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HR/CN/994
17/03/2003
Press Release
HR/CN/994


COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS OPENS FIFTY-NINTH SESSION


High Commissioner for Human Rights:  One Cannot Compromise

Hard-Won Human Rights to Give States Free Hand in Fighting Terrorism


(Reissued as received.)

SG/SM/8636
14/03/2003
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SG/SM/8636


GLOBALIZATION TODAY HAS ‘WINNERS AND LOSERS’; CHALLENGE FOR TOMORROW

IS TO MAKE IT WORK FOR ALL, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL


Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan, as he introduced Jagdish Bhagwati, Jeffrey Sachs and Joseph Stiglitz at the Headquarters lecture, “Globalization:  Winners and Losers”, on 14 March:

SG/SM/8633-OBV/330-RD/975
14/03/2003
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SG/SM/8633
OBV/330
RD/975


FORTY YEARS AFTER SHARPEVILLE MASSACRE, FIGHT AGAINST RACISM NOT YET WON,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE ON INTERNATIONAL DAY


Following is the message of Secretary-GeneralKofi Annan on the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, which is observed 21 March:

IK/329
14/03/2003
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IK/329


GOVERNING COUNCIL OF UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION APPROVES AWARDS

OF OVER US $223 MILLION FOR COMPENSATION


(Reissued as received.)


GENEVA, 14 March (UN Information Service) -- The Governing Council of the United Nations Compensation Commission, under the Presidency of Germany, concluded its forty-seventh session yesterday and approved awards of