OMBUDSMAN APPOINTED FOR UN IN VIENNA

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COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS CONTINUES WITH CONSIDERATION

OF CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS

Hears Statement by Chairperson of Committee on Rights of Child

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IRAQ FIGHTING FURTHER IMPERILS EXPECTANT MOTHERS, UNFPA WARNS

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Security Council

4737^th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL RE-ESTABLISHES PANEL INVESTIGATING SOMALIA ARMS EMBARGO

VIOLATIONS, UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTING RESOLUTION 1474 (2003)

DR. CARLO URBANI ‘A HERO -- IN THE BEST AND TRUEST SENSE OF WORD’

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE TO MEMORIAL SERVICE

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the memorial service for Dr. Carlo Urbani, delivered on his behalf by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Resident Coordinator, Jordan Ryan, in Hanoi, 8 April:

SIX RAPPORTEURS ADDRESS HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION

UNDER DEBATE ON CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS

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GENEVA, 8 April (UN Information Service) -- The Commission on Human Rights this morning heard statements from six Special Rapporteurs and Chairman-Rapporteurs of working groups on matters related to civil and political rights. 

UN COMMISSION PRESENTED WITH ‘SIGNS OF PROGRESS’

IN GLOBAL COUNTER-NARCOTIC EFFORTS

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PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL PLAYER NENE HILARIO FEATURED

IN VIDEO SPOT TO RAISE AWARENESS

UN Office on Drugs and Crime PSA

To be Broadcast Worldwide through NBA Programming

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COUNTRIES TELL COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS OF EFFORTS,

CHALLENGES OF PROMOTING CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS

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