Human rights

FOREIGN MINISTER OF FRANCE TO COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS:

WORLD IS LIVING DRAMATIC EVENTS WITH IRAQ CRISIS

Commission Continues to Debate Right of Peoples to Self-Determination

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GENEVA, 24 March (UN Information Service) -- Dominique de Villepin, the French Foreign Minister, this morning told the Commission on Human Rights that the world was living dramatic events with regard to the crisis in Iraq.

COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS CONSIDERS REPORT OF HIGH

COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS

High Commissioner Urges All Parties in Iraq

Conflict to Respect Human Rights Norms at all Times

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HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION BEGINS DEBATE ON SELF-DETERMINATION

Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Thailand,

Chairman of Committee on Elimination of Racial Discrimination also Speak

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FIFTY-NINTH SESSION OF COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS GENEVA,

17 MARCH TO 25 APRIL 2003

Information for Media Coverage of the Session

GENEVA, 12 March (UN Information Service) -- The Commission on Human Rights will hold its fifty-ninth session from Monday, 17 March to Friday,

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE STARTS CONSIDERATION OF SECOND PERIODIC REPORT OF ESTONIA

Delegation Questioned about Legal Chancellor,

Discrimination against Women, Immigration Quotas

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SIX HIGH-LEVEL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, DIRECTOR-GENERAL

OF WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION DELIVER ADDRESSES

Commission on Human Rights Concludes "High-Level Segment"

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COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS CONTINUES WITH HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT

Some Speakers Focus on Attack on Iraq, Call for End to Hostilities

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SENIOR OFFICIALS FROM 10 COUNTRIES AND ONE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION

ADDRESS COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS

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SENIOR OFFICIALS FROM EIGHT COUNTRIES, THREE INTERNATIONAL

ORGANIZATIONS ADDRESS HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION

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COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS ADDRESSED BY EIGHT GOVERNMENT DIGNITARIES,

CHIEF OF UNAIDS

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GENEVA, 19 March (UN Information Service) -- Eight high-ranking government officials and the Executive Director of UNAIDS spoke before the Commission on Human Rights this afternoon as the Commission's "high-level segment" continued for a third day.