ESCAP to launch Economic and Social Survey of Asia and Pacific 2004, 16 APRIL

Despite Setbacks, Region Posts 'Robust Growth'

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BANGKOK, 8 April (UN Information Service) -- The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) will be launching its annual Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific 2004 in Hong Kong, China, on Friday, 16 April 2004.

Note to Correspondents

PREPARATORY MEETING, 14-16 APRIL, TO ADDRESSSMALLISLANDS’ KEY CHALLENGES

IN PREPARATION FOR MAURITIUS CONFERENCE

UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION PAYS OUT $186 MILLION

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COMMISSION ADOPTS RESOLUTIONS ON IMPROVING FUNCTIONING

OF OFFICE OF HIGH COMMISSIONER, OTHER ISSUES

Debate Continues on Rights of Specific Groups and Individuals

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SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON MIGRANTS NOTES ACTS OF VIOLENCE,

ILL TREATMENT OF MIGRANTS AROUND WORLD

Commission Continues General Debate on Specific Groups, Individuals

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SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON HUMAN RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE

ADDRESSES COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS

Representatives of Three United Nations Mechanisms

on Human Rights of Indigenous People Also Deliver Statements

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UNITED NATIONS TO HOLD INTERNATIONAL MEETING ON IMPACT OF CONSTRUCTION

OF WALL IN OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY

Meeting to be Held on 15 and 16 April at United Nations Office at Geneva

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Fifty-eighth General Assembly                              

Under-Secretary-general ENCOURAGED BY PROGRESS

ON CEASEFIRE NEGOTIATIONS FOR DARFUR, SUDAN

NEW YORK, 8 April (Office for the Coordination for Humanitarian Affairs) -- “I am encouraged by the positive signals that a humanitarian ceasefire may soon be signed by parties to the conflict in Darfur, Sudan”, said United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Jan Egeland.

ACTING HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ESTABLISHES

 

INDEPENDENT COMMISSION OF INQUIRY FOR CÔTE D’IVOIRE

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GENEVA, 8 April (UN Information Service) – The Acting United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Bertrand Ramcharan, has established an Independent Commission of Inquiry to investigate alleged human rights violations committed during an anti-government protest in Côte d’Ivoire two weeks ago.