Human rights

14 September 1999

Press Release
HR/4432

ACTION TO ASSIST WAR-AFFECTED CHILDREN IN SIERRA LEONE PROPOSED BY SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR CHILDREN AND ARMED CONFLICT

19990914

13 September 1999

Press Release
HR/4431

STATES PARTIES TO CONVENANT ON CIVIL, POLITICAL RIGHTS ELECT LOUIS HENKIN OF UNITED STATES TO HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE

19990913

2 July 1999

Press Release
HR/4426

COUNTRIES OF ASIA-PACIFIC REGION TO DISCUSS NATIONAL PLANS OF ACTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS AT BANGKOK WORKSHOP

19990702 (Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 2 July (UN Information Service) -- The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) is organizing a workshop on developing national plans of action for the promotion and protection of human rights in the Asia and Pacific region in Bangkok, Thailand, from 5 to 7 July.

24 June 1999

Press Release
HR/4424

HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS APPROVES GRANTS RECOMMENDED BY UN VOLUNTARY FUND FOR VICTIMS OF TORTURE

19990624

GENEVA, 23 June (UN Information Service) -- United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson has approved, on behalf of the Secretary-General, grants amounting to $5.1 million to organizations supporting victims of torture.

24 June 1999

Press Release
HR/4423
OBV/102

23 June 1999

Press Release
HR/4421

HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS CONVENES FIRST CONSULTATIVE FORUM OF AGENCIES WORKING ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN KOSOVO

19990623

(Reissued as received.)

16 June 1999

Press Release
HR/4420
OBV/100

11 June 1999

Press Release
HR/4419
SAG/40

IN UNESCO'S 21ST CENTURY TALKS, MARY ROBINSON, PIERRE SANÉ, MIREILLE DELMAS-MARTY STRESS CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY CANNOT GO UNPUNISHED

19990611

9 June 1999

Press Release
HR/4418

SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR CHILDREN AND ARMED CONFLICT CONCLUDES HUMANITARIAN MISSION TO COLOMBIA

19990609 (Reissued as received from the Office of the Special Representative.)

7 June 1999

Press Release
HR/4417

COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD CONCLUDES TWENTY-FIRST SESSION

19990607 Issues Final Observations and Recommendations on Reports of Barbados, St. Kitts and Nevis, Honduras, Benin, Chad, and Nicaragua

(Reissued as received.)