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SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON OCCUPIED TERRITORIES “HORRIFIED” AT ISRAELI ACTION IN GAZA

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 19 May (UN Information Service) -- The Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territory occupied by Israel since 1967, John Dugard, today made the following statement:

PERMANENT FORUM SPEAKERS STRESS NEED TO ENSURE ADEQUATE HEALTH CARE FOR INDIGENOUS

PEOPLES, INCORPORATE TRADITIONAL MEDICINE INTO HEALTH SYSTEMS

Asking what good would come of achieving respect for indigenous peoples’ human rights without ensuring that indigenous communities were healthy enough to enjoy those rights, the Permanent Forum’s focal point on health this morning suggested health be considered the first priority of the body’s work.

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COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS CONCLUDES THIRTY-SECOND SESSION

ACTING HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS CALLS ON ISRAEL

AND PALESTINIANS TO STOP LATEST VIOLENCE

(Reissued as received.)

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COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD TO HOLD THIRTY-SIXTH SESSION

IN GENEVA, FROM 17 MAY TO 4 JUNE 2004

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