Administering Powers Asked to Cooperate; Statements Heard on Current Situations in Guam, United States Virgin Islands
The High Commissioner for Human Rights should develop a programme in East Timor tailored to the protection of the human rights of women and children, the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples was told as it continued its hearing of petitioners this morning.
On page 3 of Press Release GA/COL/2983 of 1 July 1998 the statement attributed to ABILIO SERENO was, in fact, made by BASILIO DIAS ARAUJO of the Indonesian Association of British Alumni of East Timor.
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Decolonization Committee Hears Contrasting Views; `Special Status' Proposal of President Habibie also Discussed
The Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples this afternoon adopted without a vote a draft resolution on the question of dissemination of information on decolonization.
