Women's World Summit Foundation - WWSF

Messages of support

Former Acting UN High Commissioner for Human Rights,

Bertrand G. Ramcharan

" [...] The prizes you are awarding today honour women leaders and organizations for their contribution to the defence of human rights, to the creation of a culture of peace, to combating poverty and malnutrition, and to the creation of economic opportunities for rural women. [...] Our human rights obligations require us to ensure that women will also be able to play a crucial role in efforts to bring about peace. [...][2003] "

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15th session of the Human Rights Council, Geneva 13 September - 1 October 2010

The Human Rights Council is an inter-governmental body within the UN system made up of 47 States responsible for strengthening the promotion and protection of human rights around the globe. The Council was created by the UN General Assembly on 15 March 2006 with the main purpose of addressing situations of human rights violations and make recommendations on them.