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Human rights

HR/4334

UNITED NATIONS INVESTIGATIVE TEAM WILL TRAVEL TO DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO ON 23 AUGUST

20 August 1997


Press Release
HR/4334


UNITED NATIONS INVESTIGATIVE TEAM WILL TRAVEL TO DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO ON 23 AUGUST

19970820 GENEVA, 20 August (UN Information Service) -- The head of the Secretary-General's investigative team for the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Atsu-Koffi Amega, made the following statement today at a press conference at the Palais des Nations, Geneva:

HR/CT/496

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONCLUDES SIXTIETH SESSION IN GENEVA

4 August 1997


Press Release
HR/CT/496


HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONCLUDES SIXTIETH SESSION IN GENEVA

19970804 (Reproduced as received.)

GENEVA, 1 August (UN Information Service) -- The Human Rights Committee concluded its summer session today by issuing a series of specific measures to promote implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights in the Slovak Republic, France and India.

HR/CN/810

SUBCOMMISSION ON PREVENTION OF DISCRIMINATION AND PROTECTION OF MINORITIES TO MEET IN GENEVA FROM 4 TO 29 AUGUST

4 August 1997


Press Release
HR/CN/810


SUBCOMMISSION ON PREVENTION OF DISCRIMINATION AND PROTECTION OF MINORITIES TO MEET IN GENEVA FROM 4 TO 29 AUGUST

19970804 Background Release (Reproduced as received.)

GENEVA, 31 July (UN Information Service) -- The Subcommission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities begins its annual four-week session on Monday, 4 August.

HR/4332

WORKING GROUP ON INDIGENOUS POPULATIONS TO HOLD ANNUAL SESSION IN GENEVA

25 July 1997


Press Release
HR/4332


WORKING GROUP ON INDIGENOUS POPULATIONS TO HOLD ANNUAL SESSION IN GENEVA

19970725 Meeting to Open as Marchers Mark Twentieth Anniversary of First International Conference to Counter Discrimination Against Indigenous People

(Reissued as received.)

HR/CT/495

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE TO HOLD SIXTIETH SESSION IN GENEVA, 14 JULY TO 1 AUGUST

11 July 1997


Press Release
HR/CT/495


HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE TO HOLD SIXTIETH SESSION IN GENEVA, 14 JULY TO 1 AUGUST

19970711 Background Release

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 11 July (UN Information Service) -- The Human Rights Committee will consider reports from Slovakia, Belarus, France, Congo and India on efforts to implement the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights when it meets in Geneva from 14 July to 1 August.