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INTRODUCTION: A culture of communication within the UN: changes and challenge……………………………...……………………….……p.6

CHAPTER ONE – The UN communication strategy: from DPI to UNRIC………………………………………….………………………………………….…p.8

1.1

DPI and its functions…………………………………………………………p.8

1.1.1 The United Nations Secretariat and its divisions………………..p.8 1.1.2 Department of Public Information………………………………………..p.9

1.2 DPI and its divisions…………………………………………………………p.10 1.2.1 Strategic Communications Division…………………………………..p.10 1.2.2 News and Media Division……………………………………………………p.12 1.2.3 Outreach Division……………………………………………………………….p.14

1.2.4 Office of the Spokesman for the Secretary General………..p.17 1.2.5 The Under Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information…………………………………………………………………………………..p.18

1.3 From UNICs to UNRIC……………………………………………………….p.19 1.3.1

United

Nations

Information

Centres,

United

Nations

Information Services and United Nations Offices……………………..p.19 1.3.2 United Nations Regional Information Centre…………………….p.22

CHAPTER

TWO

–

An

overview

on

the

Human

Rights

Council………………………………………………………………………………………….p.26

2.1 – The UN’s mechanisms of protection of human rights: from the Commission on Human Rights to the Human Rights Council………………………………………………………………………………………..p.26 2.1.1 Once upon a time…..there was the Commission on Human Rights………………………………………………………………………………………..…p.26 2.1.2

Main

criticism

through

the

Commission

on

Human

Rights………………………………………………………………………………………..…p.29 2.1.3 Establishment of the Human Rights Council…….……………….p.30 2.1.4 Mandates and mechanisms assumed by the Human Rights Council………………………………………………………………………………………….p.32

2.2 – First Session of the Human Rights Council……………….p.34 2.2.1 The Inaugural Session…………………………………………………….…p.34 2.2.2 Resolution, decisions and statements adopted by the Human Rights Council at its First Session……………………………………………...p.35

2.3 – Second Session of the Human Rights Council…………p.36.

2.3.1 The Second Session……………………………………………………………p.36 2.3.2 Resolution, decisions and statements adopted by the Human Rights Council at its Second Session………………………………………….p.37

2.4 – Third Session of the Human Rights Council……………..p.39 2.4.1 The Third Session…………………………………………………………….…p.39 2.4.2 Resolution, decisions and statements adopted by the Human Rights Council at its Third Session………………………………………….…p.39

2.5 – Special Sessions of the Human Rights Council………..p.42 2.5.1 The First Special Session on the situation in the Palestinians Occupied Territories………………………………………………………………….…p.42 2.5.2 The Second Special Session on the Israeli violations of human rights in Lebanon……………………………………………………………………….…p.43 2.5.3 The Third Special Session on Israeli military incursions in Occupied Palestinian Territory…………………………………………………….p.46

2.5.4 The Fourth Special Session on the human rights situation in Darfur…………………………………………………………………………………………..p.46

CHAPTER

THREE

–

Communicating

the

Human

Rights

Council………………………………………………………………………………………….p.48

3.1 - The new UN Communication Strategy…………………..……p.48 3.1.1 A tripartite strategy………………………………………………………...…p.48 3.1.2 Targeted delivery…………………………………………………………………p.49 3.1.3 ICT…………………………………………………………………………………….…p.50 3.1.4 A stronger partnership with civil society……………………………p.52

3.2 – The Human Rights Council: a big change for the world, a big challenge for DPI……………………………………………………..….…p.52 3.2.1 DPI’s response to the challenge of the Human Rights Council……………………………………………………………………………………….…p.52 3.2.2 The Human Rights Council website……………………………………p.54 3.2.3 The United Nations News Centre’s page on the Human Rights Council………………………………………………………………………………………….p.55

3.3 – Ambassador De Alba’s case…………………………………………p.57 3.3.1 – Ambassador De Alba visits UNRIC Brussels……………………p.57

3.3.2– The visit…………………………………………………………………………….p.59 3.3.3 – Italy Desk’s preparatory work…………………………………………p.62 3.3.4– Feedbacks from Italy……………………………………………………….p.63 CONCLUSION - A won or a lost challenge?.......................p.69 BIBLIOGRPHY……………………………………………………………………………p.71 Publications………………………………………………………………………………….p.71 United Nations Documents………………………………………………………….p.71 Websites…………………………………………………………………………………….…p.72