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Press Release


HR/CN/901
8 April 1999


Press Release
HR/CN/901


COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS TAKES UP ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS

19990408 Independent Experts on Extreme Poverty and Structural Adjustment Policies; Special Rapporteur on Toxic Waste, Present Their Reports

(Reissued as received.)

SG/SM/6950
7 April 1999


Press Release
SG/SM/6950


SECRETARY-GENERAL, ADDRESSING GROUP OF 77 IN GENEVA, SAYS 'IF WE PREPARE WELL' CAUSE OF DEVELOPMENT CAN BE INVIGORATED AND RESTORED TO CENTRE STAGE

19990407 Kofi Annan Stresses Policies Grounded in Current Realities to Indeed Change Future; Says UN 'Remains Your Close Partner' Working Towards This Goal

SG/SM/6949
7 April 1999


Press Release
SG/SM/6949
HR/CN/898


SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR RENEWED COMMITMENT IN NEW CENTURY TO PROTECT RIGHTS OF MAN, WOMAN, CHILD -- REGARDLESS OF ETHNIC, NATIONAL BELONGING

19990407 Kofi Annan Tells Human Rights Commission 'A United Nations That Will Not Stand Up for Human Rights is a United Nations That Cannot Stand Up for Itself'

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's address to the Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva today: