[hr-education] Re: HRE at 60th session of the UN Commission on Human Rights

Update:

- Resolution Adopted -

Draft resolution E/CN.4/2004/L.109 on the Follow-up to the United Nations
Decade for Human Rights Education was adopted by the Commission on Human
Rights by consensus with no amendment to the final draft on Wednesday, 21
March 2004. Introduced by Costa Rica, the final draft was co-sponsored by
the 42 following states: Thailand, Spain, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Croatia,
Chile, Uruguay, Peru, The Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Monaco, El
Salvador, Honduras, San Marino, Ecuador, Bolivia, The Russian Federation,
Slovakia, Congo (Kinshasa), Austria, Mexico, India, Paraguay, Malta,
Macedonia, Bangladesh, Armenia, The Czech Republic, Germany, Ukraine,
Ireland, Australia, Belgium, Rumania, Nigeria, The Republic of Korea,
Canada, Andorra, Belarus, Morocco, Georgia, Japan. – The total of
co-sponsors is likely to increase by the end of the current session of the
Commission – Fri. 23 April.

In his introductory statement the Ambassador of Costa Rica reminded the
Members of the Commission that HRE is a most important priority for the
international community. He also stressed that Costa Rica had been working
together with a significant number of NGOs to promote a new global
framework for HRE. Though the resolution initially recommended the
launching of a second UN decade for HRE, the text which was retained
following consultations with Member States recommends that the General
Assembly of the United Nations proclaim a “World Programme for HRE to
begin on 1 January 2005, structured in consecutive phases, in order to
maintain and develop the implementation of HRE programmes in all sectors”.
The Commission further requests the OHCHR to formulate a Plan of Action in
cooperation with UNESCO and NGOs, the first phase of which is to focus on
primary and secondary school systems, in conjunction with the Millennium
Goals. In his concluding remarks, the Ambassador stated that HRE is not a
single agenda item of the Commission on Human Rights, but a crosscutting
and comprehensive issue.

The final resolution, including the final list of co-sponsors will soon be
posted on the OHCHR website. The latest update of the draft resolution,
which was posted on the HREA listserv on Friday 19 April, is the unedited
version of the final resolution, which was adopted with no amendment.

The Costa Rican delegation wishes to express its gratitude to NGOs whose
input was very much appreciated.

Sincerely yours,

Robert Trocmé
Director SUHR

Kazunari Fujii
SGI UN Liaison Office



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