Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Issues Action Plan for Human Rights Council

On June 1, 2005 the Office of the High Commissioner Human Rights issued an action plan for the future of Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights as mandated by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan's report, In Larger Freedom. The report builds on Annan's assertion that much more needs to be done by the international community to address today's threats to human rights and that OHCHR must be considerably better resourced to play its central role in meeting this challenge.

Chart of Human Rights Commission Members Shows 37% Are Non-Democracies

In advance of the 61st Session of the Commission on Human Rights held March and April 2005, the Democracy Coalition Project prepared a chart showing which members of the Commission were members of the Community of Democracies and which were not. Thirty-seven percent of the Commission's members are non democracies; of the fourteen African countries on the Commission, only three are part of the Community of Democracies. Also included in the chart is each country's Freedom House ranking and when their term on the Commission expires.

Romania Sponsors Resolution Calling on UN to Promote Democratic Values at 60th UN Commission on Human Rights

At the 60th session of the UN Commisson on Human Rights held in spring 2004, Romania and other UNHRC member governments participating in the Community of Democracies sponsored a resolution calling on the UN to work with intergovernmental regional, subregional and other interested organizations on the ways and means of promoting democratic values and principles.

To read the resolution Enhancing the Role of Regional, Subregional and Other Organizations and Arrangements in Promoting and Consolidating Democracy” endorsed by the Democracy Caucus click here.