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HR/CN/711
25 March 1996


Press Release
HR/CN/711


MEXICAN DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER URGES COOPERATIVE APPROACH TO HUMAN RIGHTS

19960325

GENEVA, 21 March (UN Information Service) -- Mexico's Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs this afternoon called for an end to "politicization" of human rights and for the use of an international approach to improving human well-being that stressed cooperation and mutual respect, instead of confrontation.

HR/CT/455
20 March 1996


Press Release
HR/CT/455


HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONCLUDES CONSIDERATION OF THIRD PERIODIC REPORT OF MAURITIUS

19960320 Also Approves List of Questions for Nigeria

Serious attempts were being made in Mauritius to implement the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, experts of the Human Rights Committee, the Covenant's monitoring body, stated this morning, as they concluded consideration of that country's third periodic report.

HR/CN/707
20 March 1996


Press Release
HR/CN/707


COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS DISCUSSES HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN OCCUPIED ARAB TERRITORIES, INCLUDING PALESTINE

19960320 Hears Statement from French Secretary of State for Humanitarian Action

GENEVA, 20 March (UN Information Service) -- The Commission on Human Rights this afternoon began its discussion of the question of human rights violations in the occupied Arab territories, including Palestine.

HR/CT/456
20 March 1996


Press Release
HR/CT/456


HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE BEGINS CONSIDERATION OF REPORT OF SPAIN

19960320

The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights was part and parcel of Spain's domestic legal order and was directly invoked in the courts, the Human Rights Committee was told this afternoon by that country's delegation, as it began consideration of Spain's fourth periodic report.