Press Release
HR/CN/857
SPECIAL RAPPORTEURS SPEAK ON STATE OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN AFGHANISTAN, IRAN, EQUATORIAL GUINEA
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GENEVA, 15 April (UN Information Service) -- The Commission on Human Rights continued this afternoon to discuss the violation of human rights in any part of the world. The broad debate touched on issues ranging from the effects of the backlog in genocide trials in Rwanda to the embargo against Cuba.
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.
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.