Third Committee

12 November 1997

Press Release
GA/SHC/3444

THIRD COMMITTEE HEARS REPORTS ON INTERNAL DISPLACEMENT RELIGIOUS INTOLERANCE

19971112 Also Hears of Human Rights Situations In Afghanistan, Myanmar, Democratic Republic of Congo, Haiti

12 November 1997

Press Release
GA/SHC/3443

11 November 1997

Press Release
GA/SHC/3442

PROGRESS NEEDED ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLE'S DRAFT DECLARATION, SAY THIRD COMMITTEE SPEAKERS

19971111 Text Being Discussed in Human Rights Working Group; Two Draft Resolutions on Refugee Issues Also Introduced

10 November 1997

Press Release
GA/SHC/3441

DRAFTS ON RURAL WOMEN, AFRICAN REFUGEES, UNACCOMPANIED REFUGEE MINORS, INTRODUCED IN THIRD COMMITTEE

19971110 Text on Continuing Office of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees for Five Years Also Introduced

10 November 1997

Press Release
GA/SHC/3436/

ARMED ELEMENTS MUST BE REMOVED FROM REFUGEE CAMPS, REPRESENTATIVE OF RWANDA TELLS GENERAL ASSEMBLY'S THIRD COMMITTEE CORRECTION

19971110

In page 4 of Press Release GA/SHC/3436 of 4 November, the last sentence in the summary of the statement by YAMINA BENNANI AKHAMLICH (Morocco) should be deleted, and the following should be added:

7 November 1997

Press Release
GA/SHC/3440

GENERAL ASSEMBLY'S SOCIAL COMMITTEE BEGINS REVIEW OF HUMAN RIGHTS QUESTIONS, IMPLEMENTATION OF INTERNATIONAL COVENANTS

19971107 In Other Action, Text Approved on UN Development Fund For Women Stresses Need To Work Towards Gender Equality

7 November 1997

Press Release
GA/SHC/3439

THIRD COMMITTEE APPROVES DRAFT RESOLUTIONS ON INTERNATIONAL DRUG CONTROL, ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN

19971107

The General Assembly would call upon all States to intensify their cooperation to combat drug abuse and illicit trafficking, by the terms of a draft resolution approved this morning by the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural).

6 November 1997

Press Release
GA/SHC/3438

SECRETARY-GENERAL WOULD BE ASKED TO CONSIDER LAUNCHING DECADE TO ERADICATE ILLITERACY, BY THIRD COMMITTEE TEXT

19971106

The General Assembly would ask the Secretary-General, to consider ways to achieve the goal of education for all, including the feasibility of launching a United Nations decade to eradicate illiteracy, by the terms of a draft resolution approved this afternoon by the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural).

6 November 1997

Press Release
GA/SHC/3437

GLOBAL FIGHT AGAINST INTOLERANCE REMAINS MAJOR CHALLENGE OF PRESENT ERA, ASSEMBLY'S THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD

19971106 As Wide-Ranging Debate Begins, Speakers Highlight Current Problems, Including Use of Internet for Racist Propaganda

4 November 1997

Press Release
GA/SHC/3436

ARMED ELEMENTS MUST BE REMOVED FROM REFUGEE CAMPS, REPRESENTATIVE OF RWANDA TELLS GENERAL ASSEMBLY'S THIRD COMMITTEE

19971104 Similar Problem Reported in Democratic Republic of Congo As Debate Concludes on Activities of UN High Commissioner