What are the responsibilities of the United Nations Centre for Human Rights?
The main functions of the Centre for Human Rights are to assist United Nations organs and bodies in the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms as envisaged by the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human rights and the International Covenants on Human Rights and in resolutions of the General Assembly. Since the establishment of the post of United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the supervision of the Centre has been entrusted to him in order to co-ordinate the promotion and protection of human rights activities throughout the United Nations system. The Centre provides secretarial and substantive services to United Nations organs and bodies concerned with human rights, including the General assembly, the Economic and Social Council, the Commission on Human Rights, the Sub-commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities, the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD), the Human Right
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