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HR/CN/760

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION DISCUSSES ISR"L'S OCCUPATION OF ARAB TERRITORIES

13 March 1997


Press Release
HR/CN/760


HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION DISCUSSES ISRAEL'S OCCUPATION OF ARAB TERRITORIES

19970313

GENEVA, 11 March (UN Information Service) -- A special rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights this afternoon said there were still "serious human rights concerns" in the Middle East as a result of Israel's occupation of Arab territories.

HR/CN/759

FOREIGN MINISTERS OF SWEDEN AND DENMARK ADDRESS HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION

13 March 1997


Press Release
HR/CN/759


FOREIGN MINISTERS OF SWEDEN AND DENMARK ADDRESS HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION

19970313

GENEVA, 11 March (UN Information Service) -- Consensus must not become an end in itself when the subject was human rights violations, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden told the Commission on Human Rights this morning.

HR/4320

HUMAN RIGHTS FIELD OPERATION IN RWANDA REPORTS DETENTION OF 5460 RETURNEES

8 January 1997


Press Release
HR/4320


HUMAN RIGHTS FIELD OPERATION IN RWANDA REPORTS DETENTION OF 5460 RETURNEES

19970108

GENEVA, 7 January (UN Information Service) -- Some 5,460 recent Rwandan returnees were being held in detention throughout Rwanda as of 31 December 1996, according to a 6 January report from the Human Rights Field Operation in Rwanda (HRFOR) of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.

HR/4311

NEW HUMAN RIGHTS INTERNET PRESENCE

3 December 1996


Press Release
HR/4311
PI/983


NEW HUMAN RIGHTS INTERNET PRESENCE

19961203

World Wide Web Site to Be Unveiled on Occasion of Human Rights Day