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Article: DIPLOMATIC (World Forum On Human Rights Opens On May 16).
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- PPI - Pakistan Press International
- Article date:
- May 11, 2004
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Islamabad, May 11 (PPI) The French city of Nantes will host the World Forum on Human Rights from May 16 to 19. Diplomatic sources told PPI that the Forum will focus on three major themes including Human Rights and Terrorism, Globalization and the Struggle Against All Forms of Discrimination and Exclusion, and Poverty as a Violation of Human Rights. Some 900 participants are expected to attend the Forum, which will bring together researchers, policy makers and representatives of civil society to reinforce the ties between research and policy in the domain of fundamental human rights. The Forum will be opened by local Parliamentary Representative and Mayor of Nantes, ...