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DC/2550
23 April 1996


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DC/2550


SPEAKERS SAY COMMISSION ON DISARMAMENT'S FAILURE TO ACHIEVE RESULTS CALLS ITS WORK INTO QUESTION

19960423

The Disarmament Commission's failure to achieve consensus and concrete results on important issues in recent years has called into question its overall work, according to a number of speakers addressing that body this morning as it concluded its general debate.

SG/SM/5967
22 April 1996


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SG/SM/5967


WORLD BOOK AND COPYRIGHT DAY SYMBOLIZES SUPPORT FOR LIBERTY OF THOUGHT, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE ON DAY, COMMEMORATED 23 APRIL

19960422 Following is the text of Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali's message on the occasion of World Book and Copyright Day, which is commemorated 23 April:

PI/938
22 April 1996


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PI/938


PUBLICITY CAMPAIGNS FROM UNITED KINGDOM, KENYA, SOUTH AFRICA TO BE HONOURED BY DPI, INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC RELATIONS ASSOCIATION

19960422

The Gestetner Corporation of the United Kingdom will receive the 1995 United Nations Grand Award for outstanding achievement in public relations for its campaign encouraging businesses to donate used laser printers to schools. The award will be presented at a private luncheon at Headquarters on Wednesday, 24 April.

HR/CN/745
22 April 1996


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HR/CN/745


HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION TAKES ACTION ON RELIGIOUS INTOLERANCE, RACISM, SEXUAL SLAVERY, ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE

19960422

GENEVA, 19 April (UN Information Service) -- The Commission on Human Rights this morning adopted resolutions in which it condemned the role played by certain media in inciting racial hatred, expressed grave concern at attacks upon religious shrines, and denounced the indiscriminate use of anti-personnel mines.