Press Release

14 July 1997

Press Release
ECOSOC/5722

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL CONTINUES REVIEW OF ENERGY ISSUES, TOBACCO, HIV/AIDS, PROCLAMATION OF 'INTERNATIONAL YEARS'

19970714 (Reissued as received.)

14 July 1997

Press Release
SOC/NAR/765

EAST ASIAN MINISTERS STEP UP JOINT EFFORTS TO FIGHT DRUG PRODUCTION, TRAFFICKING, ABUSE

19970714 Cambodia, China, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam Endorse United Nations Initiatives

14 July 1997

Press Release
SC/6396

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS MANDATE OF UNTAES AND OF MILITARY OBSERVERS IN PREVLAKA UNTIL 15 JANUARY 1998

19970714 Resolutions on Situation in Croatia, 1119 and 1120, Adopted Unanimously

11 July 1997

Press Release
ECOSOC/5720

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL CONTINUES DISCUSSION ON FRESHWATER RESOURCES

19970711 (Reissued as received.)

11 July 1997

Press Release
SC/6395

SECURITY COUNCIL CONDEMNS ALL ACTS OF VIOLENCE IN CAMBODIA AND CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE END TO FIGHTING

19970711 Presidential Statement Also Urges Parties To Resolve Differences Peacefully and through Political Dialogue

11 July 1997

Press Release
SC/6393

ECOWAS ASKS SECURITY COUNCIL TO SEND 'UNEQUIVOCAL MESSAGE' TO SIERRA LEONE REGIME TO RETURN LEGITIMATE GOVERNMENT OF PRESIDENT KABBAH TO POWER

19970711 Zimbabwe's Representative Expresses OAU Chairman's Support for ECOWAS 'Noble Mission'

11 July 1997

Press Release
HR/CT/495

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE TO HOLD SIXTIETH SESSION IN GENEVA, 14 JULY TO 1 AUGUST

19970711 Background Release

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 11 July (UN Information Service) -- The Human Rights Committee will consider reports from Slovakia, Belarus, France, Congo and India on efforts to implement the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights when it meets in Geneva from 14 July to 1 August.

11 July 1997

Press Release
WOM/982

COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONCLUDES CONSIDERATION OF NAMIBIA'S INITIAL REPORT

19970711 Experts Commend Government's Achievements within Seven Years of Independence

11 July 1997

Press Release
ECOSOC/5719

PROBLEMS POSED BY FRESHWATER SUPPLIES REVIEWED BY ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL

19970711 (Reissued as received.)

11 July 1997

Press Release
SC/6394

SECURITY COUNCIL CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE AND UNCONDITIONAL RESTORATION OF CONSTITUTIONAL ORDER IN SIERRA LEONE

19970711

Rejecting as "unacceptable" the attempt to overthrow the democratically elected Government of President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah of Sierra Leone, the Security Council this afternoon again called for the immediate and unconditional restoration of constitutional order in the country.