Human rights

8 April 1997

Press Release
HR/CN/791

COMMISSION CONTINUES DISCUSSION OF ADVISORY SERVICES, FURTHER PROMOTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS

19970408 (Reproduced as received.)

8 April 1997

Press Release
HR/CT/493

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE APPROVES WORK PROGRAMME FOR GENEVA SESSION, TO BE HELD 14 JULY - 1 AUGUST

19970408 Will Consider Reports of Belarus, Congo, France, India, Slovakia On Compliance with International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

8 April 1997

Press Release
HR/CN/788/

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION ACTS ON TEXTS RELATED TO UNILATERAL COERCIVE MEASURES, TOXIC WASTES, RIGHT TO FOOD AND EXTREME POVERTY CORRECTION

19970408

In Press Release HR/CN/788 issued on 7 April, the fifth full paragraph on page 7, should read as follows:

7 April 1997

Press Release
HR/CN/789

COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS APPROVES MEASURES ON ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY, PROTECTION OF MIGRANT WORKERS, MINORITIES

19970407 Debate Continues on Promotion of Rights, Advisory Programmes, Commission Methods of Work

(Reproduced as received; delayed in transmission.)

7 April 1997

Press Release
HR/CN/787

PAPUA NEW GUINEA FOREIGN MINISTER APPEALS FOR SUPPORT IN BOUGAINVILLE CONFLICT

19970407 Commission on Human Rights Receives Updates On Haiti, Somalia, Guatemala, Cambodia, and Violence against Women

(Reproduced as received; delayed in transmission.)

7 April 1997

Press Release
HR/CT/492

7 April 1997

Press Release
HR/CN/790

COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS CONTINUES DISCUSSION OF NATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, MASS EXODUSES, DISPLACED PERSONS

19970407

(Reproduced as received.)

7 April 1997

Press Release
HR/CN/788

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION ACTS ON TEXTS RELATED TO UNILATERAL COERCIVE MEASURES, TOXIC WASTES, RIGHT TO FOOD AND EXTREME POVERTY

19970407

(Reproduced as received; delayed in transmission.)

7 April 1997

Press Release
HR/CN/786

COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS CONTINUES DISCUSSION OF INDIGENOUS ISSUES

19970407 (Reproduced as received; delayed in transmission.)

GENEVA, 2 April (UN Information Service) -- Government ministers from Guatemala, Togo, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Latvia told the Commission on Human Rights this morning of progress in their countries in the area of fundamental liberties.

7 April 1997

Press Release
HR/CT/491

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE BEGINS CONSIDERATION OF LEBANON'S SECOND PERIODIC REPORT

19970407 Experts Concerned by Tardy Submission of Report, Failure to Address Specific Application of International Covenant