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HR/4330

COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD CONCLUDES FIFTEENTH SESSION

6 June 1997


Press Release
HR/4330


COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD CONCLUDES FIFTEENTH SESSION

19970606

(Reproduced as received.)

GENEVA, 6 June (UN Information Service) -- The Committee on the Rights of the Child adjourned this morning its three-week fifteenth session by issuing conclusions and recommendations on reports submitted to it by six countries.

DEV/2162

EXPERT MEETING ON PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE CONCLUDES

6 June 1997


Press Release
DEV/2162


EXPERT MEETING ON PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE CONCLUDES

19970606

NEW YORK, 5 May (DDSMS) -- Thirty-nine public administration experts from developing and developed countries and those with economies in transition set out recommendations for promoting sound governance, at the thirteenth Meeting of Experts on the United Nations Programme in Public Administration and Finance, which met at Headquarters from 27 May to 4 June.

SG/SM/6248

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER REPORTED VIOLENT INCIDENTS IN EAST TIMOR

6 June 1997


Press Release
SG/SM/6248


SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER REPORTED VIOLENT INCIDENTS IN EAST TIMOR

19970606 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General has been following with concern the reports of the recent violent incidents in East Timor which have resulted in the loss of life and are causing considerable human suffering.

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES FOR SPECIAL SESSION OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY ON REVIEW OF IMPLEMENTATION OF AGENDA 21

5 June 1997


Press Release


TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES FOR SPECIAL SESSION OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY ON REVIEW OF IMPLEMENTATION OF AGENDA 21

19970605 Following is a tentative schedule of activities to be held during the special session of the General Assembly to review and appraise the implementation of Agenda 21, which will be convened at United Nations Headquarters in New York from 23 to 27 June.

MONDAY, 23 JUNE