PREPARATORY COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT DISCUSSES DRAFT ARTICLES ON ARREST, PRE-TRIAL DETENTION
L/2780
9 April 1996
* Foreign intervention in Afghanistan thwarting efforts for peace, Security Council is told.
GENEVA, 9 April (UN Information Service) -- Human rights were now, more than ever, a central issue of the United Nations agenda, the basic link that held together peace and development, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, José Ayala Lasso, said this morning before the Commission on Human Rights.