UN Chronicle E-Alert: Human Security and Dignity - Fulfilling the Promise of the United Nations

The annual DPI/NGO Conference has been an essential component of the partnership
between the United Nations and NGOs for the past 56 years. This year's Conference will
take place at United Nations Headquarters in New York from 8 to 10 September 2003, under
the theme Human Security and Dignity: Fulfilling the Promise of the United Nations".
Bringing together economists, educators, policy makers, psychologists and others who
contribute to the front-line efforts to make human security a global reality, the Conference
evinces the multifaceted nature of cooperation between NGOs and the United Nations.
Topics include Human Security and Dignity, Sustainable Development in the Context of
Globalization, Psychological Aspects of Human Dignity and Security, From Oppression to
Empowerment, and Educating for a Secure Future.
(http://www.un.org/dpi/ngosection/56conf.htm)

This UN Chronicle E-Alert features articles relevant to human security and dignity
that focus on specific topics of this years DPI/NGO Conference.

Human Security and Dignity
Issue 4, 2002
"Their Dignity Will Be Mine, As It Is Yours"
Sergio Vieira de Mello, the late Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Iraq,
who contributed this article upon assuming charge as United Nations High Commissioner
for Human Rights last year.
http://www.un.org/Pubs/chronicle/2002/issue4/0402p23.html

Issue 2, 2000
Internalizing Human Rights in Business Practices
Mary Robinson, former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, highlights that the
benefits of globalization remain just a promise for many people on the planet.
http://www.un.org/Pubs/chronicle/2000/issue2/0200p38.htm

Sustainable Development in the Context of Globalization
Issue 4, 2002
Eradicating Extreme Poverty and Hunger
Ramon Osiris Blanco, Permanent Representative of the Dominican Republic to the UN, analyses
how the definition of poverty relates to human dignity.
http://www.un.org/Pubs/chronicle/2002/issue4/0402p28.html

Issue 3, 2002
Global Development with Globalization: From Words to Reality
Tarja Halonen, President of Finland, discusses globalization and how it has affected
the lives of people.
http://www.un.org/Pubs/chronicle/2002/issue3/0302p5_guest_column.html

Psychological Aspects of Human Dignity and Security
Issue 2, 2002
Refugees and Mental Health                     
Richard Mollica, Director of the Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma (HPRT) at Massachusetts
General Hospital, and Laura McDonald, research assistant at HPRT, highlight culturally-sensitive
approaches to the treatment of mental trauma.
http://www.un.org/Pubs/chronicle/2002/issue2/0202p29_refugees_and_mental_health.html

Issue 2, 2003
Mental Health - Improvement Involves Educators, Among Others
Helen Herrman, Professor of Psychiatry and Public Health at the University of Melbourne, Australia
discusses the effects of discrimination on mental health.
http://www.un.org/Pubs/chronicle/2003/issue2/0203p38.html

From Oppression to Empowerment
Issue 2, 2002
Women Watch - Transcending Difference: The United Nations Role   
Sherin Saadallah, PhD candidate at the Institute for International Education at Stockholm University,
Sweden and an expert in gender and development, stresses the special needs of women in relation to
poverty and discrimination of gender.
http://www.un.org/Pubs/chronicle/2002/issue2/0202p48_transcending_difference.html

Issue 1, 2002
School Bells from Bombshells   
Maha Muna, Deputy Director of the Womens Commission for Refugee Women and Children, a non-
profit New York-based advocacy and public education organization, highlights the role of women and
women NGOs in Afghanistan.
http://www.un.org/Pubs/chronicle/2002/issue1/0102p12.html

Educating for a Secure Future
Issue 2, 2003
Universities as Agents for Social and Economic Progress
Erich E. Kunhardt, Dean of the School of Sciences and Arts and George Meade Bond Professor of
Physics at Stevens Institute of Technology, explains how universities in developing countries can
serve a critical function in the realization of MDGs.
http://www.un.org/Pubs/chronicle/2003/issue2/0203p19.html

Issue 3, 2002
Harnessing the Energies of Youth
Isaac C. Lamba, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Malawi to the UN, discusses the
process of developing youth into useful, productive and responsible human beings.
http://www.un.org/Pubs/chronicle/2002/issue3/0302p60_harnessing_energies_of_youth.html

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