high-level
event will be convened in New York on 25 September, co-hosted by Ms.
Pillay and Austrian President Heinz Fischer. Two previous High
Commissioners, Louise Arbour and Mary Robinson, will also take part in
the event, which takes place amid the annual high-level debate of the
General Assembly.

"We think that this is a great opportunity to try to identify, 20
years after Vienna, what have we achieved and where we failed,"
Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights Ivan; told a news
conference in New York.

"A lot has undoubtedly been achieved," he noted, citing, among other
achievements, a "stronger, more robust" human rights organizational
framework, the creation of the Human Rights Council, the Universal
Periodic Review by which every country's record comes under scrutiny,
and a "considerably strengthened" treaty body system.

"However, there are definitely a number of shortcomings," he added,
recalling atrocities that have occurred during the past decades in
places such as Rwanda and Sri Lanka, among others.

Mr. Ivan; also noted that the human rights message has spread globally
and created a lot of aspirations, as witnessed during the Arab Spring.
"If human rights aspirations are not met, people all over the world
will rebel."

He added that the Arab Spring has also clearly shown that it is not
enough to have democratic aspiration. "There is an urgent need for
support to relevant institutional building and widening of democratic
space. Obviously, free and fair elections are not enough to bring
democracy."

Also addressing reporters, Gerhard Doujak, Head of the Human Rights
Department in the Austrian Federal Ministry of European and
International Affairs, noted that the Vienna Conference came at a very
important political moment and represented a paradigm shift.

"The time was right for the setting of new standards for the worldwide
promotion and protection of human rights," he told the news
conference. "Twenty years later, the moment came for us to take a
fresh look [at] the commitments we had taken 20 years ago."

Both men urged heads of Government who will be present at the
high-level event to set out a vision for the future of human rights
action.

The Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action has been described by
Ms. Pillay as "the most significant human rights document produced in
the last quarter of a century and one of the strongest human rights
documents of the past 100 years."

"It crystallized the principle that human rights are universal,
indivisible, interdependent and interrelated, and firmly entrenched
the notion of universality by committing States to the promotion and
protection of all human rights for all people 'regardless of their
political, economic, and cultural systems'," she had stated in June at
a Vienna+20 conference held in the Austrian capital.Sep 18 2013
2:00PM
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