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WOM/1003
16 January 1998


Press Release
WOM/1003


COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN TO HOLD EIGHTEENTH SESSION AT HEADQUARTERS

19980116 Background Release

Discrimination against women in conflict situations and their aftermath are among the issues to be examined as the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women convenes its eighteenth session at Headquarters from 19 January to 6 February.

DCF/317
16 January 1998


Press Release
DCF/317


CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT TO OPEN 1998 SESSION ON 20 JANUARY

19980116 Background Release

GENEVA, 16 January (UN Information Service) -- The Conference on Disarmament, the world's sole multilateral forum for disarmament negotiations, will open its 1998 session on Tuesday, 20 January at the United Nations Office at Geneva.