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IK/274

GOVERNING COUNCIL OF UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION CONCLUDES THIRTY-FIRST SESSION

22 March 1999


Press Release
IK/274


GOVERNING COUNCIL OF UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION CONCLUDES THIRTY-FIRST SESSION

19990322 Council Approves Awarding $173 Million To Corporations, $14 Million to Governments

GENEVA, 18 March -- The Governing Council of the United Nations Compensation Commission concluded its thirty-first session today under the Presidency of Ambassador Hans Heinemann of the Netherlands.

POP/711

COMMISSION ON POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT OPENS THIRTY-SECOND SESSION

22 March 1999


Press Release
POP/711


COMMISSION ON POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT OPENS THIRTY-SECOND SESSION

19990322

The Director of the Population Division told the Commission on Population and Development this morning that his projections indicated the world's population would increase by 3 billion people in the next 50 years, a projection he hoped would be proven wrong.

HR/CT/524

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONCLUDES CONSIDERATION OF ISSUES TO BE RAISED ON REPORTS BY CAMBODIA, CAMEROON, CHILE

22 March 1999


Press Release
HR/CT/524


HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONCLUDES CONSIDERATION OF ISSUES TO BE RAISED ON REPORTS BY CAMBODIA, CAMEROON, CHILE

19990322

The Human Rights Committee this afternoon concluded consideration of the list of issues to be taken up in connection with the initial reports of Cambodia, the third periodic report of Cameroon and the fourth periodic report of Chile.