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COMMITTEE ON MIGRANT WORKERS’ RIGHTS ENDS FIRST SESSION

Calls for Greater Ratification of Migrants Treaty

FIRST SESSION OF COMMITTEE ON PROTECTION OF RIGHTS

OF MIGRANTS IN GENEVA FROM 1 TO 5 MARCH

Committee to Elect Bureau, Establish its Rules of Procedure,

Draw Up General Guidelines on Reports to be Submitted by States Parties

(Reissued as received.)

BERTRAND RAMCHARAN WELCOMES NOMINATION OF LOUISE ARBOUR

AS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS

(Reissued as received.)

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COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD CONCLUDES THIRTY-FIFTH SESSION

Adopts Conclusions on Reports of Indonesia, Guyana, Armenia, Germany

Netherlands (including Aruba), India, Papua New Guinea, Slovenia, Japan

(Reissued as received.)

                                                      HR/4722

HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERTS EXPRESS CONCERN ABOUT SITUATION IN HAITI

(Reissued as received)

COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS ELECTS MICHAEL SMITH OF AUSTRALIA

AS CHAIRPERSON OF ITS SIXTIETH SESSION

Also Elects Other Members of Bureau for Session Which Starts on 15 March 2004

(Reissued as received.)

Committee on the Rights of the Child

BACKGROUND RELEASE

COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD TO HOLD THIRTY-FIFTH SESSION IN GENEVA

FROM 12 TO 30 JANUARY 2004

Reports from Indonesia, Guyana, Armenia, Germany,

Netherlands, India, Papua New Guinea, Slovenia, Japan to be Considered

(Reissued as received.)

INTERNATIONAL EXPERTS CONDEMN CURBS ON FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION,

CONTROL OVER MEDIA, JOURNALISTS

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 19 December (UN Information Service) -- Three international experts on freedom of expression and the media have condemned limitations on freedom of expression and attempts to control the media through non-independent regulatory mechanisms.

RIGHTS EXPERT SAYS FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION LARGELY NEGLECTED

AT WORLD INFORMATION SUMMIT

The following statement was issued today by the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights: