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HR/4338

COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD OPENS SIXTEENTH SESSION

23 September 1997


Press Release
HR/4338


COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD OPENS SIXTEENTH SESSION

19970923

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 22 September (UN Information Service) -- The Committee on the Rights of the Child, the expert panel in charge of monitoring the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, opened its sixteenth session this morning by adopting its agenda items and programme of work.

HR/4337

WORKSHOP ON GENDER MAINSTREAMING CONCLUDES ITS WORK

19 September 1997


Press Release
HR/4337


WORKSHOP ON GENDER MAINSTREAMING CONCLUDES ITS WORK

19970919

GENEVA, 18 September (UN Information Service) -- A Workshop on Gender Mainstreaming, organized by the United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women, was held in Geneva from 15 to 17 September to exchange experiences among bilateral and multilateral organizations about implementing gender equality policies.

HR/4336

COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD TO MEET IN GENEVA, 22 SEPTEMBER - 10 OCTOBER

19 September 1997


Press Release
HR/4336


COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD TO MEET IN GENEVA, 22 SEPTEMBER - 10 OCTOBER

19970919 Background Release To Examine Reports of Lao People's Democratic Republic, Australia, Uganda, Czech Republic, Trinidad and Tobago, Togo

(Reissued as received.)

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.