Third Committee

19 November 1997

Press Release
GA/SHC/3453

APPLICATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS PRINCIPLES MUST RECOGNIZE CULTURAL AND RELIGIOUS DIFFERENCES, SAUDI ARABIA TELLS SOCIAL COMMITTEE

19971119 Others Differ; Andorra Says Conflict Argument a 'Fallacy', No Reason for Economic Development To Exclude Individual Liberties

19 November 1997

Press Release
GA/SHC/3451/

HUMAN RIGHTS IMPLEMENTATION SHOULD STRESS COOPERATION, NOT CONFRONTATION, AUSTRALIA TELLS THIRD COMMITTEE CORRECTION

19971119

In Press Release GA/SHC/3451 of 18 November, the final paragraph on the first page should read as follows:

18 November 1997

Press Release
GA/SHC/3452

PROPOSAL BY UNITED NATIONS RAPPORTEUR FOR ARMS EMBARGO IN GREAT LAKES REGION OF AFRICA CHALLENGED BY UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA

19971118 Effort To Infringe on Sovereignty, Social Committee Told In Human Rights Debate; Text Adopted on Unaccompanied Refugee Children

18 November 1997

Press Release
GA/SHC/3451

HUMAN RIGHTS IMPLEMENTATION SHOULD STRESS COOPERATION, NOT CONFRONTATION, AUSTRALIA TELLS THIRD COMMITTEE

19971118 Japan Says Accusations Will Not Result in Needed Dialogue; Fifteen Speakers Address Committee on Wide Range of Human Rights Issues

17 November 1997

Press Release
GA/SHC/3450

SOCIAL COMMITTEE SAYS ASSEMBLY SHOULD SEEK GLOBAL ACTION TO PREVENT USE OF CHILDREN IN ARMED CONFLICT

19971117 Convention on Rights of Child Is Cited; Range of Other Measures also Urged

17 November 1997

Press Release
GA/SHC/3449

ARMS EMBARGO IN GREAT LAKES REGION OF AFRICA CALLED FOR AS SOCIAL COMMITTEE CONTINUES HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW

19971117 Reports Received on Burundi, Iraq, Iran; Representative of Iraq Says Charges of Abuse Based on Allegations of People Hostile to His Country

14 November 1997

Press Release
GA/SHC/3448

THIRD COMMITTEE, ACTING ON HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES, SEEKS ASSEMBLY APPEAL FOR OBSERVANCE OF INTERNATIONAL COVENANTS

19971114 Texts Against Mercenary Activity, Supporting UNHCR, on Conditions of Rural Women and Migrant Workers, Decade against Racism also Approved

14 November 1997

Press Release
GA/SHC/3447

HIGH COMMISSIONER TELLS THIRD COMMITTEE OF RENEWED ENDEAVOUR FOR GLOBAL OBSERVANCE OF WIDE RANGE OF HUMAN RIGHTS

19971114 Dialogue with Mary Robinson Covers Many Areas of Concern; Right to Development, Interests of Women and Children Prominent

13 November 1997

Press Release
GA/SHC/3446

EUROPEAN UNION'S VIEW ON HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN VARIOUS STATES CONTESTED THIS AFTERNOON IN THIRD COMMITTEE

19971113 Eight Countries Mentioned in Earlier Statement On Behalf of European Union Exercise Right of Reply

13 November 1997

Press Release
GA/SHC/3445