A/HRC/4/106 page 18 Women’s Day in Colombia, Egypt, Ghana and South Africa. The Secretary-General’s message for the International Day of Tolerance 2005 was placed in local publications in the Philippines, the Sudan and Togo. 81. A range of information products, such as regular newsletters, TV and radio productions, press kit materials and websites, often produced by UNICs in local languages, also serve as vehicles for raising awareness of human rights issues within their regions. Specific examples from the range of products produced during this reporting period include: newsletter articles on human rights education, women’s rights and the Human Rights Council by UNICs in India, Bangladesh and Brazil, respectively; translations into Portuguese of press kits on human rights issues by UNIC Brazil and UNRIC; and the production of a booklet in Portuguese on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities by UNIC Brazil. 82. UNICs also continue to be active in translating, printing and disseminating the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other core international human rights instruments in local languages. For example, these documents were reprinted in Armenian, Czech, Fulfulde and local Indian languages. 83. Subjects of radio programmes produced by UNICs during this period included human rights abuses in Darfur, women’s rights, indigenous rights, racism and the Human Rights Council (Burundi); and women’s rights, children’s rights, freedom of expression and child labour (Kenya). Examples of TV programming produced or arranged by UNICs include a series on women and gender 10 years after Beijing (Armenia); and pieces on women and local elections, girl’s education and the Human Rights Council (Burkina Faso). 84. Human Rights Day and International Women’s Day are two of the most active international days for UNICs, and events are often organized in partnership with NGOs, national human rights institutions, law societies and academic institutions. Commemorative events for Human Rights Day were organized in Armenia, Burkina Faso, the Congo, India, Madagascar, Nigeria, Pakistan, Senegal, Thailand, Tunisia and the United Republic of Tanzania, and for International Women’s Day by UNICs in Burundi, Colombia, Egypt, India, Morocco, Romania and Zimbabwe, among others. Special events for other international days such as the International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide in Rwanda, the Day of the African Child and the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women were organized by UNICs in Cameroon, the Congo and the United Republic of Tanzania. 85. Other examples of special initiatives relating to human rights in which UNICs were involved include exhibitions on human rights by the UNICs in Burkina Faso and Japan; a human rights educational project for high school students in the Czech Republic; and photo exhibitions on human rights in Armenia, the Congo and Senegal. 86. UNIC representatives regularly give briefings to visitors and participate as speakers in panel discussions, workshops and conferences. During this reporting period, some examples of human rights-related briefings or presentations included: briefings to students by UNICs in the Congo, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Togo; several briefings to the National Institute of Deaf Persons on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities by UNIC Brazil; briefings to teachers on United Nations reform and the Human Rights Council by UNIC Iran; and on the United Nations and human rights by the UNICs in Mexico and

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