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HR/CT/524

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONCLUDES CONSIDERATION OF ISSUES TO BE RAISED ON REPORTS BY CAMBODIA, CAMEROON, CHILE

22 March 1999


Press Release
HR/CT/524


HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONCLUDES CONSIDERATION OF ISSUES TO BE RAISED ON REPORTS BY CAMBODIA, CAMEROON, CHILE

19990322

The Human Rights Committee this afternoon concluded consideration of the list of issues to be taken up in connection with the initial reports of Cambodia, the third periodic report of Cameroon and the fourth periodic report of Chile.

HR/CT/523/

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE BEGINS SIXTY-FIFTH SESSION CORRECTION

22 March 1999


Press Release
HR/CT/523/


HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE BEGINS SIXTY-FIFTH SESSION CORRECTION

19990322

On page 2 of Press Release HR/CT/523 issued today, the first sentence of the first full paragraph should read as follows:

The six countries presenting reports during the current session are among the 144 States parties to the International Covenant.

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HR/CT/522

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE TO MEET AT HEADQUARTERS, FROM 22 MARCH TO 9 APRIL

19 March 1999


Press Release
HR/CT/522


HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE TO MEET AT HEADQUARTERS, FROM 22 MARCH TO 9 APRIL

19990319 Background Release

Reports submitted by the Governments of Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica and Lesotho on the measures they have adopted to implement the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights will be considered by the Human Rights Committee at its sixty-fifth session, to be held at Headquarters from 22 March to 9 April.

HR/CN/876

COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS TO HOLD ANNUAL SESSION FROM 22 MARCH TO 30 APRIL

17 March 1999


Press Release
HR/CN/876


COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS TO HOLD ANNUAL SESSION FROM 22 MARCH TO 30 APRIL

19990317 Background Release

GENEVA, 17 March (UN Information Service) -- The Commission on Human Rights will review the state of human rights and fundamental freedoms in the world during its fifty-fifth session, which will be held at the Palais des Nations in Geneva from 22 March to 30 April.