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GA/SM/324-OBV/360

UN EFFORTS AGAINST TORTURE WILL PERSIST UNTIL ‘ATROCIOUS PRACTICE’ HAS VANISHED, SAYS GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT ON INTERNATIONAL DAY

26/06/2003
Press Release
GA/SM/324
OBV/360


UN EFFORTS AGAINST TORTURE WILL PERSIST UNTIL ‘ATROCIOUS PRACTICE’

HAS VANISHED, SAYS GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT ON INTERNATIONAL DAY


Following is the message of Jan Kavan (Czech Republic), President of the General Assembly, on the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, observed on 26 June:

WOM/1402

WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE TO MEET FROM 30 JUNE TO 18 JULY; WILL REVIEW REPORTS ON EIGHT STATES PARTIES TO CONVENTION

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

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

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.