Press Release

13 April 1999

Press Release
HR/CN/911

GREATER ATTENTION URGED FOR WOMEN'S RIGHTS; NATIONAL PROGRAMMES FOR PROTECTION AND ADVANCEMENT DESCRIBED

19990413 Speakers before Commission on Human Rights Decry Violence Against Women, Sexual Trafficking, Continuing Gender Inequalities

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13 April 1999

Press Release
HR/CN/909

COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS TAKES UP INTEGRATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS OF WOMEN AND GENDER PERSPECTIVE

19990413 Chairperson of Commission on Status of Women, Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women Address Meeting

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13 April 1999

Press Release
DC/2637

NATO'S USE OF MILITARY FORCE, IN DISREGARD OF UN, WILL HARM DISARMAMENT, RUSSIAN FEDERATION TELLS DISARMAMENT COMMISSION

19990413 Says Ratification of SALT II Deferred Due to Balkan Crisis; Commission Concludes General Exchange of Views for Current Session

13 April 1999

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SG/SM/6959
IK/275

SECRETARY-GENERAL REJECTS ALLEGATIONS OF BBC AGAINST UNSCOM FIELD OFFICE IN BAHRAIN

19990413 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

13 April 1999

Press Release
HR/CN/910

COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS STRONGLY CONDEMNS ETHNIC CLEANSING IN KOSOVO

19990413

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13 April 1999

Press Release
HR/CN/908

SPECIAL RAPPORTEURS ON RELIGIOUS INTOLERANCE AND JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE, INDEPENDENT EXPERT ON COMPENSATION ADDRESS HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION

19990413 (Reissued as received.)

12 April 1999

Press Release
DC/2634

DISARMAMENT COMMISSION OPENS 1999 SESSION, WITH FOCUS ON CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS, NUCLEAR-WEAPON-FREE ZONES, GENERAL ASSEMBLY SPECIAL SESSION

19990412 Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament Affairs Says Commission Can Promote 'Sustainable Disarmament' by Highlighting Common Objectives

12 April 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6955

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES ROLE OF PARLIAMENTARIANS IN SAFEGUARDING INTEGRITY OF INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS

19990412 In Message to Inter-Parliamentary Conference, Kofi Annan Says Parliamentarians Are Vital Partners To Build Peace in Broadest Sense of Word

12 April 1999

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L/2919

12 April 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6958

KOFI ANNAN STRESSES IMPORTANCE OF UNIVERSALITY OF HUMAN RIGHTS, SOUNDNESS OF RULE OF LAW, FOR COMMON UNDERSTANDING AMONG GOVERNMENTS AND PEOPLE

19990412 Following is the text of an address delivered today in Madrid by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the Diplomatic School of Spain: