Press Release

27 April 1999

Press Release
HR/CN/934

COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS CONCLUDES DEBATE ON RATIONALIZATION OF ITS WORK

19990427

GENEVA, 26 April (UN Information Service) -- The Commission on Human Rights this afternoon concluded a debate on the rationalization of its work.

27 April 1999

Press Release
HR/CN/933

COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS BEGINS DEBATE ON RATIONALIZATION OF ITS WORK

19990427

GENEVA, 26 April (UN Information Service) -- The Commission on Human Rights this morning began its debate on the rationalization of its work. The discussion centred on the report of the bureau of the fifty-fourth session of the Commission on the rationalization of the work and mechanisms of reform.

27 April 1999

Press Release
DSG/SM/47

ELIMINATING POVERTY OBLIGATION RESPONSIBILITY SHARED BY ALL, SAYS DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL, AT LAUNCH OF ANTI-POVERTY INITIATIVE

19990427 Following are the remarks of Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)/Cisco Systems Initiative on the Eradication of Poverty in New York on 27 April:

26 April 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6970/Rev.1

ADDRESSING `EUROPE'S WORLD ROLE IN 21ST CENTURY', IN BERLIN, SECRETARY-GENERAL CHALLENGES CONCEPT OF `UNIPOLAR WORLD'

19990426 There May Be Only One Super-Power, but It Needs Allies and Supporters in Order to Achieve Its Goals, Kofi Annan States

26 April 1999

Press Release
HR/CN/932

COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS ADOPTS RESOLUTIONS ON SITUATIONS IN FORMER YUGOSLAVIA, MYANMAR, EQUATORIAL GUINEA, RWANDA

19990426 Approves Chairman's Statements on East Timor and Cyprus; Resolutions On Debt Relief, Unilateral Coercive Measures, Human Rights Cooperation

(Reissued as received.)

26 April 1999

Press Release
HR/CN/931

COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS ADOPTS RESOLUTIONS ON SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN NIGERIA, LEBANON, IRAN, IRAQ, SUDAN

19990426 No-Action Motion on Situation in China Approved by Commission

(Reissued as received.)

26 April 1999

Press Release
GA/PK/163

CONCLUDING 1999 SESSION, SPECIAL PEACEKEEPING COMMITTEE REAFFIRMS THAT PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF PEACE AND SECURITY RESTS WITH UN

19990426

Committee Approves Report; Stresses Importance of Providing Peacekeeping Operations with Clearly Defined Mandates, Secure Financing

26 April 1999

Press Release
GA/PAL/802*

UNITED NATIONS AFRICAN MEETING IN SUPPORT OF PALESTINIAN RIGHTS CONCLUDES IN NAMIBIA; ADOPTS WINDHOEK DECLARATION

19990426 (Received from a UN Information Officer.)

26 April 1999

Press Release
GA/PAL/801*

AFRICAN MEETING ON PALESTINIAN RIGHTS BRIEFED ON BETHLEHEM 2000 PROJECT OF PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY

19990426 (Received from a UN Information Officer.)

26 April 1999

Press Release
ENV/DEV/511

COMMISSION ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT HEARS JOINT PRESENTATION BY PANAMA AND MEXICO

19990426 Transfer of Panama Canal at End of 1999 And Coordinating International Environmental Efforts Discussed