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Human rights

HR/CN/763

CZECH REPUBLIC AND BENIN MINISTERS ADDRESS HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION

14 March 1997


Press Release
HR/CN/763


CZECH REPUBLIC AND BENIN MINISTERS ADDRESS HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION

19970314

GENEVA, 13 March (UN Information Service) -- The Czech Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs and the Minister of Justice, Legislation and Human Rights of Benin addressed the Commission on Human Rights this morning as it continued its general debate on the situation in the occupied Arab territories and the right to self-determination.

HR/CN/761

MINISTERS FROM BANGLADESH, UGANDA, RWANDA AND SLOVENIA ADDRESS HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION

14 March 1997


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HR/CN/761


MINISTERS FROM BANGLADESH, UGANDA, RWANDA AND SLOVENIA ADDRESS HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION

19970314 Discussion Continues On Situation in Occupied Territories, Organization of Work

GENEVA, 12 March (UN Information Service) -- Government Ministers from Bangladesh, Uganda, Rwanda and Slovenia this morning outlined to the Commission on Human Rights their countries' efforts to promote and protect fundamental freedoms.

HR/CN/760

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

13 March 1997


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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


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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


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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.