United Nations Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice

 

Concludes Thirteenth Session in Vienna

Secretary-General ‘STRONGLY CONDEMNS’ KILLING OF PALESTINIAN

DEMONSTRATORS IN SOUTHERN GAZA

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

HUMANITARIAN PARTNERS RACE TO DELIVER AID TO DARFUR AS RAINY SEASON APPROACHES

NEW YORK, 19 May (Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) –- As the June rainy season approaches in Darfur, United Nations humanitarian agencies and their non-governmental organization (NGO) partners are racing to bring aid to people in need.

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PERMANENT FORUM SPEAKERS STRESS NEED TO ENSURE ADEQUATE HEALTH CARE FOR INDIGENOUS

PEOPLES, INCORPORATE TRADITIONAL MEDICINE INTO HEALTH SYSTEMS

Asking what good would come of achieving respect for indigenous peoples’ human rights without ensuring that indigenous communities were healthy enough to enjoy those rights, the Permanent Forum’s focal point on health this morning suggested health be considered the first priority of the body’s work.

 

SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON OCCUPIED TERRITORIES “HORRIFIED” AT ISRAELI ACTION IN GAZA

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 19 May (UN Information Service) -- The Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territory occupied by Israel since 1967, John Dugard, today made the following statement:

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON DISABILITY CONVENTION

TO MEET AT UN HEADQUARTERS, 24 MAY – 4 JUNE