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Press Release

HR/CN/858

COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS CONTINUES GENERAL DEBATE ON VIOLATION OF RIGHTS AND FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS

16 April 1998


Press Release
HR/CN/858


COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS CONTINUES GENERAL DEBATE ON VIOLATION OF RIGHTS AND FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS

19980416 (Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 14 April (UN Information Service) -- The Commission on Human Rights this evening continued its general debate on the violation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in any part of the world.

REC/25

CURRENT ECONOMIC CRISIS, SOCIAL ISSUES HIGH ON AGENDA OF ESCAP FIFTY-FOURTH ANNUAL SESSION, 16-22 APRIL

14 April 1998


Press Release
REC/25


CURRENT ECONOMIC CRISIS, SOCIAL ISSUES HIGH ON AGENDA OF ESCAP FIFTY-FOURTH ANNUAL SESSION, 16-22 APRIL

19980414

BANGKOK, 10 April (UN Information Services) -- The region's current economic turmoil and its impact on social development will be among the vital issues to be discussed at the fifty-fourth annual session of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), to be held here from 16 to 22 April.

SG/SM/6520

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES AGREEMENT ON NORTHERN IRELAND

13 April 1998


Press Release
SG/SM/6520


SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES AGREEMENT ON NORTHERN IRELAND

19980413 The following statement was issued on Friday, 10 April, by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

The Secretary-General welcomes the agreement on Northern Ireland reached today in Belfast.