Third Committee

22 October 1998

Press Release
GA/SHC/3482

CHILDREN UNDER 18 YEARS SHOULD NOT BE RECRUITED INTO ARMED FORCES NOR PARTICIPATE IN CONFLICT, THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD

19981022 Speakers Urge Optional Protocol to Child Rights Convention; Impact of Poverty, Malnutrition on Children's Rights Also Highlighted

21 October 1998

Press Release
GA/SHC/3481

21 October 1998

Press Release
GA/SHC/3480

20 October 1998

Press Release
GA/SHC/3479

19 October 1998

Press Release
GA/SHC/3478

ERRONEOUS NOTION OF SUPERIORITY OF MEN OVER WOMEN INJUSTICE TO HUMANITY, IRAN TELLS THIRD COMMITTEE AT CLOSE OF REVIEW OF ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN

19981019 Special Advisor on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women, Angela King, Closes Debate Covering Follow-up to 1995 Fourth World Conference on Women

19 October 1998

Press Release
GA/SHC/3477

WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION TELLS THIRD COMMITTEE DEBATE ON ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION COULD BE ELIMINATED IN THREE GENERATIONS

19981019 Symbolic Meaning of Rite of Passage Must be Maintained, While Eliminating Damaging or Lethal Results, San Marino Says

16 October 1998

Press Release
GA/SHC/3476

THIRD COMMITTEE DRAFT CALLS FOR ESTABLISHING OF AD HOC COMMITTEE TO ELABORATE CONVENTION AGAINST TRANSNATIONAL ORGANIZED CRIME

19981016 Debate on Advancement of Women, Implementation of 1995 Beijing Conference Continues

15 October 1998

Press Release
GA/SHC/3475

15 October 1998

Press Release
GA/SHC/3474

NEGATIVE IMPACT OF GLOBALIZATION, EXTERNAL DEBT BURDEN ON WOMEN'S ADVANCEMENT DISCUSSED BY SPEAKERS IN THIRD COMMITTEE DEBATE

19981015 Trafficking in Women also Highlighted by Many Speakers

15 October 1998

Press Release
GA/SHC/3473/

RECOGNITION OF RAPE AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE AS WAR CRIMES HAS BEGUN TO REVERSE CLIMATE OF IMPUNITY, THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD

19981015 CORRECTION

On page 18 of Press Release GA/SHC/3473 of 14 October, the first part of the summary of the statement by the observer of the Holy See was inadvertently omitted. The full summary reads as follows: