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Useful Information

OHCHR Human Rights Programme for Africa
2008-2009
2006-2007

Country Mandates Established
by the CHR/HRC

Open invitation to Special Procedures

Regional Members of the Human Rights Council:

Angola 2010
Cameroon 2009
Djibouti 2009
Gabon 2008
Ghana 2008
Madagascar 2010
Mali 2008
Mauritius 2009
Nigeria 2009
Senegal 2009
South Africa 2010
Zambia 2008 

Voluntary Pledges and Commitments

Calendar of events

No events scheduled

Publications

High Commissioner's Strategic Management Plan 2008-2009

Brochure: Human Rights in Action

Humanitarian Appeal 2008

A Handbook for NGOs

Links to other UN websites


UN United Nations
United Nations Peacekeeping

United Nations Peacekeeping

UNDP

UNDP
UNDP is the UN's global development network, advocating for change and connecting countries to knowledge, experience and resources to help people build a better life.

 

UNECA United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
UNICEF UNICEF
The United Nations Children's Fund - works for children's rights, their survival, development and protection, guided by the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
UNEP United Nations Environment Programme
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
The agency is mandated to lead and co-ordinate international action to protect refugees and resolve refugee problems worldwide. Its primary purpose is to safeguard the rights and well-being of refugees.

UNAIDS

UNAIDS has five focus areas including: leadership and advocacy, strategic information and technical support, tracking monitoring and evaluation, civil society engagement and mobilization of resources.


Contact Information

Headquarters

Field Operations and Technical Cooperation Division
Tel. +41 22 928 9118
Geneva, Switzerland

Africa Unit
Tel. +41 22 928 9682
Geneva, Switzerland

Regional Offices/Centres

Central Africa
2008-2009
2006-2007
(Yaounde, Cameroon)
Nouvelle route Bastos
Rue 1705, Numéro 606
B.P. 836
Yaoundé, Cameroon
Tel.: (237) 221 24 74
Fax: (237) 221 2475

East Africa
2008-2009
2006-2007
(Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)
New ECA Building
Room 1N16
P.O.Box 3001
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Tel.: (251 11) 544 3105
Fax: (251 11) 551 6078

Southern Africa
2008-2009
2006-2007
(Pretoria, South Africa)
Metropark Building
351 Schoeman Street
P.O. Box 6541
Pretoria 0001
South Africa
Tel.: (27) 12 354 8682/80
Fax: (27) 12 354 8681

West Africa
2008-2009
United Nations Office for West Africa Almadies Ouest Lot N°14 B.P. 23851
Tel.: + 221 869 85 85
Fax: +221 569 1881

Other OHCHR Offices

Angola
Burundi
Cote d'Ivoire
Democratic Republic of Congo
Ethiopia/Eritrea
Liberia
Sierra Leone
Sudan
Togo
Uganda

Links

OHCHR Southern Africa Regional Office

United Nations Country Teams in Africa region

Other UN links

Security Council resolutions (2004-2007)

Secretary-General reports to the Security Council (2004-2007)

External links

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Geneva Conventions

ILO Conventions

Refugee Conventions

African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights

African Court of Justice

African Union

Economic Community of Central African States

Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa

National Institutions

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