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GA/L/3127

AS LEGAL COMMITTEE REVIEWS DRAFT GUIDELINES FOR TREATY RESERVATIONS, SPEAKERS STRESS EXCEPTIONAL CHARACTER OF HUMAN RIGHTS AGREEMENTS

2 November 1999


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GA/L/3127


AS LEGAL COMMITTEE REVIEWS DRAFT GUIDELINES FOR TREATY RESERVATIONS, SPEAKERS STRESS EXCEPTIONAL CHARACTER OF HUMAN RIGHTS AGREEMENTS

19991102

The question of whether reservations should be permitted to human rights instruments was raised by several speakers this afternoon as the Sixth Committee began discussing the efforts of the International Law Commission to draw up practice guide on reservations to treaties.

GA/L/3126

SIXTH COMMITTEE CONCLUDES CONSIDERATION OF DRAFT ON STATE RESPONSIBILITY

2 November 1999


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GA/L/3126


SIXTH COMMITTEE CONCLUDES CONSIDERATION OF DRAFT ON STATE RESPONSIBILITY

19991102

The Sixth Committee (Legal) this morning concluded its discussion of the International Law Commission’s long-standing efforts to codify an instrument to govern State responsibility for internationally wrongful acts.

PI/1194

UPGRADING UN WEBSITES IN ALL LANGUAGES REQUIRES SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT, UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS INFORMATION COMMITTEE

1 November 1999


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PI/1194


UPGRADING UN WEBSITES IN ALL LANGUAGES REQUIRES SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT, UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS INFORMATION COMMITTEE

19991101

To begin the process of achieving language parity among the United Nations' Web sites on an incremental basis will require an additional allocation of some $13.5 million, the Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information, Kensaku Hogen, told the Committee on Information this morning.