Daily Current Affairs 4th March 2020 Today’s Important Topic’s For UPSC Preparation 1)UN RIGHTS BODY TO MOVE SC ON CAA. 2)APEX BODY ON RIVER LINKING IN PIPELINE. 3)BLACK CARBON LEVELS SPIKE AT HIMALAYAN GLACIERS. 4)GOVERNMENT YET TO NOTIFY CVC, CIC APPOINTMENTS. 5)WHO. 6)SWAMP WALLABY. 7)CHILIKA LAKE.
UN RIGHTS BODY TO MOVE SC ON CAA: About OHCHR:
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, commonly known as the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights(OHCHR) or the UN Human Rights Office, is a department of the Secretariatof the United Nations that works to promote and protect the human rights that are guaranteed under international law and stipulated in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948. The office was established by the UN General Assembly on 20 December 1993[3]in the wake of the 1993 World Conference on Human Rights. The office is headed by the High Commissioner for Human Rights, who co-ordinates human rights activities throughout the UN System and acts as the secretariat of the Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland. The current High Commissioner is Michelle Bachelet of Chile, who succeeded Zeid Raad Al Hussein of Jordan on 1 September 2018. Objectives of OHCHR are to:
Promote universal enjoyment of all human rights by giving practical effect to the will and resolve of the world community as expressed by the United Nations.