UN welcomes decision by the US administration to close the detention facility in Guantanamo Bay

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United Nations, New York, 22 January 2009: Daily Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay has welcomed decision by the new US administration to close the detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, as well as the decision to ban methods of interrogation that contravene international law. 

View the full Press Briefing (Real Media, 26 minutes):
http://webcast.un.org/ramgen/ondemand/pressbriefing/2009/brief090122.rm

Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights website:
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Pages/WelcomePage.aspx

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