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Press Release

DCF/362

CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HEARS STATEMENTS ON SMALL ARMS AND LANDMINES FROM SOUTH AFRICA AND UKRAINE

4 March 1999


Press Release
DCF/362


CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HEARS STATEMENTS ON SMALL ARMS AND LANDMINES FROM SOUTH AFRICA AND UKRAINE

19990304 President of Conference Considers Issuing Proposal on Nuclear Disarmament

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 4 March (UN Information Service) -- The Conference on Disarmament this morning heard a statement from South Africa on small arms and an address from Ukraine on anti-personnel landmines.

WOM/1108

WOMEN'S COMMISSION CONCLUDES GENERAL DISCUSSION ON INSTITUTIONAL MECHANISMS FOR ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN

4 March 1999


Press Release
WOM/1108


WOMEN'S COMMISSION CONCLUDES GENERAL DISCUSSION ON INSTITUTIONAL MECHANISMS FOR ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN

19990304 Need for Data Analysis, Adequate Funding Stressed by Speakers

Representatives stressed the need for data analysis and adequate funding in the development of effective institutional mechanisms for the advancement of women, as the Commission on the Status of Women concluded its general discussions on the topic this afternoon.

WOM/1104

STATUS OF WOMEN COMMISSION HOLDS PANEL DISCUSSION ON WOMEN AND HEALTH

3 March 1999


Press Release
WOM/1104


STATUS OF WOMEN COMMISSION HOLDS PANEL DISCUSSION ON WOMEN AND HEALTH

19990303

Mainstreaming a gender perspective into national health care systems required broad changes in attitudes and awareness by all actors, experts told the Commission on the Status of Women this morning as it held a panel discussion on women and health.