By Anne Penketh Diplomatic Editor It must have seemed like a good idea at the time - redesigning the UN logo to mark the 60th anniversary of the world's most translated document, the UN Human Rights declaration.

Text of report by Radio France Internationale on 17 May The UN high commissioner for human rights, Louise Arbour, yesterday in Kinshasa called for a listing of serious abuses committed between 1993 and 2003 in DRCongo.

In what the U.N. human rights chief called an unprecedented show of support to empower the physically and mentally impaired, 80 countries signed a U.N. convention enshrining the rights of the world's 650 million disabled.

The U.N. human rights chief expressed concern Wednesday at recent U.S. legislative and judicial actions that she said leave hundreds of detainees without any way to challenge their indefinite imprisonment.

By Greg Myre The United Nations' top human rights official, Louise Arbour, visited a southern Israeli town on the frontline of the conflict with the Palestinians, and received a firsthand taste of the turmoil Tuesday.