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UN Human Rights Council unanimously approves of Tunisia’s report

GENEVA, June 9, 2008 (TAP)

The United Nations Human Rights Council met, on Monday in Geneva, in its 2nd session for the Global Periodic Assessment (GPA) of the situation of human rights in the world, unanimously approved Tunisia’s report on human rights.

Tunisia: UN Human Rights Committee in New York Welcomes Country's Progress in the Protection of Human Rights

April 2nd, 2008(Tunisonline)

The United Nations Human Rights Committee relative to civic and political rights, which recently reviewed in New York , Tunisia 's 5 th periodic report, "welcomes progressive Tunisian legal reforms that offered better protection for Human Rights".

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Tunisia: The Higher Committee for Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms to Become an Autonomous Institution With Wider Perogatives

January 25th, 2008 (Allafrica)

Tunis During a ceremony attended by members of the Diplomatic Corps in Tunisia, President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali announced, Thursday, January 24, 2008, that the Higher Committee for human rights and fundamental freedoms will gain autonomous status and larger prerogatives.

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Tunisia ranking in recent World Reports

June 11, 2007 (TunisiaOnline)

Tunisia continues to receive favorable ratings in international reports. Such reports, including the Davos Economic Forum, the Global Peace Index , the A.T. Kearney global services index , Standard and Poor's, Fitch Ratings , Moody's and Rating and Investment testify to Tunisia's global positioning as a leader in Africa and in the Arab World, as well as its excellent performances worldwide. • 1 st most competitive economy in Africa , 29 th in the world. Source : World Economic Forum in Africa, Africa Competitiveness Report, 2007 • 1 st in Africa and 39th in the world in the ranking of "countries most at peace" . Source: Global Peace Index , 2007 • 1 st in Africa and 30th in the world in terms of " global economic competitiveness". Source: World Economic Forum, Global Competitiveness Report, 2006-2007 • 1 st in Africa and in the Maghreb and 35th in the world in the field of "global information technology". Source: World Economic Forum, Global Information Technology Report, 2006-2007 • 1 st in Africa and in the Maghreb and 35th in the world in the field of "global information technology". Source: World Economic Forum, Global Information Technology Report, 2006-2007 • 1st in Africa and in the Maghreb , 2nd in the Arab world and 34th in the world in the field of "competitiveness in travel and tourism". Source: World Economic Forum , Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report, 2007 • 3 rd in the world in terms of ability to avoid "wastefulness of government spending". Source: World Economic Forum, Global Competitiveness Report, 2006-2007 • 4 th in the world in terms of "government procurement of technology products". Source: World Economic Forum, Global Competitiveness Report, 2006-2007 • 5 th in the world in terms of "agriculture policy costs". Source : World Economic Forum, Global Competitiveness Report, 2006-2007 • 5 th in the world in terms of private sector employment of women. Source: World Economic Forum, Global competitiveness Report, 2006-2007 • 10 th in the world in terms of the countries least concerned by "favoritism in the decisions of government officials". Source: World Economic Forum, Global Competitiveness Report, 2006-2007 • 11 th in the world in terms of "quality of the education system". Source: World Economic Forum, Global Competitiveness Report, 2006-2007 • 12 th in the world in terms of "time required to start a business". Source : World Economic Forum, Global Competitiveness Report, 2006-2007 • 13th in the world in terms of "public trust of politicians". Source: World Economic Forum, Global Competitiveness Report, 2006-2007 • 23rd in the world in terms of the countries least affected by "diversion of public funds". Source: World Economic Forum, Global Competitiveness Report, 2006-2007 • 24th in the world in terms of "reliability of police services". Source: World Economic Forum, Global Competitiveness Report, 2006-2007 • 26th in the world in terms of "labor cost advantages". Source: A.T.Kearney, Global Services Location Index, 2007 TUNISIA RATING BY INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES 2007 2006 Agencies - Rating - Grade A- positive BBB+ positive R & I - Rating Grade A

Tunisia ranks 1 st in Africa in First Global Peace Index and WEF reports

Tunis , June 7, 2007 (TunisiaOnline)

Tunisia ranked 1 st in Africa, in the First Global Peace Index which lists countries around the world according to their “peacefulness”. The North African nation also received top ranking in Africa according to several World Economic Reports.

Southern Tunisian port city becomes major Mediterranean cruise ship destination

Tunis , June 6, 2007 (TunisiaOnline)

During the last 6 years, the Governorate of Gabes, south of Tunisia , has become one of the Mediterranean 's major cruise ship destinations.

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