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DSG/SM/47
27 April 1999


Press Release
DSG/SM/47


ELIMINATING POVERTY OBLIGATION RESPONSIBILITY SHARED BY ALL, SAYS DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL, AT LAUNCH OF ANTI-POVERTY INITIATIVE

19990427 Following are the remarks of Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)/Cisco Systems Initiative on the Eradication of Poverty in New York on 27 April:

HR/CN/935
27 April 1999


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HR/CN/935


HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION ADOPTS NUMEROUS RESOLUTIONS ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS, ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE, WOMEN AND CHILDREN

19990427

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 26 April (UN Information Service) -- The Commission on Human Rights this evening adopted a host of resolutions aimed at alleviating abuses and human suffering in all corners of the globe.