Press Release

                                                            OS/1798

Human Rights Committee                                     

NGOS ALLEGE WIDESPREAD HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES

Commission Continues Debate on Question of Violations Anywhere in World

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 25 March (UN Information Service) -- Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) speaking before the Commission on Human Rights this afternoon charged that violations were occurring in numerous countries and regions.

SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR URGES STATES TO SUPPLY IRAQ WITH TRAINING

AND EXPERTISE TO AID RECONSTRUCTION

Commission Continues General Debate

On Violation of Human Rights in any Part of World

(Reissued as received.)

Fifty-eighth General Assembly                              

CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HEARS STATEMENTS FROM ROMANIA,

ALGERIA AND UNITED STATES

In Farewell Remarks, Japanese Representative Says

‘Breath of Fresh Air’ Needed for Conference to Carry Out its Work

(Reissued as received.)

NEW DELHI FORUM OPPORTUNITY TO STRENGTHEN WORLD’S COMMITMENT

TO REVERSING GLOBAL TB INCIDENCE, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s video message to the second Stop TB Partners’ Forum in New Delhi, 24 March:

SECRETARY-GENERAL ‘SHOCKED AND OUTRAGED’ AT KILLING

OF UN MISSION POLICE OFFICERS IN KOSOVO

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPEALS FOR REDUCTION OF TENSIONS IN CÔTE D’IVOIRE

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES DEEP CONCERN OVER HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN COLOMBIA

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan: