Press Release

NGOS ALLEGE WIDESPREAD HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES

Commission Continues Debate on Question of Violations Anywhere in World

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 25 March (UN Information Service) -- Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) speaking before the Commission on Human Rights this afternoon charged that violations were occurring in numerous countries and regions.

Security Council                                           

UNIS Vienna Launches New Web site

Web Site Offers Enhanced Features, Comprehensive Database

VIENNA, 25 March (UN Information Service) -- The United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Vienna today launched its new Web site:  

http://www.unis.unvienna.org

Commission on Population and Development                   

Thirty-seventh Session                                     

7^th Meeting (AM)

Security Council                                           

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPEALS FOR REDUCTION OF TENSIONS IN CÔTE D’IVOIRE

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

COMMISSION STARTS GENERAL DEBATE ON VIOLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS

IN OCCUPIED ARABTERRITORIES, INCLUDING PALESTINE

Concludes Discussion on Right to Development

(Reissued as received.)

Commission on Population and Development                   

Thirty-seventh Session                                     

5^th and 6^th Meetings (AM & PM)

COMMISSION HOLDS SPECIAL SITTING ON SITUATION IN OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN

TERRITORY FOLLOWING THE KILLING OF SHEIKH YASSIN

Adopts Resolution Which Condemns Continuing Grave Violations

Of Human Rights in Territory, Including Tragic Assassination of Sheikh Yassin

(Reissued as received.)

REPRESENTATIVE ON SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN CUBA CITES

‘UNPRECEDENTED WAVE OF OPPRESSION’ IN THE COUNTRY

Construction of Security Barrier Criticized as Commission

Concludes Debate on Situation in Occupied ArabTerritories

(Reissued as received.)