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PRESS CONFERENCE BY US WOMEN CONNECT

7 June 2000



Press Briefing


PRESS CONFERENCE BY US WOMEN CONNECT

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US Women Connect began as merely an "idea" -- a way to "connect" women in the United States to one another and to the larger global women's movement following the outcome of the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women, Kit Cosby, the Baha'i United States Office and US Women Connect Board Member, told correspondents today at a Headquarters press conference.

PRESS BRIEFING BY LEGAL COUNSEL

8 June 2000



Press Briefing


PRESS BRIEFING BY LEGAL COUNSEL

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Secretary-General Kofi Annan has written to all Heads of State or Government inviting them to take the opportunity presented by the September Millennium Summit to sign and ratify or accede to multilateral conventions deposited with him, Hans Corell, Under Secretary-General for Legal Affairs and United Nations Legal Counsel, said at a press briefing today.

PRESS CONFERENCE BY NGOS ON REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS

8 June 2000



Press Briefing


PRESS CONFERENCE BY NGOS ON REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS

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Reproductive and sexual health and rights were essential to women’s equality and to the overall development and health of nations, a group of non-governmental organizations told correspondents this afternoon at a Headquarters press conference held to call upon governments to face those issues head on.