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ECOSOC/6089

ECOSOC ADOPTS THIRTEEN RESOLUTIONS AND FOUR DECISIONS

24/07/2003
Press Release
ECOSOC/6089


ECOSOC ADOPTS THIRTEEN RESOLUTIONS AND FOUR DECISIONS


Approves Suspension of Consultative Status of Reporters

sans frontières with United Nations System for One Year after Extended Debate


(Reissued as received.)


GENEVA, 24 July (UN Information Service) -- The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) this morning adopted 13 resolutions and four decisions submitted under various items of its agenda. 

SG/SM/8790

SECRETARY-GENERAL ‘DEEPLY CONCERNED’ BY INCREASED VIOLENCE IN JAMMU AND KASHMIR; URGES RESTRAINT BY THOSE CONCERNED

23/07/2003
Press Release
SG/SM/8790


SECRETARY-GENERAL ‘DEEPLY CONCERNED’ BY INCREASED VIOLENCE IN JAMMU AND KASHMIR; URGES RESTRAINT BY THOSE CONCERNED


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


The Secretary-General is deeply concerned by the increase in violence in Jammu and Kashmir in the past two days and expresses his condolences to the families of those who have lost their lives. 

HR/CT/638

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONSIDERS CIVIL AND POLITICAL SITUATION IN EL SALVADOR

23/07/2003
Press Release
HR/CT/638


HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONSIDERS CIVIL AND POLITICAL SITUATION IN EL SALVADOR


(Reissued as received.)


GENEVA, 23 July (UN Information Service) -- The Human Rights Committee this afternoon concluded its consideration, carried out over three meetings, of the third periodic report of El Salvador on how that country implements the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.