New York, Dec 11 2007 2:00PM Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has led a chorus of United Nations condemnation of today’s terrorist attacks in Algiers that have reportedly killed dozens of people, including a number of UN staff members, and he has dispatched several top aides to the Algerian capital to investigate the bombings.

Geneva - As we jointly celebrate today not only Human Rights Day but also launch the year-long campaign leading to the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, we have cause to celebrate the accomplishments made, since 1948, on the road to ensuring fundamental freedoms for each one of us.

The Universal Declaration and its core values- inherent human dignity, justice, non-discrimination, equality, fairness and universality- apply to everyone, everywhere, always.

On-line conference ‘Living with HIV in Russia’ in RIA Novosti in partnership with UNAIDS

Roundtable on “Rights of Persons with Disabilities: the Russian Context” (marking the Human Rights Day 2007), jointly organized by UNIC Moscow and disability NGO “Perspektiva”

Observance of the Human Rights Day: Alexei Avtonomov, member of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, will hold a series of meetings and briefings on the theme of the Day “Dignity and Justice for All of Us” intended for students of the St-Petersburg’s State University and hold a workshop on human rights at the Academy of Pedagogical Education

Photo exhibition “UNHCR in the World”

Seminar on rehabilitation of injection drug use, together with the faith based organization (FBO) “Old World”

“Promotion of human rights: the first framework Agreement on cooperation between OHCHR and the Russian Federation”: briefing by Oleg Malguinov, Head of Human Rights Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry

Participation in the Annual HIV/AIDS conference devoted to the National Priority project implementation in the field of HIV/AIDS under the aegis of the Federal Service on surveillance of consumer rights and human well-being (Rospotrebnadzor)

Festival of Swedish Films and Literature for children, together with Ministry of Culture of the Republic, Swedish Embassy and UNICEF