HIGH-LEVEL OFFICIALS OF GERMANY, NETHERLANDS, PORTUGAL

AND ANGOLA ADDRESS COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS

Commission Continues Consideration of Racism,

Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and all Forms of Discrimination

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COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS CONCLUDES DISCUSSION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION

Deputy Prime Minister of Belgium Delivers Address

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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 TAKES UP DISCUSSION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION

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GENEVA, 24 March (UN Information Service) -- The Commission on Human Rights began this afternoon its annual discussion of racism and racial discrimination, hearing a number of requests from national delegations for more vigorous efforts to implement the Declaration and Programme of Action of the Durban World Conference against Racism and Racial Discrimination.

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,

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 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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