وأثناء الدورة الثامنة والخمسين المعقودة في عام 2002، تولت الدائرة إدارة 30 من هذه الجلسات الإعلامية، فضلاً عن تظاهرة نظمتها مفوضية حقوق الإنسان على هامش الدورة وكان عنوانها الشبيبة ضد العنصرية: الدرب من ديربان.
During the fifty-seventh session of the Commission on Human Rights, held in 2001, UNIS acted as moderator for 28 briefings, organized by OHCHR and given by special rapporteurs, special representatives, independent experts and mandate holders to all accredited participants in the Commission on Human Rights, with particular emphasis on NGOs; and during the fifty-eighth session in 2002, UNIS moderated 30 such briefings and one parallel event Young People against Racism: the Road from Durban, organized by OHCHR.