Human rights

18 March 1998

Press Release
HR/CN/817

PRIME MINISTER OF FRANCE ADDRESSES COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS

19980318

(Reissued as received.)

10 March 1998

Press Release
HR/CN/815

COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS TO MEET AT GENEVA FROM 16 MARCH TO 24 APRIL

19980310 Background Release (Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 10 March (UN Information Service) -- Secretary-General Kofi Annan will address the opening meeting of the fifty-fourth session of the Commission on Human Rights, which will review the state of human rights and fundamental freedoms in the world, from 16 March to 24 April at the Palais des Nations.

26 January 1998

Press Release
HR/4353

COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD CONCLUDES SEVENTEENTH SESSION GENEVA, 5-23 JANUARY

19980126 Issues Conclusions and Recommendations on Reports Of Libya, Ireland and Federated States of Micronesia

19 December 1997

Press Release
HR/4350

COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD TO MEET IN GENEVA, 5-23 JANUARY 1998

19971219 Background Release To Examine Reports of Maldives, Libya, Ireland, Federated States Of Micronesia

10 December 1997

Press Release
HR/4348
PI/1046

HUMAN RIGHTS DAY EVENTS AT UNITED NATIONS MARK BEGINNING OF YEAR-LONG OBSERVANCE OF FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF UNIVERSAL DECLARATION

19971210 Importance of Efforts towards Global Implementation Stressed By Secretary-General, Assembly President, First Lady of United States

9 December 1997

Press Release
HR/4345

9 December 1997

Press Release
HR/4346
OBV/33

IN HUMAN RIGHTS DAY MESSAGE, HIGH COMMISSIONER SAYS UNIVERSAL DECLARATION MUST BE GIVEN PRACTICAL EFFECT

19971209 Following is a message by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mary Robinson, on the occasion of Human Rights Day, 10 December:

8 December 1997

Press Release
HR/4344
PI/1045

HUMAN RIGHTS ARE UNIVERSAL, INDIVISIBLE, INTERDEPENDENT, SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES IN VIDEO MESSAGE TO INTERNATIONAL JOURNALISTS' ROUND TABLE

19971208 UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Says Universal Declaration Of Human Rights Is 'a Living Document', Calls for Rededication to Its Tenets

25 November 1997

Press Release
HR/4342

COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE CONCLUDES NINETEENTH SESSION GENEVA, 10-21 NOVEMBER

19971125 Reports of Cyprus, Argentina, Portugal, Switzerland, Cuba and Spain Considered

17 November 1997

Press Release
HR/4341

REPORTS FROM SEVEN COUNTRIES TO BE REVIEWED AT NEW SESSION OF COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS

19971117 Background Release Dominican Republic, Luxembourg, Iraq, United Kingdom, Azerbaijan, Uruguay, St. Vincent to Advise on Compliance with International Covenant