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HR/4500
10 November 2000


Press Release
HR/4500


COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE TO HOLD TWENTY-FIFTH SESSION

20001110 Background Release

AT PALAIS DES NATIONS FROM 13 to 24 NOVEMBER

Panel to Consider Reports From Armenia, Belarus, Australia, Canada, Cameroon and Guatemala

(Reissued as received)

HR/CT/589
3 November 2000


Press Release
HR/CT/589


HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONCLUDES SEVENTIETH SESSION

20001103

Observations and Recommendations Are Issued on Reports Of Trinidad and Tobago, Denmark, Peru, Argentina and Gabon

(Reissued as Received)

HR/4494
14 September 2000


Press Release
HR/4494


NINE EXPERTS ELECTED TO HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE

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States parties to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, at their twentieth meeting, this morning elected nine members of the Human Rights Committee for four-year terms of office beginning on 1 January 2001.

HR/4488
10 August 2000


Press Release
HR/4488
PI/1266


UNITED NATIONS AWARDS TO YOUNG PEOPLE'S ORGANIZATIONS HIGHLIGHT FIRST INTERNATIONAL YOUTH DAY

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PANAMA CITY, 7 August -- Eight Latin American and Caribbean youth and youth- related organizations have received United Nations World Youth Awards, as part of preparations for the first International Youth Day (12 August).

HR/CT/587
28 July 2000


Press Release
HR/CT/587


HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONCLUDES SIXTY-NINTH SESSION

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(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 28 July (UN Information Services) -- The Human Rights Committee concluded its sixty-ninth session this morning by issuing final observations and recommendations on reports submitted to it by Kyrgyzstan, Ireland, Kuwait and Australia.