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54. On the UN News Centre website, special attention was devoted to the coverage of Human
Rights Day, with a range of news stories highlighting United Nations commemorative events and
activities in different parts of the world.
55. The Department’s booklet containing the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
(DPI/876/Rev.3) continues to be in demand. It was updated in 2007 with new forewords by the
Secretary-General as well as the High Commissioner, and reprinted in all six official languages.
A special sixtieth anniversary edition (DPI/876/Rev.4) was prepared and printed in all six
official languages. Also designed for use during the anniversary year were a two-page,
easy-to-print version in all six languages as well as a template for local language versions and a
CD-ROM collection of historical photographs and artwork to be used by UNICs. A brochure
outlining ideas to celebrate the anniversary year, to be shared with civil society, business,
governments and academia, was also published.
56. In early 2007, judging was completed for the Human Rights Day essay contest in
partnership with OHCHR organized in 2006 and hosted by the Department’s CyberSchoolBus
Unit. Prizes and certificates were compiled and award ceremonies and presentations were held
by the United Nations Information Service in Bangkok, and the UNICs in Accra, Cairo,
Islamabad, Kathmandu, Moscow and Nairobi.
3. Publications
57. The Department’s Academic Initiative Section produced an issue of UN Chronicle on the
theme of racism and racial discrimination titled “The solidarity of peoples”, containing
26 articles on the present state of the international debate on racism and racial discrimination.
The contributors analysed present and past forms of social exclusion, affected groups and
populations, and the multiple dimensions of racial discrimination and related forms of
intolerance, among a myriad of related issues. The magazine featured an important essay by the
High Commissioner, “Looking beyond Durban: the significance of racial discrimination on the
international human rights agenda”, and an overview of the role of the United Nations in fighting
racism and racial discrimination over the past six decades, based on the historical records of the
Yearbook of the United Nations. Also featured are special contributions to the UN Chronicle to
mark the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the trans-atlantic slave trade.
58. A special issue of the UN Chronicle on the theme of human rights is planned for mid-2008
and will be an in-depth look at this top priority of the United Nations through the lens of
high-profile personalities at the national, regional and international levels, human rights experts,
NGOs and senior United Nations officials.
59. A major part of the Yearbook of the United Nations is devoted to covering in a
comprehensive manner the activities of the former Commission on Human Rights and the
current Human Rights Council and its subsidiary organs, the work of the Office of the
High Commissioner, as well as that of all human rights treaty bodies.
60. Africa Renewal, a quarterly magazine produced by the Department in English and
French, carried more than 35 articles on human rights issues in Africa during the reporting
period. The articles covered a wide-range of topics in the areas of media freedom, women’s
rights and the rights of children. Major articles looked at the impact of rape on women in the war
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