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Press Release

HR/4413

COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS CONCLUDES TWENTIETH SESSION

14 May 1999


Press Release
HR/4413


COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS CONCLUDES TWENTIETH SESSION

19990514 Issues Observations on Solomon Islands, Iceland, Denmark, Ireland, Tunisia, and General Comments on Right to Education and Right to Adequate Food

To be issued on 17 May.

HR/4412

COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE CONCLUDES TWENTY-SECOND SESSION

14 May 1999


Press Release
HR/4412


COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE CONCLUDES TWENTY-SECOND SESSION

19990514 Considered Reports of Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Mauritius, Venezuela, Bulgaria, Italy, Luxembourg, Libya, Morocco, Egypt, Liechtenstein

(Reissued as received.)

HR/4411*

UNITED NATIONS WORKING GROUP ON ENFORCED OR INVOLUNTARY DISAPPEARANCES MEETS IN NEW YORK

13 May 1999


Press Release
HR/4411*


UNITED NATIONS WORKING GROUP ON ENFORCED OR INVOLUNTARY DISAPPEARANCES MEETS IN NEW YORK

19990513

NEW YORK, 13 May -- The United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances is reviewing 634 cases of disappearances brought to its attention since its November session, during its fifty-seventh session in New York from 10 to 14 May.

HQ/597

HOST COUNTRY COMMITTEE MEETS TO CONSIDER DIPLOMATIC SAFETY, SECURITY

13 May 1999


Press Release
HQ/597


HOST COUNTRY COMMITTEE MEETS TO CONSIDER DIPLOMATIC SAFETY, SECURITY

19990513

The Committee on Relations with the Host Country decided to hold an open-ended meeting on safety tips for the diplomatic community in October this year, as it met this afternoon to consider the issue of the security of missions and safety of their personnel.

SG/SM/6990

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS ISR"L-UNITED NATIONS PARTNERSHIP ONLY BEGINNING TO SHOW HOW MUCH IT CAN DO: FOR ISR"LIS, MIDDLE EAST AND WORLD

12 May 1999


Press Release
SG/SM/6990


SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS ISRAEL-UNITED NATIONS PARTNERSHIP ONLY BEGINNING TO SHOW HOW MUCH IT CAN DO: FOR ISRAELIS, MIDDLE EAST AND WORLD

19990512 Following is the text of remarks made last night at Headquarters by Secretary-General Kofi Annan, at a dinner held to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of Israel's membership in the United Nations:

SG/SM/6989*

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR REDEDICATION TO 'IRREPLACEABLE INSTITUTION' IN MESSAGE ON INTERNATIONAL DAY OF FAMILIES

12 May 1999


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SG/SM/6989*
OBV/94


SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR REDEDICATION TO 'IRREPLACEABLE INSTITUTION' IN MESSAGE ON INTERNATIONAL DAY OF FAMILIES

19990512 Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan's message on the occasion of the International Day of Families, observed 15 May:

This year, the International Day of Families is dedicated to the theme of "Families for all ages".