Acknowledgements

Special thanks to the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mary Robinson, for contributing a foreword to this guide, and to Mel James for her contribution towards the chapter on resolutions.

Thanks also to the following staff at the United Nations: Affaf Abbass, Daniel Atchebro, Martine Anstett, Jean-Nicolas Beuze, Fiona Blyth-Kubota, Alessio Bruni, Jane Connors, Mac Darrow, Paulo David, Carla Edelenbos, Patrice Gillibert, Rio Hada, Fatou Houel, María Francísca Ize-Charrin, Miguel de la Lama, Guennadi Lebakine, Greg Mayne, Koh Miyaoi, Cecilian Möller, Jacqueline Nzoyihera, Jennifer Philpot-Nissen, Carmen Ruda Castañon, Christina Saunders, Markus Schmidt, Eleanor Solo, Henrik Stenman, Myriam Tebourbi, Cecilia Thompson, Alexandre Tikhonov, Carlos Villan-Duran.

We also thank Karen Davies of the UN Office and Information Centre in London.

Grateful thanks to the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust, especially Stephen Pittam, for their grant towards the development of the first edition of this guide, and to all those whose comments and ideas have been carried over into this edition.