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STATES PARTIES TO CONVENTION ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN ELECTS ELEVEN EXPERTS TO SERVE ON MONITORING BODY

WOM/901
29 February 1996


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WOM/901


STATES PARTIES TO CONVENTION ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN ELECTS ELEVEN EXPERTS TO SERVE ON MONITORING BODY

19960229 Also Recommends Additional Meetings to Reduce Report Backlog

DAILY HIGHLIGHTS FOR: 1 March 1996

DH/2092
1 March 1996


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DH/2092


DAILY HIGHLIGHTS FOR: 1 March 1996

19960301 * Security Council extends mission in Haiti for final four months until 30 June; reduces number of troops and civilian police.

* Secretary-General says Rwandan Government has strong reservations about UN troop presence; therefore, no alternative to UNAMIR withdrawal after mandate ends on 8 March.

COMMISSION ON POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT CONCLUDES TWENTY-NINTH SESSION HEADQUARTERS, 26 FEBRUARY - 1 MARCH

POP/615
1 March 1996


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POP/615


COMMISSION ON POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT CONCLUDES TWENTY-NINTH SESSION HEADQUARTERS, 26 FEBRUARY - 1 MARCH

19960301 Approves Two Texts concerning Follow-Up to Cairo Conference, Work of Population Division; 'International Migration' Theme of Next Session

COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION TAKES UP COLOMBIA REPORT

RD/850
1 March 1996


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RD/850


COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION TAKES UP COLOMBIA REPORT

19960301

GENEVA, 29 February (UN Information Service) -- Alleged violations of the rights of members of indigenous and black communities in Colombia were among the issues raised this afternoon as the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination took up a report from that country.

UNHCR NEEDS $60 MILLION FOR LIBERIA

REF/1133
1 March 1996


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REF/1133


UNHCR NEEDS $60 MILLION FOR LIBERIA

19960301 GENEVA, 1 March (UNHCR) -- The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) made an urgent appeal today for $60 million for its voluntary repatriation programme in Liberia for 18 months.

The appeal coincided with the arrival in Abidjan of High Commissioner Sadako Ogata for a week-long visit to Côte d'Ivoire and Guinea, home to over 1 million Liberian and Sierra Leonean refugees.

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS BRAZIL'S PRESENCE ON INTERNATIONAL STAGE ESSENTIAL

SG/SM/5903
1 March 1996


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SG/SM/5903


SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS BRAZIL'S PRESENCE ON INTERNATIONAL STAGE ESSENTIAL

19960301 Following is the text of a toast made by Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali on 29 February in Brasilia, at a dinner hosted by the President of Brazil, Fernando Henrique Cardoso:

Thank you for your warm welcome to Brazil. My delegation and I have shared in the famous hospitality of your country. We are all extremely grateful.