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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

22 April 1996


Press Release
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

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

22 April 1996


Press Release
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

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

22 April 1996


Press Release
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.

DC/2549

FAILURE TO AGREE ON ARMS TRANSFER GUIDELINES WILL BE STEP BACKWARD, MALAYSIA TELLS DISARMAMENT COMMISSION

22 April 1996


Press Release
DC/2549


FAILURE TO AGREE ON ARMS TRANSFER GUIDELINES WILL BE STEP BACKWARD, MALAYSIA TELLS DISARMAMENT COMMISSION

19960422

It would be a step backwards if no agreement could be reached at the current session on guidelines and principles for arms transfers, the representative of Malaysia said this afternoon, as the Disarmament Commission continued its general exchange of views.