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non-governmental organizations, national human rights institutions, academia, the media,
OHCHR field presences, United Nations bodies and the general public. These materials included
a brochure on racism and discrimination as obstacles to development on the occasion of the
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination; a flyer on the online
Human Rights and Business Learning Tool to promote an e-learning course on the occasion of
the Global Compact Leaders Summit held in July 2007 in Geneva; and a brochure in English,
French, Russian and Spanish to promote the OHCHR Indigenous Fellowship Programme
brochure among indigenous communities. A generic information kit on OHCHR is also being
prepared.
26. The Communications Section provides and manages content in OHCHR’s home page. It
has also created a new section called “Human face of human rights” with human-interest stories,
and developed the content for the new “About us” section.
27. The Communications Section drafts statements and forewords by the High Commissioner
on the occasion of particular international days and commemorations, and for publications
respectively; prepares statements for the Secretary-General in conjunction with the
Department of Public Information (DPI) on human rights issues; and, drafts background notes
and fact sheets.
28. A photo library is being developed and photographic material is being produced to enhance
OHCHR’s audiovisual capacity. A short video on OHCHR was produced. OHCHR’s
Communications Section works in collaboration with the United Nations system to produce
video news releases about the Office’s activities and the High Commissioner.
3. Exhibitions and events
29. A three-week exhibition of paintings by artists from the Mexican School of Down Art
was organized at Palais Wilson. The exhibition, inaugurated by the High Commissioner for
Human Rights on 21 March 2007, was organized in collaboration with the Permanent Mission of
Mexico in Geneva to mark the World Down Syndrome Day and the signing of the Convention
on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocols.
30. A ceremony to unveil a bust outside Palais Wilson, in memory of the late
High Commissioner for Human Rights, Sergio Vieira de Mello, and the 21 colleagues who lost
their lives in the bombing of United Nations headquarters in Iraq on 19 August 2003, was
organized on 28 June 2007. A brochure on the bust was produced, and later sent to families of
the victims.
4.
Human Rights Day and the launch of the year-long campaign to
commemorate the sixtieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration
of Human Rights
31. A United Nations system-wide human rights advocacy campaign for the sixtieth
anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR 60) is the focus of OHCHR
outreach efforts for 2007 and 2008. The campaign, an initiative of the Secretary-General and
coordinated by OHCHR, involves United Nations agencies, departments and funds, and other
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