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HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT GAPS IN ANTI-CORRUPTION PROGRAMMES, VIOLENCE, DISCRIMINATION IN FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA

HR/CT/699
26 March 2008
General AssemblyHR/CT/699
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Human Rights Committee

Ninety-second Session

2523rd & 2524th Meetings* (AM & PM)


HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT GAPS IN ANTI-CORRUPTION PROGRAMMES,


VIOLENCE, DISCRIMINATION IN FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA

 

ASIAN STATES MUST ACT ‘IMMEDIATELY AND UNFLINCHINGLY’ TO STOP AIDS EPIDEMIC, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL AT LAUNCH OF COMMISSION REPORT

SG/SM/11481-AIDS/135
26 March 2008
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/11481
AIDS/135
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

ASIAN STATES MUST ACT ‘IMMEDIATELY AND UNFLINCHINGLY’ TO STOP AIDS EPIDEMIC,


SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL AT LAUNCH OF COMMISSION REPORT

 


Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks on the handover of the report of the Commission on AIDS in Asia, in New York, 26 March:

GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO SEEK URGENT ACTION ON POVERTY, EDUCATION, HEALTH TO ACHIEVE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS

Note No. 6135
27 March 2008
Press ReleaseNote No. 6135
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Note to Correspondents


GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO SEEK URGENT ACTION ON POVERTY, EDUCATION, HEALTH


TO ACHIEVE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS

 


Special Debate at United Nations Headquarters 1-2 April

SECURITY COUNCIL PRESS STATEMENT ON NEPAL

SC/9288
27 March 2008
Security CouncilSC/9288
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Security Council press statement on nepal

 


The following Security Council press statement on Nepal was read out today by Council President Vitaly Churkin ( Russian Federation):


The members of the Security Council welcomed the progress towards Constituent Assembly elections in Nepal.

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN ADDRESS TO ‘STATE OF THE PLANET’ CONFERENCE, STRESSES NEED FOR CONCERTED ACTION TO REVERSE NEGATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL TRENDS

DSG/SM/381
27 March 2008
Deputy Secretary-GeneralDSG/SM/381
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN ADDRESS TO ‘STATE OF THE PLANET’ CONFERENCE, STRESSES


NEED FOR CONCERTED ACTION TO REVERSE NEGATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL TRENDS

UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM RECOMMITS TO DISABILITY CONVENTION ON ONE YEAR OPENING-FOR-SIGNING ANNIVERSARY

HR/4940-L/T/4410
28 March 2008
Press ReleaseHR/4940
L/T/4410
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM RECOMMITS TO DISABILITY CONVENTION

 

ON ONE YEAR OPENING-FOR-SIGNING ANNIVERSARY

 


More than 20 United Nations departments, agencies, programmes and funds today pledged their support to implementing the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE DISCUSSES HOW TO RAISE ITS MEDIA, PUBLIC PROFILE, AS IT HOLDS SECOND MEETING TO CONSIDER WORKING METHODS

HR/CT/700
28 March 2008
General AssemblyHR/CT/700
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Human Rights Committee

Ninety-second Session

2528th Meeting* (PM)


HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE DISCUSSES HOW TO RAISE ITS MEDIA, PUBLIC PROFILE,


AS IT HOLDS SECOND MEETING TO CONSIDER WORKING METHODS