Email from Katherine MGorove to Vernell Staten and Mark P. Lagon re: Time Sensitive Request: PA Tasking

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From: Gorove, Katherine M (SBU) Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 5:10 PM To: Staten, Vernell; Lagon, Mark P; 10-SHA users; DRL-MLA-DL; Legal-L-
HRR (SBU)
Subject: RE: time sensitive request: PA Tasking

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UHRR will attend. Thank you.

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From: Staten, Vernell Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 5:04 PM To: Lagon, Mark P; 10-SHA users; DRL-MLA-DL; Legal-L-HRR (SBU) Subject: RE: time sensitive request: PA Tasking
Is everyone available at 11:30 on Monday?
Original Message From: Lagon, Mark P Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 1:57 PM To: 10-SHA users; DRL-MLA-DL; Legal-L-HRR (SBU); Staten, Verne Subject: FW: time sensitive request: PA Tasking Importance:FHigh
I would like to schedule a meeting of 10/SHA, DRUMLA, and L/HRR folks between now and early afternoon Tues. to discuss
----Original Message-----From: Harris, Robert K (SBU) Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 12:59 PM To: Legal-All-Deputies (SBU); Legal-L-HRR (SBU); Legal-L-NESA (SBU); Legal-L-PM (SBU); Cummings,
Edward R (SBU); Taft IV, William H (SBU)
Cc: Solomon, Steven A; Peay, Michael T; Danies, Joel D; Craner, Lome W (DRI); Kozak, Michael G (DRL); DRL-MLA-DL; IO-SHA users; Miller, Ronald W; Richard, Elizabeth H; Lagon, Mark P; Jost, Aaron W; Legal-L-UNA (SBU)
Subject:FFW: time sensitive request: PA Tasking
The attached e-mail contains the text of a press release issued, as a fait accompli, by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, announcing the May 31, 2004 release of a report on human rights in Iraq. According to the press release, the report will
"look at the period between April 2003 and May 2004, will cover the following subjects:
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the military/security situation, including acts of terrorism,

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the protection of civilians,
the treatment of persons in detention,

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displacement,
the situation of women and children,
freedom of religion or belief,
other civil and political rights,

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economic, social and cultural rights,
• oversight and accountability and

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human-rights institutions, including the Iraqi Ministry of Human Rights."

This appears to be a personal initiative on the part of Acting High Commissioner
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE REVIEW AUTHORITY: SHARON E AHMAD •
DOS-002252
DATE/CASE ID: 17 NOV 2004 200303827

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Original Message From:FLubetkin, Wendy C(Geneva) Sent:FFriday, May 07, 2004 7:59 AM To: Starr, Katherine L; Delaurentis, Jeffrey A; Hamill, John D; Perry, June C; Johnson, Thomas A; Butler,
Michael A (DRL); Harris, Robert K (SBU); Gorove, Katherine M (SBU); Bhatt, Ajay X
(DRL); Slekert, Magda S; Danies, Joel D; Cassel, Lynn L Cc: Jamison, Jeffrey (ORL) Subject:FRE: time sensitive request: PA Tasking
You may already have this, but the following press release is on the Homepage of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.
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UN RIGHTS OFFICE TO PRESENT REPORT
ON SITUATION IN IRAQ ON 31 MAY
6 May 2004
The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) will present a report on the human-rights situation in Iraq to the Commission on Human Rights on 31 May 2004. Acting High Commissioner Bertrand Ramcharan had announced the preparation of the report at the closing of this year's Commission session on 23 April.
The report, which will look at the period between April 2003 and May 2004, will cover the following subjects:
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the military/security situation, including acts of terrorism,

•
the protection of civilians,

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the treatment of persons in detention,

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displacement,

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the situation of women and children, freedom of religion or belief, •other civil and political rights,

economic, social and cultural rights, • oversight and accountability and

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human-rights institutions, including the Iraqi Ministry of Human Rights.

The acting High Commissioner has written' to the United States Administrator in Iraq, Ambassador Paul Bremer; to Members of the Iraqi Governing Council, and to the Foreign Ministers of countries participating in the Coalition Forces, asking them to
provide him with information they consider relevant to the inquiry.
The acting High Commissioner has also written to concerned international and non­governmental organizations.
DOS-002253

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The OHCHR team working on the report plans.to visit Amman, Beirut and other
neighboring capitals to conduct interviews with persons wishing to provide relevant
information.
Should circumstances permit, the acting High Commissioner and members of his
team would be ready to visit Baghdad for consultations with Coalition and Iraqi
leaders.
The approach being followed in the preparation of this report is similar to that used by the acting High Commissioner in preparing for the Commission on Human Rights reports on the human-rights situations in Liberia and in Darfur, Western Sudan.
DOS-002254
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