Press Release

28 July 1997

Press Release
WOM/999

COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONCLUDES SEVENTEENTH SESSION AT HEADQUARTERS, 7-25 JULY

19970728 Adopts Recommendations on Reports of Namibia, Luxembourg, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Italy, Israel, Australia, Argentina, Bangladesh

28 July 1997

Press Release
PI/1019

25 July 1997

Press Release
ECOSOC/5740

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL SUSPENDS 1997 SUBSTANTIVE SESSION AT GENEVA

19970725

(Reissued as received.)

25 July 1997

Press Release
SG/A/642

25 July 1997

Press Release
HR/4332

WORKING GROUP ON INDIGENOUS POPULATIONS TO HOLD ANNUAL SESSION IN GENEVA

19970725 Meeting to Open as Marchers Mark Twentieth Anniversary of First International Conference to Counter Discrimination Against Indigenous People

(Reissued as received.)

25 July 1997

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ECOSOC/5739

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL, STRUGGLING TO COMPLETE AGENDA, ADOPTS CONCLUSIONS ON 'ENABLING ENVIRONMENT FOR DEVELOPMENT'

19970725

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 25 July (UN Information Service) -- The Economic and Social Council approved this morning a set of agreed conclusions on the topic of its high-level discussion for this year's session: "fostering an enabling environment for development".

25 July 1997

Press Release

PRESIDENT OF AZERBAIJAN TO VISIT HEADQUARTERS ON MONDAY, 28 JULY

19970725

President Heydar Alirza Ogly Aliyev of Azerbaijan will visit Headquarters on Monday, 28 July, and Tuesday, 29 July.

24 July 1997

Press Release
ECOSOC/5738

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL DISCUSSES ISRAELI SETTLEMENT ACTIVITY IN OCCUPIED ARAB TERRITORIES

19970724 Adopts Resolutions on Operational Activities for International Development Cooperation and Provisional Calendar of Conferences for 1998-1999

(Reissued as received.)

24 July 1997

Press Release
ECOSOC/5736

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL APPROVES MEASURES ON AIDS, YOUTH, ANTI-RACISM CONFERENCE, CONSUMER PROTECTION, OTHER MATTERS

19970724 (Reissued as received.)

24 July 1997

Press Release
WOM/998

WOMEN'S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE NOTES BANGLADESH'S COMMITMENT TO WOMEN'S ADVANCEMENT, STRESSES IMPORTANCE OF IMPLEMENTING EXISTING LAWS

19970724 Bangladesh's Withdrawal of Reservations To Some Provisions of Convention Welcomed by Committee Experts