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10 December 1998

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GA/9534

GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONTINUES COMMEMORATION OF FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS

19981210 Forty-nine Speakers Address Afternoon, Evening Sessions On Danger of Sanctions, Human Rights Defenders, Poverty as Denial of Rights

10 December 1998

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SG/SM/6827
HR/4393

WITHOUT HUMAN RIGHTS, NO PEACE OR PROSPERITY CAN ENDURE, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS ASSEMBLY COMMEMORATION

19981210 CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY Anniversary of Universal Declaration Said To Mark Half Century Of Human Hope at End of Century of Human Loss, but Long Journey Ahead

10 December 1998

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SG/SM/6832
HR/4400

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS MUSIC OF PAVAROTTI AND MARSALIS SHOULD INSPIRE ALL TO DO MORE FOR THOSE WHOSE HUMAN RIGHTS HAVE YET TO BE FULFILLED

19981210 CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY Following is the text of remarks made this evening by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of a recital by Luciano Pavarotti and Wynton Marsalis marking the fiftieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights:

10 December 1998

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ECO/10
L/2904

10 December 1998

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HR/4395

HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS HONOURED AT UNITED NATIONS

19981210 Six 1998 Human Rights Prizes Awarded For Courage, Determination in Promoting Human Rights

10 December 1998

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SG/SM/6830
HR/4397

WONDERFUL THING ABOUT CHILDREN IS THEIR VIEW OF RIGHTS OF ALL PEOPLE TO LIVE IN FREEDOM, PEACE 'AS SOMETHING OBVIOUS', SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

19981210 CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY 'I Want You To Keep Believing That', Kofi Annan Stresses During Presentation of Children's Universal Declaration of Human Rights Passport

10 December 1998

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GA/AB/3279

WHILE ACCEPTING AUDIT OPINIONS OF BOARD OF AUDITORS, ASSEMBLY WOULD REVERT TO CERTAIN ASPECTS AT RESUMED SESSION, BY FIFTH COMMITTEE TEXT

19981210 Committee also Approves Draft on Financial Arrangements for International Court of Justice Dining Room

10 December 1998

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SG/SM/6828
HR/4394

IN MESSAGE TO 'HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS' AT PARIS CEREMONY, SECRETARY-GENERAL HONOURS FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF UNIVERSAL DECLARATION

19981210 CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY Video Address to Palais de Chaillot, Site of 1948 Signing, Pays Tribute to 'Living Document' Foreseen by Eleanor Roosevelt and René Cassin

10 December 1998

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GA/9533

MARKING FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS, ASSEMBLY NOTES NEED TO OVERCOME OBSTACLES TO THEIR FULL ENJOYMENT

19981210 Human Rights Commissioner Calls on International Community to Translate Words of Declaration into Actions, Human Rights Prizes Awarded

10 December 1998

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PI/1105