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SG/SM/6919
8 March 1999


Press Release
SG/SM/6919
WOM/1113


VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN 'MOST SHAMEFUL', PERVASIVE HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATION, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN REMARKS ON INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY

19990308 Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Inter-Agency Videoconference for a World Free of Violence against Women, in New York on 8 March:

ICJ/567
8 March 1999


Press Release
ICJ/567


FIXING OF TIME LIMITS FOR FILING OF WRITTEN PLEADINGS IN LAGRAND CASE

19990308 THE HAGUE, 8 March (ICJ) -- The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has fixed time limits for the filing of written pleadings in the LaGrand (Germany v. United States) case.

Germany is to file a Memorial by 16 September, and the United States a Counter-Memorial by 27 March 2000.