The Conference focused on a wide range of human rights issues. With the adoption of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, the Conference called on Governements to promote and guarantee all human rights and made recommendations to strengthen the methods and mechanisms used by the United Nations in the field of human rights. The Conference was the first of its kind in 25 years and included 171 Members States and 1,000 non-governmental organizations.
Shimon Peres, Foreign Minister of Israel (second from left), addresses correspondents at Vienna Conference Centre during a press briefing on the situation in the Middle East.
The Conference focused on a wide range of human rights issues. With the adoption of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, the Conference called on Governements to promote and guarantee all human rights and made recommendations to strengthen the methods and mechanisms used by the United Nations in the field of human rights. The Conference was the first of its kind in 25 years and included 171 Members States and 1,000 non-governmental organizations.
View of a press briefing at Vienna Conference Centre by Shimon Peres, Foreign Minister of Israel (second from left). He spoke with correspondents on the situation in the Middle East.
Ibrahima Fall (left), Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, is the guest of World Chronicle. To the right is the programme's Moderator, Michael Littlejohns, and at centre is Obi Emekewue of the News Agency of Nigeria.
Rolf Ekeus (Sweden), Executive-Chairman of the Special Commission on Iraq (UNSCOM) appears as a guest on World Chronicle, a current affairs television programme produced by the Department of Public Information.
Judge Antonio Cassese, President, International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, is a guest on World Chronicle, a current affairs television programme produced by the Department of Public Information.
E. Schneider (author)Professor Mihaly Simai, Director, World Institute for Development Economics Research, United Nations University, is a guest on World Chronicle, a current affairs television programme produced by the Department of Public Information.
C.V. Narasimhan, a former Under-Secretary-General and Chef de Cabinet of Secretary-general U Thant, is a guest on World Chronicle, a current affairs television programme produced by the Department of Public Information.
Richard Jolly, Deputy Executive-Director of United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), is a guest on World Chronicle, a current affairs television programme produced by the Department of Public Information.
Actress Vanessa Redgrave narrates for a documentary titled "Toil and Trouble" , produced by the Department of Public Information, to be presented at the World Summit for Social Development in Denmark.