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8 April 1999

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HR/CN/901

COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS TAKES UP ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS

19990408 Independent Experts on Extreme Poverty and Structural Adjustment Policies; Special Rapporteur on Toxic Waste, Present Their Reports

(Reissued as received.)

8 April 1999

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REC/36

ECONOMIC CRISIS WIDESPREAD, DEEPER, BUT GLIMMER OF HOPE SEEN, ESCAP SURVEY OF ASIA-PACIFIC STATES

19990408 Poverty Increases as Health, Education Suffer; Seven Mainland Asia Economies Experience Negative in 1998

8 April 1999

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GA/PAL/797

SETTLEMENT WILL NOT BE REACHED BY END OF TRANSITIONAL PERIOD ON 4 MAY, PALESTINIAN OBSERVER TELLS PALESTINIAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE

19990408 Says Lack of Action Surrenders Palestinian Rights to Israeli Will; Committee Chairman Reports on Bethlehem 2000 International Conference

8 April 1999

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PI/1124

8 April 1999

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WFP/1048

7 April 1999

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HR/CN/900

MINISTER OF HUMAN RIGHTS OF DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO ADDRESSES COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS

19990407 Commission Hears from 33 Non-Governmental Organizations Alleging Human Rights Violations in Many Countries Around the World

(Reissued as received.)

7 April 1999

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SG/SM/6949
HR/CN/898

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR RENEWED COMMITMENT IN NEW CENTURY TO PROTECT RIGHTS OF MAN, WOMAN, CHILD -- REGARDLESS OF ETHNIC, NATIONAL BELONGING

19990407 Kofi Annan Tells Human Rights Commission 'A United Nations That Will Not Stand Up for Human Rights is a United Nations That Cannot Stand Up for Itself'

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's address to the Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva today:

7 April 1999

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HR/CN/897

COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS HEARS FROM SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON EQUATORIAL GUINEA

19990407

(Reissued as received.)

7 April 1999

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PI/1123

7 April 1999

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HR/CT/537