COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE CONCLUDES FIFTEENTH SESSION (GENEVA, 13-24 NOVEMBER)
HR/4247
28 November 1995
GENEVA, 27 November (United Nations Information Service) -- The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights this morning began consideration of the initial report of Mauritius on its implementation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
The Security Council this afternoon renewed the mandate of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) on the Syrian Golan Heights for a further six months, until 31 May 1996. The Force was established in 1974 to supervise the cease-fire called for by the May 1974 Agreement on Disengagement between Israeli and Syrian forces.