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HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE TAKES UP THIRD REPORT OF PANAMA ON COMPLIANCE WITH INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON CIVIL, POLITICAL RIGHTS

HR/CT/697
24 March 2008
General AssemblyHR/CT/697
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Human Rights Committee

Ninety-second Session

2519th & 2520th Meetings* (AM & PM)


HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE TAKES UP THIRD REPORT OF PANAMA ON COMPLIANCE


WITH INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON CIVIL, POLITICAL RIGHTS

 

SECRETARY-GENERAL, AT SCREENING OF ‘EN ROUTE TO BAGHDAD’, URGES UNITED NATIONS STAFF TO HONOUR SERGIO VIEIRA DE MELLO BY CARRYING ON HIS LEGACY

SG/SM/11477
24 March 2008
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/11477
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

SECRETARY-GENERAL, AT SCREENING OF ‘ EN ROUTE TO BAGHDAD’, URGES UNITED NATIONS

 

STAFF TO HONOUR SERGIO VIEIRA DE MELLO BY CARRYING ON HIS LEGACY


Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the screening of En Route to Baghdad, in New York, today, 24 March:

NEGOTIATIONS ONLY WAY TO MIDDLE EAST PEACE, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS SECURITY COUNCIL, EXPRESSING DEEP CONCERN OVER PROSPECT OF RENEWED ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN VIOLENCE

SG/SM/11478-SC/9284
25 March 2008
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/11478
SC/9284
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

NEGOTIATIONS ONLY WAY TO MIDDLE EAST PEACE, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS SECURITY COUNCIL,


EXPRESSING DEEP CONCERN OVER PROSPECT OF RENEWED ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN VIOLENCE

UNITED NATIONS OBSERVES INTERNATIONAL DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH DETAINED AND MISSING STAFF MEMBERS TODAY

OBV/689-ORG/1495
25 March 2008
Press ReleaseOBV/689
ORG/1495
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

United Nations observes international day of solidarity

 

with detained and missing staff members today

 


Union Urges Member States to Better Safeguard Staff Carrying Out Mission

TRANSATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE ‘ONE OF THE GREATEST ATROCITIES IN HISTORY’, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL AT INTERNATIONAL DAY COMMEMORATION

SG/SM/11479-OBV/690
25 March 2008
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/11479
OBV/690
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

TRANSATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE ‘ONE OF THE GREATEST ATROCITIES IN HISTORY’,


SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL AT INTERNATIONAL DAY COMMEMORATION

 

IN WORLD DAY MESSAGE, SECRETARY-GENERAL PAYS TRIBUTE TO COURAGE OF CHILDREN WITH AUTISM AND FAMILIES, WHO CONFRONT DISABILITY WITH DETERMINATION, HOPE

SG/SM/11480-OBV/691
25 March 2008
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/11480
OBV/691
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

IN WORLD DAY MESSAGE, SECRETARY-GENERAL PAYS TRIBUTE TO COURAGE OF CHILDREN

 

WITH AUTISM AND FAMILIES, WHO CONFRONT DISABILITY WITH DETERMINATION, HOPE

 


Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on the inauguration of World Autism Awareness Day observed 2 April:

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONCLUDES TWO-DAY DISCUSSION OF PANAMA’S COMPLIANCE WITH INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON CIVIL, POLITICAL RIGHTS

HR/CT/698
25 March 2008
General AssemblyHR/CT/698
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Human Rights Committee

Ninety-second Session

2521st Meeting (AM)


HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONCLUDES TWO-DAY DISCUSSION OF PANAMA’S COMPLIANCE


WITH INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON CIVIL, POLITICAL RIGHTS

 


Experts Raise Questions on Child Labour,

DESPITE ECONOMIC, SOCIAL PROBLEMS, ‘TANGIBLE PROGRESS’ MADE BY GUINEA-BISSAU THIS YEAR IN PEACEBUILDING EFFORTS, SECURITY COUNCIL TOLD

SC/9285
26 March 2008
Security CouncilSC/9285
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Security Council

5860th Meeting (AM)


DESPITE ECONOMIC, SOCIAL PROBLEMS, ‘TANGIBLE PROGRESS’ MADE BY GUINEA-BISSAU


THIS YEAR IN PEACEBUILDING EFFORTS, SECURITY COUNCIL TOLD

 


Briefed by Secretary-General’s Representative, Peacebuilding Commission;