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UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders

Website: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/SRHRDefenders/Pages/SRHRDefendersIndex.aspx

In 2000 the UN Commission on Human Rightsi established as a Special Procedure the mandate on the situation of human rights defenders in order to support the implementation of the 1998 Declaration on Human Rights Defenders. In 2008, the Human Rights Council idecided to continue the mandate for a period of three years and appointed Mrs. Margaret Sekaggya as Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, a Ugandan magistrate, Chairperson of the Uganda Human Rights Commission from 1996 to 2008 and engaged with the human rights situation of people living with HIV/AIDS, children, women and elderly and disabled people.

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UN Human Rights Council (UN HRC)

Website: http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/

The UN Human Rights Council , or HRC, is an inter-governmential body within the UN system made up of 47 Stateis responsible for strengthening the promotion and protection of human rights around the globe. The HRC is a key process within the UN system to study, investigate, assess and provide recommendations on human rights issues and violations. The Council iundertakes a Universal Periodic Review of the human rights record of all 192 UN member states once every four years.

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International Telecommunication Union

Website: http://www.itu.int

The International Telecommunication Unioni, ITU describes itself as “the leading United Nations agency for information and communication technologies.” ITU membership is held by national governmentis, but private sector organisations (and perhaps others; there is some ambiguity) can become “sector members” in one or more of the ITU’s three core sectors bureaus: radiocommunication, standardisation and development. It is based in Geneva, Switzerland, and its membership includes 192 member stateis and more than 700 sector members.

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UN Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women

Website: http://www2.ohchr.org/english/issues/women/rapporteur/
Appointed to look into the causes and consequences of violence against womeni, the UN Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women has the power to transmit appeals to countries on alleged cases of VAW, undertake fact-finding missions to countries and submit annual thematic reports to the UN General Assembly. This mandate created an institutional mechanism for regular in-depth review and reporting on violence against women around the world. The work is conducted within the framework of the international human rightsi regime and includes recommendations on how to elliminate violence against women and its causes and remedy its consequences.
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HINARI Access to Research Initiative

Website: http://www.who.int/hinari
The HINARI Programme, set up by the World Health Organisation together with major publishers, enables developing countries to gain access to one of the world's largest collections of biomedical and health literature. Over 6200 journal titles are now available to health institutions in 108 countries, areas and territories benefiting many thousands of health workers and researchers, and in turn, contributing to improved world health.
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Global Alliance for ICT & Development

Website: http://www.un-gaid.org/
The Global Alliance for ICTi & Developement (GAID) is a 2006, United Nations Secretary General approved initiative. The creation of GAID resulted from consensus reached during previous summits about the importance of information and communication technologies (ICT) in achieving the Millenium Development Goals. The Global Alliance functions as a partnership and network supported by the United Nations, under the authority of the Secretary-General and the auspices of the Economic and Social Council i(ECOSOC).
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UN CSTD Gender Advisory Board

Website: http://gab.wigsat.org/
The Gender Advisory Board was established in 1995 to provide advice to UN Commission on Science and Technology for Development , national governments and the UN system on the gender dimensions of science & technology policyi. It has two principal functions: to monitor the implementation of the recommendations made by the Commission on gender and science and technology, and to advise on the gender implications of its new work programmes.
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United Nations Information and Communication Technologies Task Force

Website: http://www.unicttaskforce.org/
The UNICT TF was launched by the UN Secretary General in 2001. Its main role is to provide a global UN forum for formulating strategies on ICT integration into development programmes and promoting partnerships with other stakeholders. One of UNICT TF assigned tasks is also to facilitate the effective participation of women and men in the decision making processes of international and national policyi fora.
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Asia-Pacific Development Information Programme

Website: http://www.apdip.net/
The Asia-Pacific Development Information Programme (APDIP) is an initiative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) that aims to promote the development and application of new Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for poverty alleviation and sustainable human development in the Asia-Pacific region.
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