Human rights

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HR/4460

OUTCOME OF SESSION ON CHILDREN’S SUMMIT SHOULD BE CONCISE, NEGOTIATED INTERGOVERNMENTAL DOCUMENT, PREPARATORY COMMITTEE TOLD

The outcome of the special session should be a concise, negotiated inter- governmental document, the Preparatory Committee for the 2001 special session of the General Assembly for Follow-up to the World Summit for Children was told this afternoon, as it continued its organizational session.

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HR/4459

PREPARATORY COMMITTEE FOR 2001 SPECIAL ASSEMBLY SESSION ON FOLLOW-UP TO WORLD SUMMIT FOR CHILDREN BEGINS WORK FOR 7-8 FEBRUARY SESSION

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HR/4458

PREPARATORY COMMITTEE FOR 2001 GENERAL ASSEMBLY SPECIAL SESSION ON CHILDREN'S SUMMIT, AT HEADQUARTERS, 7 - 8 FEBRUARY

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HR/4457

SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR CHILDREN AND ARMED CONFLICT CALLS ON COLOMBIAN REVOLUTIONARY GROUP TO HONOUR COMMITMENTS

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HR/4456

COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD CONCLUDES TWENTY-THIRD SESSION; ISSUES RECOMMENDATIONS ON REPORTS OF INDIA, SIERRA LEONE

Also Issues Recommendations on Costa Rica, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Armenia, Peru, Grenada, South Africa

(Reissued as received)

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HR/4455

SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR CHILDREN AND ARMED CONFLICT WELCOMES AGREEMENT ON MIMIMUM AGE FOR PARTICIPATION IN CONFLICT

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HR/4454

REPRESENTATIVE FOR CHILDREN AND ARMED CONFLICT URGES STATES TO RAISE MINIMUM AGE FOR RECRUITMENT AND PARTICIPATION IN CONFLICT FROM 15 TO 18 YEARS

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HR/4453

COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD TO HOLD TWENTY-THIRD SESSION AT GENEVA, FROM 10 TO 28 JANUARY 2000

Experts To Examine Reports of India, Sierra Leone, Costa Rica, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, South Africa, Armenia, Peru and Grenada

(Reissued as received.)

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HR/4452

UN SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR CHILDREN AND ARMED CONFLICT WELCOMES DISCHARGE OF SOLDIERS UNDER AGE 18 FROM COLOMBIAN ARMY

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HR/4448

UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS HAILS LAST HUMAN RIGHTS DAY OF MILLENNIUM

Following is the text of a message from Mary Robinson, UNHCR, to be delivered on 10 December in observance of Human Rights Day 1999: