Al-Qahtani said the United Nations responded to their letters and that U.N. human rights investigators issued opinions on a few of the cases.

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Although these territories are geographically part of Sudan, the population has faced "exclusion, marginalization and discriminatory practices that have resulted in their opposition to the Sudanese government, " according to the U.N. human rights office.

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Press for stronger engagement by the Council and other U.N. human rights mechanisms in Haiti, Somalia and the Democratic Republic of Congo and partnered with Afghanistan to build international support for a resolution on preventing attacks on Afghan school children, especially girls.

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"Stephane Hessel was a towering figure in the human rights world, " U.N.

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Play games at the same level as your co-workers and leave the dirty tricks at home, says Laurie Ruettimann, a human-resources professional from Raleigh, N.

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More than one year after PepsiCo adopted policies in support of the human right to water, the U.N.

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The United Nations, in a news release, said the statements also reflect the position of Margaret Sekaggya, special U.N. rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders.

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"They treat an internship as a 10- to 12-week job interview, " says Alex Taylor, a vice president and human resources manager at Bank of America in Charlotte, N.

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Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, which were unanimously endorsed by the U. N.

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The U.S. ambassador has been pressing U.N. members to take a stronger stand against human rights abuses in the African country.

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The move means the U.N. agency has determined that the virus is capable of significant human-to-human transmission -- a major step toward a pandemic, but not necessarily inevitable, Dr. Keiji Fukuda said.

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In this session, the U.N. will consider a resolution sponsored by Costa Rica calling for a comprehensive ban on human cloning.

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