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GA/COL/2984
2 July 1998


Press Release
GA/COL/2984


DECOLONIZATION COMMITTEE HEARS EAST TIMORESE PETITIONERS

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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.

GA/COL/2981
29 June 1998


Press Release
GA/COL/2981


DECOLONIZATION COMMITTEE BEGINS SERIES OF MEETINGS, ADOPTS TEXT ON PUBLICITY FOR DECOLONIZATION, HEARS STATEMENTS ON GIBRALTAR

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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.