Human rights

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HR/4477

PREPARATORY COMMITTEE FOR 2001 SPECIAL SESSION ON CHILDREN ADOPTS DECISIONS CONCERNING SESSION’S VENUE, DATE, PARTICIPATION

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HR/4476

CHILDREN MAIN VICTIMS OF CONFLICT, HIV/AIDS, EXTREME POVERTY PREPARATORY COMMITTEE FOR 2001 SPECIAL SESSION TOLD

Speakers Also Stress Importance of Alleviating Poverty, Negative Effects of Globalization, Elimination of Child Labour

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HR/4475

PREPARATORY COMMITTEE FOR 2001 SPECIAL SESSION ON CHILDREN'S SUMMIT BEGINS SUBSTANTIVE SESSION AT HEADQUARTERS

UN Children's Fund Executive Director, Carol Bellamy, Says Remarkable Progress Achieved Since 1990 Summit -- but Not Enough

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HR/4474

SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR CHILDREN AND ARMED CONFLICT WELCOMES PROTOCOL ON UNDERAGE RECRUITMENT, URGES SWIFT RATIFICATION

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HR/4473

SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR CHILDREN AND ARMED CONFLICT CALLS ON OSCE TO IMPLEMENT CONCRETE MEASURES ON BEHALF OF WAR-AFFECTED CHILDREN

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HR/4472

COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE CONCLUDES TWENTY-FOURTH SESSION

Considers Reports of Poland, Portugal, China, Paraguay, El Salvador, United States, Netherlands, Slovenia

GENEVA, 19 May (UN Information Service) -- The Committee against Torture this morning concluded its twenty-fourth session following three weeks of meetings at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.

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HR/4471

SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR CHILDREN AND ARMED CONFLICT WELCOMES COLOMBIAN REBEL ANNOUNCEMENT OF DEMOBILIZATION OF UNDER-AGE FIGHTERS

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Olara A. Otunnu, has welcomed the statement by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) that it would demobilize young fighters under the age of 15 and return them to their homes.

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HR/4469

COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE TO HOLD TWENTY-FOURTH SESSION AT PALAIS DES NATIONS, 1 TO 19 MAY

Panel Scheduled to Consider Reports from Poland, Portugal, China, Paraguay, Armenia, El Salvador, United States, Netherlands and Slovenia

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HR/CN/982

COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS CONCLUDES FIFTY-SIXTH SESSION

(Reissued as received.)

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HR/4468
PI/1239

WORKING GROUP ON ENFORCED OR INVOLUNTARY DISAPPEARANCES HOLDS SIXTIETH SESSION IN NEW YORK, 24-27 APRIL

The Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances will meet at United Nations Headquarters in New York from 24 to 27 April.