Press Release

11 April 1997

Press Release
GA/PK/147

DIVERGENT VIEWS ON LINKS BETWEEN HUMANITARIAN AND PEACE-KEEPING ACTIVITIES EXPRESSED IN SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON PEACE-KEEPING OPERATIONS

19970411 Committee Hears Call for Urgent Application of Uniform Scale of Compensation for Death and Disability of Peace-keeping Personnel

11 April 1997

Press Release
ENV/DEV/416

REVIEW OF ACTION PROGRAMME FOR SMALL ISLAND DEVELOPING STATES SHOULD NOT BE RELEGATED TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION

19970411 Trinidad and Tobago Says That Is General Assembly's Task; Commission Also Discusses National Reporting on Sustainable Development Goals

11 April 1997

Press Release
ENV/DEV/415

STRENGTHENED LINKS NEEDED AMONG CONVENTIONS ON CLIMATE CHANGE, BIODIVERSITY, DESERTIFICATION, COMMISSION ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TOLD

19970411 Representatives of Three Conventions Address Commission; Speakers Describe Efforts To Implement Agenda 21 Since 1992 Rio Conference

10 April 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6202

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS ON INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO ENSURE OUTCOME OF REFORM PROCESS WILL BE 'LEANER, MORE EFFECTIVE AND RELEVANT' UNITED NATIONS

19970410 Kofi Annan Says Foundation for Peace Is Socio-Economic Development, In Address to Institut Universitaires des Hautes Études Internationales

10 April 1997

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SG/SM/6201
HR/CN/792

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS UNITED NATIONS ACTION IN HUMAN RIGHTS FIELD INHERENT PART OF PREVENTIVE DIPLOMACY

19970410 GENEVA, 9 April (UN Information Service) -- This is the statement delivered today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan before the fifty-third session of the Commission on Human Rights:

10 April 1997

Press Release
HR/CN/796

NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS CLAIM NUMEROUS VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS AROUND WORLD

19970410 (Reproduced as received.)

GENEVA, 9 April (UN Information Service) -- The Commission on Human Rights heard this afternoon and evening from a long series of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) charging various Governments with offenses.

10 April 1997

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HR/CN/795

UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS HUMAN RIGHTS CRUCIAL FOR PEACE-BUILDING AND DEVELOPMENT

19970410 Human Rights Commission Continues Review Of Violations of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms Throughout World

(Reproduced as received.)

10 April 1997

Press Release
HR/CN/794

SPECIAL RAPPORTEURS, NUMEROUS OTHERS TELL COMMISSION OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS

19970410 (Reproduced as received.)

10 April 1997

Press Release
HR/CN/793

SUDAN'S JUSTICE MINISTER WARNS AGAINST SELECTIVITY IN DISCUSSION OF HUMAN RIGHTS

19970410 Human Rights Commission Begins Debate On Violations of Human Rights Throughout World

(Reproduced as received.)

10 April 1997

Press Release
HQ/576

HOST COUNTRY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONSIDER ISSUE OF DIPLOMATIC PARKING

19970410 Vote in Committee Is 10-1-1, with United States Opposed; United States Says Rush To Assembly Debate Will Prompt Ridicule