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At a time when the United Nations is playing a decisive role in coping with world problems which affect the lives of millions of people, fair play - a combination of observance of the rules, respect for the defenceless, and prevention of adverse behaviour - is the condition under which human cooperation becomes both possible and necessary.

With a view to this, to help these essential features cross the arbitrary and artificial barriers to realize the UN's potential as a positive force in the world, UNJustice devotes itself to no other task with more dedication than to the very task it got its name from: encouraging fair play in the United Nations system of administration of justice.

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The momentous year when a new justice system at the U.N. was introduced ends with a certainty: we cannot go on this way

8 January 2010

The end of the year which saw the introduction of a new internal justice system at the United Nations after six decades is a chance to reflect on the abuses we have witnessed –and how much more needs to be done to end them.

Confidence in the UN justice system is still low among victims and the public.

Humanly, legally, ethically, financially, logically and historically we have a lot to look forward to in 2010.

To show our commitment to a fair system of administration of justice at the UN, we have also sent our numbered holiday season cards this year.

UNJustice’s message could not have been more eloquent: Do the right thing.

This is not just an invitation to renew the hope that the United Nations internal justice system will recognize and respect its legal obligation to promote compliance with international human rights standards. Most of all, this is a tribute to those persons under the jurisdiction of the UN who fear that the world might forget about their problems.

List of the 100 recipients of the 2009 holiday season UNJustice postcard

-in alphabetical order based on last name-

1	Lance	Armstrong	Athlete and Humanitarian
2	Catherine	Ashton	EU High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
3	Ki-moon	Ban	UN Secretary General
4	Alicia	Bárcena	UN-ECLAC Executive Secretary
5	Johnston	Barkat	UN Ombudsman
6	José Manuel	Barroso	EU Commission President
7	David	Beard	The Boston Globe Editor
8	Robert F.	Benson	UN Ethics Office Director
9	Joseph	Biden	US Vice President
10	Irina	Bokova	UNESCO Director General
11	Jerzy	Buzek	EU Parliament President
12	Xavier	Campos	UNOG Staff Coordinating Council Executive Secretary
13	Sandro	Cavani	UNICRI Director
14	Margaret	Chan	WHO Director General
15	Arthur	Chaskalson	International Commission of Jurists President
16	Helen	Clark	UNDP Administrator
17	William J.	Clinton	President William J. Clinton Foundation
18	Hillary	Clinton	US Secretary of State
19	Bernard	Cochemé	UN Joint Staff Pension Fund CEO
20	Antonio Maria	Costa	UNODC Executive Director
21	Jean-Paul	Costa	European Court of Human Rights President
22	Howard	Davies	LSE Director
23	Ferruccio	de Bortoli	Corriere della Sera Director
24	Yves	de Kermabon	EULEX Head of Mission
25	Alain	de Pouzilhac	Radio France Internationale President
26	Bertrand	Delanoë	Mayor of Paris
27	Paul	Demaret	College of Europe Rector
28	Richard	Descoings	Sciences Po Director
29	Jacques	Diouf	FAO Director General
30	Alan	Doss	MONUC Head of Mission
31	David	Ellwood	Harvard Kennedy School of Government Dean
32	Adrian	Fenty	Mayor of District of Columbia
33	Edward P.	Flaherty	Schwab Flaherty Hassberger Crausaz & Associés Int. Lawyers
34	Even	Fontaine Ortiz	JIU Chair
35	Eric	Fottorino	Le Monde Director
36	Klaus-Dieter	Frankenberger	Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Foreign Affairs Editor
37	Helene	Gayle	CARE President
38	Patrick	Gérard	Recteur de l’Accadémie de Paris
39	Brian	Gorlik	Chief of UN the Office of Staff Legal Assistance
40	Eduardo	Grebler	International Law Association President
41	António	Guterres	UN High Commissioner for Refugees
42	James	Harding	The Times Editor
43	Michael	Häupl	Mayor of Vienna
44	Heidi	Hautala	EU Parliament Chair Subcommittee on Human Rights
45	Noeleen	Heyzer	UN-ESCAP Executive Secretary
46	John	Holmes	UN-OCHA Emergency Relief Coordinator
47	Clark	Hoyt	NYT Public Editor
48	Michel	Jarraud	WMO Secretary General
49	Laurent	Joffrin	Libération Editor
50	Boris	Johnson	Mayor of London
51	Jean-François	Juillard	Reporters sans frontières Secrétaire Général
52	Irene	Khan	Amnesty International Secretary General
53	Stephen	Kisambira	UN Staff Union President
54	Gabriela Carina	Knaul de Albuquerque e Silva	UN-OHCHR Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers
55	Harold	Koh	Yale Law School Dean
56	Bernard	Kouchner	French Minister of Foreign and European Affairs
57	Ján	Kubiš	UN-ECE Executive Secretary
58	Pascal	Lamy	WTO Director General
59	Debbie	Landey	UN Development Operations Coordination Office Director
60	Alain	Le Roy	UN USG DPKO
61	Matthew	Lee	Inner City Press Editor
62	Bernard-Henri	Lévi	Éditions Grasset & Fasquelle Selection Committee
63	Carlos	Lopes	UNITAR Executive Director
64	Jan	Mattsson	UNOPS Executive Director
65	Susan	McLurg	ACABQ Chair
66	John	Micklethwait	The Economist Editor in Chief
67	Asha-Rose	Migiro	UN Deputy Secretary General
68	Efthimios	Mitropoulos	IMO Secretary General
69	Mohr	Ernst	University of St. Gallen President
70	Carmen	Moreno	UN-INSTRAW Director
71	Étienne	Mougeotte	Le Figaro Directeur des rédactions
72	Kanayo F.	Nwaze	IFAD President
73	Thoraya Ahmed	Obaid	UNFPA Executive Director
74	Barak	Obama	US President
75	Konrad	Osterwalder	UN University Rector
76	Hisashi	Owada	President of the International Court of Justice
77	Supachai	Panitchpakdi	UNCTAD Secretary General
78	Patricia	O’Brien	UN USG OLA
79	Nancy	Pelosi	Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
80	Flavia	Pensieri	UNV Executive Coordinator
81	Marc	Perrin de Brichambaut	OSCE Secretary General
82	Elisa	Peter	UN-NGLS Deputy Coordinator
83	Navanethem	Pillay	UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
84	Pedro	Ramirez	El Mundo Director
85	David	Remnick	The New Yorker Editor
86	Kingston	Rhodes	ICSC Chair
87	John	Roberts	Chief Justice of the United States
88	Geoffrey	Robertson	Doughty Street Chambers Founder
89	Joel	Rosenthal	Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs President
90	Kenneth	Roth	Human Rights Watch Executive Director
91	Jean-Jacques	Roth	Le Temps Director
92	Alan	Rusbridger	The Guardian Editor
93	Emile	Rwanasirabo	National University of Rwanda Rector
94	Jeffrey D.	Sachs	The Earth Institute Director
95	John	Sexton	NYU President
96	Josette	Sheeran	WFP Executive Director
97	Michel	Sidibé	UNAIDS Executive Director
98	Juan	Somavia	ILO Director General
99	Geoff	Stevens	Melbourne University President of the Academic Board
100	Ali	Treki	UN General Assembly President

Stop the UNJustice clock!

Today, the United Nations is celebrating without the provision of a system of administration of justice that promotes compliance with human rights norms. To make the United Nations' work a true manifestation of culture and humanness, the United Nations needs a fundamentally new system of justice.

It is only fair to stop the UNJustice clock now.

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