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WOM/1402
25/06/2003
Press Release
WOM/1402


Background Release


WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE TO MEET FROM 30 JUNE TO 18 JULY;

WILL REVIEW REPORTS ON EIGHT STATES PARTIES TO CONVENTION


NEW YORK, 25 June (Department of Economic and Social Affairs) -- The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women will hold its twenty-ninth session at United Nations Headquarters in New York from 30 June to 18 July.

SOC/CP/262
25/06/2003
Press Release
SOC/CP/262


EXPERT MEETING ON WORLD CRIME AND JUSTICE REPORT TO BE HELD 26 - 28 JUNE


(Reissued as received.)


VIENNA, 25 June (UN Information Service) -- The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI) will jointly organize an expert meeting on the World Crime and Justice Report, 2004-2005, on 26-28 June at the CRT Foundation in Turin, Italy.

HR/4681
25/06/2003
Press Release
HR/4681


DEPUTY HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS APPROVES ABOUT

$7.2 MILLION IN GRANTS FOR TORTURE SURVIVORS


GENEVA, 25 June (UN Information Service) -- The United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights and Officer in charge of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Bertrand Ramcharan, approved, on behalf of the Secretary-General, grants amounting to about $7.2 million to organizations supporting survivors of torture.