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WOM/976

ENACTMENT OF MARRIED PERSONS EQUALITY ACT IN NAMIBIA PRAISED BY EXPERTS OF WOMEN'S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE

8 July 1997


Press Release
WOM/976


ENACTMENT OF MARRIED PERSONS EQUALITY ACT IN NAMIBIA PRAISED BY EXPERTS OF WOMEN'S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE

19970708

The passage of the Married Persons Equality Act was a major development in the area of legal capacity in Namibia, the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women was told this morning by that country's Director- General of Women's Affairs in the Office of the President.

WOM/974

COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN BEGINS SEVENTEENTH SESSION

7 July 1997


Press Release
WOM/974


COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN BEGINS SEVENTEENTH SESSION

19970707

Five more countries had become parties to the Convention on Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, bringing the total number of ratifications to 160, the monitoring body for the implementation of that Convention was told this morning as it opened its seventeenth session.

ECOSOC/5710

EXTERNAL DEBT AND DROP IN DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE DISCUSSED AT HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL

7 July 1997


Press Release
ECOSOC/5710


EXTERNAL DEBT AND DROP IN DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE DISCUSSED AT HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL

19970707 (Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 4 July (UN Information Service) -- The Economic and Social Council continued to debate issues related to "fostering an enabling environment for development" this morning, hearing calls for a reduction of the debt burden on poorer countries.