The United Nations Commission on Human Rights, at an extended meeting on 10 March, adopted a resolution on human rights in Chile and five resolutions and one decision relating to agenda items 5, 11, 13 and 14.
A general view of today's meeting.
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President Jean-Bertrand Aristide (left) of Haïti, addressing the Commission on Human Rights, declares that the Commission must take a stronger stand against Governments that come to power through the force of arms. He said that some of the 20 000 people who had fled last September's putsch in Haïti had been put in camps reminiscent of the slave trade. Forced repatriation, he added, could be considered an act of racial discrimination.
View of Oscar Arias Sanchez (left) of Costa Rica, 1987 Nobel Peace Prize Winner, addressing the Human Rights Commission on behalf of the Laureates attending the meeting.
View of Richard Schifter (left), Representative of the United States, addressing the Human Right Commission.