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PRESS CONFERENCE BY PARLIAMENTARY UNDER-SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WOMEN OF UNITED KINGDOM

The human rights of women were not truly respected anywhere in the world, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Women of the United Kingdom, Joan Ruddock, told correspondents at a Headquarters press conference this afternoon.

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PRESS BRIEFING ON WOMEN'S HUMAN RIGHTS

Representatives of five international organizations addressed correspondents on women's human rights this morning, at a press briefing sponsored by the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM). Roxanna Carrillo, Adviser to UNIFEM, facilitated questions and answers.

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DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

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PRESS BRIEFING BY CHAIRMAN OF SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON ANGOLA

Njuguna M. Mahugu (Kenya), Chairman of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 864 (1993) concerning the situation in Angola, this afternoon informed correspondence of the just-concluded meeting of that sanctions monitoring body, at a press conference at United Nations Headquarters.

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PRESS BRIEFING BY SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

Violence against women was a universal problem that was often overlooked, the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, Radhika Coomaraswamy, told correspondents at a press briefing this afternoon.

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PRESS BRIEFING BY UNDP ADMINISTRATOR AND NEWLY APPOINTED GOODWILL AMBASSADOR

It was possible to put mass poverty into the dustbin of history within the lifetimes of today's children, the Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), James Gustave Speth, told correspondents at a Headquarters press briefing this morning upon the appointment of actor Danny Glover as UNDP Goodwill Ambassador.

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PRESS CONFERENCE BY MINISTER LOUIS FARRAKHAN OF NATION OF ISLAM

The Secretary-General was successful in his efforts to avert a catastrophe that could have affected the whole world because he spoke on behalf of the Security Council and also because he listened to the "pain and the hurt" of the Iraqi people, Minister Louis Farrakhan, of the Nation of Islam, said today at a Headquarters press conference sponsored by Libya.

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DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General, began today's noon briefing by reading a statement attributable to the Spokesman:

"The Secretary-General is outraged by the news of a bomb blast today in the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo, which has killed and injured a large number of civilians, including children.

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