21.   Asians spoke about the financial crisis leaving women without enough to eat and an upsurge in trafficking, forced prostitution and so-called honor killings.

22.   But he later confessed after being confronted by police investigators, who suspected his sister may have fallen victim to an honor killing.

23.   For the first time in an international consensus document, forced marriage and so-called honor killings were addressed, with governments being urged to eradicate these human rights violations.

24.   Five companions helped the man kill the three with sickles in the latest of so-called honor killings in Pakistan, police said.

25.   Honor killing is widely practiced in some Arab and Muslim countries when male members of the family suspect a woman has committed adultery or other acts they consider immoral.

26.   I.A. Rehman, an official at the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, said there were no detailed figures as the vast majority of honor killings are unreported.

27.   Honor killings are rampant in Islamic Pakistan, where men kill women they say have tarnished their honor.

28.   However, Amnesty said so-called honor killings of women continue to be reported daily, while few are ever convicted of the crime.

29.   Human rights activists say most perpetrators of honor killings go unpunished because police are reluctant to investigate domestic violence and often fail to press charges.

30.   In the Palestine Liberation Organization-ruled Gaza Strip, police have also begun to arrest suspects in family honor killings.