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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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During the 2008 holiday season, UNJustice has sent 200 postcards to reveal that having in place a fair and equitable administration of justice in the United Nations could be as easy as saying Hop là!

6 January 2009

Everyone likes sending and receiving holiday season cards and the 2008 UNJustice holiday season postcard stretches a little further than average cards.

It's one thing to wish happy holiday season but it's another thing to actually celebrate and be content for it. The victims of human rights the world over remain in our thoughts.

This holiday season, as part of its campaign for an effectively fair and equitable administration of justice in the United Nations system of organizations, UNJustice has sent 200 numbered postcards in the hope that in the future the UN justice system will respect human rights.

What can UNJustice share with the Secretary General of the United Nations, or the Secretary General of Amnesty International, or the Secretary General of Reporters sans frontières? A lot: it is the respect, sensitivity and sympathy for all those whose human rights are at risk.

Perhaps for the recipients of our holiday season postcard it will be heartbreaking, difficult to comprehend and accept, to know that the UN justice system does not respect human rights.

But, at the same time, we hope that they will plead for the cessation of this perverse violation of human rights and be thrilled to know that their awareness and participation in United Nations justice issues can really help to make a difference…Hop là!

 

List of the 200 recipients of the 2008 holiday season UNJustice postcard

-in alphabetical order based on last name-

 

Ali

Abd ar-Rahman

Cairo University President

Rodolphe

Adada

UNAMID Joint AU-UN Special Representative

Inga-Britt

Ahlenius

UN USG for OIOS

Inés

Alberdi

UNIFEM Executive Director

Bader

Al-Dafa

UN-ESCWA  Executive Director

Gianni

Alemanno

Mayor of Rome

Roger

Alton

The Independent Editor in Chief

Hédi

Annabi

MINUSTAH Head of Mission

Victor

Aquilina

The Times of Malta Editor

Lennart

Båge

IFAD President

Kamal Hassan

Bakhiet

Al-Rayaam Editor

Ki-moon

Ban

UN Secretary General

Lionel

Barber

The Financial Times Editor

Alicia

Bárcena

UN-ECLAC Executive Secretary

Johnston

Barkat

UN Ombudsman

José Manuel

Barroso

EU Commission President

Sinha

Basnayake

UN-Secretary of the Redesign Panel

David

Beard

The Boston Globe Editor

Marek

Belka

UN-ECE Executive Secretary

Béchir

Ben Yahmed

Jeune Afrique Président

Robert F.

Benson

UN Ethics Office Director

Joseph

Biden

US Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chair

Michael

Bloomberg

Mayor of New York

Emma

Bonino

Italian Senate Vice President

Adam

Bott

Cambridge Union Society President

Christopher

Burnham

Deutsche Asset Management Vice Chair

Francess

Cairncross

Exeter College Rector

Fiona

Caldicott

Somerville College Principal

Sandro

Calvani

UNICRI Director

Pier Ugo

Calzolari

University of Bologna Rector

Averil

Cameron

Keble College Warden

Xavier

Campos

UNOG Coordinating Council Executive Secretary

Graydon

Carter

Vanity Fair Editor

Roger

Cashmore

Brasenose College Principal

Margaret

Chan

WHO Director General

Arthur

Chaskalson

International Commission of Jurists President

Y.J.

Choi

ONUCI SG Special Representative

Tan

Chorh Chuan

National University of Singapore President

David

Clary

Magdalene College President

Jenny

Clift

UNCITRAL Senior Legal Officer

William J.

Clinton

William J. Clinton Foundation

Bernard

Cochemé

UN Joint Staff Pension Fund CEO

Sarah

Cooke

British Institute for Human Rights Co-director

Antonio Maria

Costa

UNODC Executive Director

Jean-Paul

Costa

European Court of Human Rights President

Ivor

Crewe

University College Master

Miguel

d’Escoto

UN General Assembly President

Victor

da Silva Angelo

MINURCAT SG Special Representative

Patrick

Daniel

The Straits Times Editor

Howard

Davies

LSE Director

Edouard

Dayan

UPU Director General

Antoine

de Gaudemar

Libération Editor

Yves

de Kermabon

EULEX Head of Mission

Alain

de Pouzilhac

Radio France Internationale President

Bertrand

Delanoë

Mayor of Paris

Béatrice

Delvaux

Le Soir Editor

Paul

Demaret

College of Europe Rector

Kemal

Dervis

UNDP Administrator

Richard

Descoings

Sciences Po Director

Leandro

Despouy

UN-OHCHR Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers

Cheick Sidi

Diarra

UN-OHRLLS High Representative

Jacques

Diouf

FAO Director General

Alan

Doss

MONUC Head of Mission

Bauzá

Eduardo

UN JDC Chair

Mohamed

El Baradei

IAEA Director General

David

Ellwood

Harvard Kennedy School Dean

Adrian

  Fenty

Mayor of District of Columbia

Benita

Ferrero-Waldner

EU Commissioner for External Relations

Edward

Flaherty

Schwab Flaherty Hassberger Crausaz & Associés Int. Lawyers

Hélène

Flautre

EU Parliament Chair Subcommittee on Human Rights

José

Fogaça

Mayor of Porto Alegre    

Even

Fontaine Ortiz

JIU Chair

Eric

Fottorino

Le Monde Director

Francesco

Frangialli

UN-WTO Secretary General

Klaus-Dieter

Frankenberger

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung  Foreign Affairs Editor

Estuardo

Gálvez Cerezo

University of San Carlos of Guatemala Rector

Helene

Gayle

CARE President

Swatantra Anand

Goolsarran

UN Board of Auditors Executive Secretary

Andrew

Graham

Balliol College Master

Francis

Gurry

WIPO Director General

António

Guterres

UN High Commissioner for Refugees

Serge

Halimi

Le Monde Diplomatique Editor

Rubén

Hallú

Universidad of Buenos Aires Rector

James

Harding

The Times Editor

Michael

Häulp

Mayor of Vienna

Noeleen

Heyzer

UN-ESCAP Executive Secretary

Rosalyn

Higgins

President of the International Court of Justice

John

Holmes

UN-OCHA Emergency Relief Coordinator

Charlie

Holt

Oxford Union President

Clark

Hoyt

NYT Public Editor

Abdoulie

Janneh

UN-ECA  Executive Secretary

Michel

Jarraud

WMO Secretary General

Boris

Johnson

Mayor of London

Emyr

Jones Parry

Aberystwyth University President

Jean-François

Juillard

Reporters sans frontières Secrétaire Général

Pirom

Kamol-Ratanakul

Chulalongkorn University President

Geraldine

Kennedy

The Irish Times Editor

Irene

Khan

Amnesty International Secretary General

Stephen

Kisambira

UN Staff Union President

Harold

Koh

Yale Law School Dean

Karen

Koning AbuZayd

UNRWA Commissioner General

Bernard

Kouchner

French Minister of Foreign and European Affairs

Pascal

Lamy

WTO Director General

Debbie

Landey

UN Development Operations Coordination Office Director

Alain

Le Roy

UN USG DPKO

Matthew

Lee

Inner City Press Editor

Jang-Moo

Lee

Seoul National University President

Bernard-Henri

Lévi

Éditions Grasset & Fasquelle Selection Committee

Christopher Andrew

Lewis

Christ Church Dean

Ellen Margrethe

Løj

UNMIL  SG Special Representative

Carlos

Lopes

UNITAR Executive Director

Paul

Madden

Queen’s College Provost

Geoffrey

Majiwa

Mayor of Nairobi

Koïchiro

Matsuura

UNESCO Director General

Jan

Mattsson

UNOPS Executive Director

Susan

McLurg

ACABQ Chair

John

Micklethwait

The Economist Editor in Chief

Paolo

Mieli

Corriere della Sera Director

Asha-Rose

Migiro

UN Deputy Secretary General

Dionisio

Miranda

University of San Carlos

Chris

Mitchell

The Australian Editor

Efthimios

Mitropoulos

IMO Secretary General

Ernst

Mohr

University of St. Gallen President

Carmen

Moreno

UN-INSTRAW Director

Derek

Morris

Oriel College Provost

Étienne

Mougeotte

Le Figaro Directeur

Jim

Murdoch

CSHRL Director

Patricia

O’Brien

UN USG OLA

Kate

O’Regan

UN-IJC Chair

Thoraya Ahmed

Obaid

UNFPA Executive Director

Barak

Obama

US President-elect

Yuri

Orlov

International Helsinki Federation Honorary Chair

Konrad

Osterwalder

UN University Rector

Supachai

Panitchpakdi

UNCTAD Secretary General

Flavia

Pensieri

UNV Executive Coordinator

Deepak

Pental

University of Delhi Vice Chancellor

Marc

Perrin de Brichambaut

OSCE Secretary General

Elisa

Peter

UN-NGLS Deputy Coordinator

Navanethem

Pillay

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

Peter

Piot

UNAIDS Executive Director

Nicolas

Pompigne-Mognard

African Press Organization Secretary General

Hans-Gert

Pöttering

EU Parliament President

Ashraf

Qazi

UNMIS SG Special Representative

Zhou

Qifeng

Peking University President

Maurice

Quénet

Recteur de l’Accadémie de Paris 

Pedro

Ramirez

El Mundo Director

Fogh

Rasmussen

Africa Commission Chair

David

Remnick

The New Yorker Editor

Ian

Renard

Melbourne University Chancellor

Kingston

Rhodes

ICSC Chair

Ivor

Roberts

Trinity College, President

John

Roberts

Chief Justice of the United States

Geoffrey

Robertson

Doughty Street Chambers Founder

Joel

Rosenthal

Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs President

Kenneth

Roth

Human Rights Watch Executive Director

Jean-Jacques

Roth

Le Temps Director

Alain

Rusbridger

The Guardian Editor

Emile

Rwanasirabo

National University of Rwanda Rector

Jeffrey D.

Sachs

The Earth Institute Director

Elsadigh

Salih

UN Staff Representative

Raffaele K.

Salinari

Terre des Hommes Chair

Michael

Scholar

St. John’s College President

Vincent

See

Brown University Debating Union President

John

Sexton

NYU President

Josette

Sheeran

WFP Executive Director

Taïeb

Shérif

ICAIO SG

D.P.

Singh

Benaras Hindu University  Vice-Chancellor

Richard M.

Smith

Newsweek Editor

Javier

Solana

EU High Representative

Juan

Somavia

ILO Director General

Achim

Steiner

UNEP Executive Director

Richard

Stengel

Time Magazine Editor

Christopher

Stokes

MSF Secretary General

Dominique

Strauss Khan

IMF Managing Director

Strobe

Talbott

Brookings Institution President

Paul

Tavernier

CREDHO Director

Freddy

Thielemans

Mayor of Bruxelles

Mark

Thompson

BBC Director General

Anna

Tibaijuka

UN-HABITAT Executive Director

Shirley

Tilghman

Princeton University President

Manuel

Tornare

Mayor of Geneva

Hamadoun I.

Touré

ITU Secretary General

Marcos Prado

Troyjo

Jornal do Brazil Publisher

Panagiotis

Tsiris

Panteion  University of Social and Political Sciences Chancellor

Ted

Turner

UN Foundation Chair

Johan

Van Heck

EU Parliament Member

Anneke

Van Woudnberg

Human Rights Watch, Senior Researcher

Ann

Veneman

UNICEF Executive Director

Johan

Verbeke

UNIFIL SG Special Coordinator for Lebanon

Maria

Vicien-Milburn

UN-GLD-OLA Director

Jasmine

Whitbread

Save the Children Chief Executive

Jennifer

Windsor

Freedom House Executive Director

Kenneth

Wrye

UNIS Director

Rama

Yade

French Secretary of State for Human Rights

Mark

Yudof

University of California President

Kandeh

Yumkella

UNIDO Director General

William

Zabel

Human Rights First Chair

Lamberto

Zannier

UNMIK Head of Mission

François

Zimeray

French Ambassador for Human Rights

Robert

Zoellick

World Bank President

 

 

 

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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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