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ECOSOC/5904

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL CONTINUES CONSIDERATION OF HABITAT AGENDA IMPLEMENTATION

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HR/CT/571

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONCLUDES REVIEW OF INITIAL REPORT OF KYRGYZSTAN, OFFERS PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS

GENEVA, 12 July (UN Information Service) -- The Human Rights Committee this morning completed its consideration of an initial report presented by the Government of Kyrgyzstan on that country's efforts to implement the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

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GA/COL/3035

SPECIAL DECOLONIZATION COMMITTEE HEARS PETITIONERS ON PUERTO RICO

The bombing practice activities of the United States Navy on the Puerto Rican island of Vieques and the issue of the Territory's political status were the main themes during this morning's meeting of the Special Committee on Decolonization as it heard petitioners on the question of Puerto Rico.

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GA/9735/

GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS URGE COOPOERATION BETWEEN DEVELOPED, DEVLELOPING NATIONS CORRECTION

GENEVA, 11 July (UN Information Service) -- In Press Release GA/9735 of 29 June 2000, the name of the speaker for Slovakia on page 5 should have read:

PETER MAGVASI, Minister for Labour, Social Affairs and Family of Slovakia.

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HR/CT/569

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE STARTS CONSIDERATION OF INITIAL REPORT OF KYRGYZSTAN

Torture And Ill-treatment Not Yet Fully Eliminated in Kyrgyzstan, Report Says

(Reissued as received.)

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ECOSOC/5902

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL CONTINUES DISCUSSION OF FOLLOW-UP TO MAJOR UN CONFERENCES

A special session review of every major United Nations conference every five years was a very demanding process and probably not cost effective, Ado Vaher, Director, Office of United Nations Affairs and External Relations of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICCEF), told the Economic and Social Council this morning.

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HR/CT/567

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE OPENS SIXTY-NINTH SESSION

National Systems Should Reflect International Human Rights Standards, Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Says

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UNEP/72

OZONE TALKS FOCUS ON ACTION BY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

GENEVA/NAIROBI, 10 July (UNEP) -- Some 300 diplomats and experts are meeting in Geneva this week to prepare for the Twelfth Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer, to be held in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, from 11 to 15 December 2000.

The General Assembly would reiterate that the only way to put an end to the special and particular colonial situation on the question of the Falkland Islands (Malvinas) was a peaceful and negotiated settlement of the sovereignty dispute between Argentina and the United Kingdom, by the terms of a draft resolution approved without a vote this morning by the Special Committee on decolonization.

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HR/CT/00/570

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONTINUES CONSIDERATION OF KYRGYZSTAN'S INITIAL REPORT

(Reissued as received)

The Human Rights Committee this afternoon continued its discussion on an initial report from the Government of Kyrgyzstan with the delegation saying that women were not enjoying their rights equally with their male counterparts.