Human rights

4 April 1997

Press Release
HR/CT/489

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE BEGINS CONSIDERATION OF PORTUGAL'S REPORT ON TERRITORY OF MACAU

19970404 Coordinator of Macau's Office of Legal Affairs Introduces Report, Says International Covenant Will Apply after China Resumes Sovereignty

4 April 1997

Press Release
HR/CT/490

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE COMPLETES EXAMINATION OF PORTUGAL REPORT ON TERRITORY OF MACAU

19970404 Committee Chairperson Says Portugal's Protection of Human Rights Portends Calm Transition to Chinese Sovereignty after 19 December 1999

3 April 1997

Press Release
HR/CT/488

SECRETARY-GENERAL'S SPECIAL ADVISER ON GENDER ISSUES ADDRESSES HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE

19970403 Notes Progress, but Says Much Work Remains to Make Women's Rights Integral to United Nations Human Rights Activities

2 April 1997

Press Release
HR/CN/779

HUMAN RIGHTS BODY TAKES UP REPORT OF SUBCOMMISSION ON PREVENTION OF DISCRIMINATION AND PROTECTION OF MINORITIES

19970402

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2 April 1997

Press Release
HR/CN/785

COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS BEGINS DISCUSSION OF INDIGENOUS ISSUES

19970402 Debate Concludes on Rights of Detainees; Numerous Countries Speak in Exercise of Right of Reply

(Reproduced as received.)

2 April 1997

Press Release
HR/CN/780

UNITED NATIONS EXPERT ON MISSING PERSONS IN FORMER YUGOSLAVIA RESIGNS

19970402

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GENEVA, 26 March (UN Information Service) -- The United Nations expert for the Special Process on Missing Persons in the former Yugoslavia, Manfred Nowak, resigned today to protest "a lack of political will" to obtain information on thousands of missing persons in the region.

2 April 1997

Press Release
HR/CN/778

COLOMBIAN VICE-FOREIGN MINISTER APPEALS TO HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION FOR GREATER SUPPORT IN FIGHT AGAINST ARMED GROUPS

19970402 (Reproduced as received; delayed in transmission.)

2 April 1997

Press Release
HR/CN/784

HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES, ADDRESSING HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION, APPEALS FOR INTERNATIONAL HELP TO EASTERN ZAIRE

19970402 United States Representative Says Commission Should Scrutinize Records of Number of Countries

(Reproduced as received.)

1 April 1997

Press Release
HR/CN/782

BOLIVIAN JUSTICE MINISTER TELLS HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION OF REFORM IN COUNTRY'S JUDICIAL SYSTEM

19970401 Debate Continues on Rights of Detainees, Torture

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1 April 1997

Press Release
HR/CN/777/

COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS CONTINUES DEBATE ON PROTECTION OF MIGRANT WORKERS AND ETHNIC, LINGUISTIC AND RELIGIOUS MINORITIES CORRECTION

19970401

In Press Release HR/CN/777 issued on 31 March, the third full paragraph on page 8 should read as follows: