Deputy Secretary-General

6 March 1998

Press Release
DSG/SM/1*

INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW MUST BE INTERPRETED FROM PERSPECTIVE OF BOTH GENDERS, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS WOMEN'S LOBBY

19980306 Also Cites United Nations Role as Catalyst For Action by States, Civil Society, on Women's Advancement

Following is the text of an address today by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette to the European Women's Lobby in New York: