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HR/4479
2 June 2000


Press Release
HR/4479


PREPARATORY COMMITTEE FOR 2001 SPECIAL ASSEMBLY SESSION ON CHILDREN CONCLUDES FIRST SUBSTANTIVE SESSION

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The Preparatory Committee for the Special Session of the General Assembly in 2001 for Follow-up to the World Summit for Children met this morning to conclude its first substantive session. As it did so, it adopted a report on its work for the four-day session.

HR/4472
22 May 2000


Press Release
HR/4472


COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE CONCLUDES TWENTY-FOURTH SESSION

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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.