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WOM/1060

WOMEN'S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE HEARS FURTHER EXPERT COMMENTS AND SOUTH AFRICA'S RESPONSE ON ITS INITIAL REPORT

29 June 1998


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WOM/1060


WOMEN'S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE HEARS FURTHER EXPERT COMMENTS AND SOUTH AFRICA'S RESPONSE ON ITS INITIAL REPORT

19980629

The cultural cancer of violence against women must be attacked through education, an expert member of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women said this afternoon, as that body concluded its consideration of South Africa's initial report on the situation of women.

SG/SM/6617

SECRETARY-GENERAL, AT VIENNA BRIEFING, ANNOUNCES MISSION TO NIGERIA, PAYS TRIBUTE TO ANGOLA ENVOY KILLED IN WEEKEND PLANE CRASH

29 June 1998


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SG/SM/6617
AFR/80


SECRETARY-GENERAL, AT VIENNA BRIEFING, ANNOUNCES MISSION TO NIGERIA, PAYS TRIBUTE TO ANGOLA ENVOY KILLED IN WEEKEND PLANE CRASH

19980629 Alioune Blondin Beye Described as `Dedicated and Dynamic Peacemaker'

VIENNA, 29 June (UN Information Service) -- This is the text of a statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at a press conference this morning at the United Nations Office at Vienna:

GA/COL/2981

DECOLONIZATION COMMITTEE BEGINS SERIES OF MEETINGS, ADOPTS TEXT ON PUBLICITY FOR DECOLONIZATION, HEARS STATEMENTS ON GIBRALTAR

29 June 1998


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GA/COL/2981


DECOLONIZATION COMMITTEE BEGINS SERIES OF MEETINGS, ADOPTS TEXT ON PUBLICITY FOR DECOLONIZATION, HEARS STATEMENTS ON GIBRALTAR

19980629

The Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples this afternoon adopted without a vote a draft resolution on the question of dissemination of information on decolonization.

SG/SM/6614

SECRETARY-GENERAL ADDRESS TO VIENNA PUBLIC ASSEMBLY ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND RULE OF LAW

26 June 1998


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SG/SM/6614
HR/4373


SECRETARY-GENERAL ADDRESS TO VIENNA PUBLIC ASSEMBLY ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND RULE OF LAW

19980626 CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY Following is the text of an address to be delivered by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on 27 June to the Vienna Public Assembly on Human Rights on "Human rights and the rule of law in the twenty-first century [embargoed until 9 a.m. EDT Saturday, 27 June]: