Press Release

8 April 1997

Press Release
HR/CN/788/

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION ACTS ON TEXTS RELATED TO UNILATERAL COERCIVE MEASURES, TOXIC WASTES, RIGHT TO FOOD AND EXTREME POVERTY CORRECTION

19970408

In Press Release HR/CN/788 issued on 7 April, the fifth full paragraph on page 7, should read as follows:

8 April 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6199

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES PROGRESS IN TALKS ON ZAIRE, SAYS NEXT STEP MUST BE CEASE-FIRE AGREEMENT

19970408 Following is the statement of Secretary-General Kofi Annan concerning the negotiations in South Africa on the future of Zaire, issued today in Geneva by the Spokesman travelling with the Secretary-General:

7 April 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6197

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR INCREASED, BETTER-QUALITY COMMUNICATION BETWEEN UNITED NATIONS AND NON-ALIGNED MOVEMENT

19970407 In Address to NAM Ministerial Conference, in New Delhi, Kofi Annan Says United Nations Can Become Powerful Force for Development

Following is the statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the XII Ministerial Conference of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries, in New Delhi today:

7 April 1997

Press Release
ENV/DEV/407
STAT/435

7 April 1997

Press Release
HR/CN/789

COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS APPROVES MEASURES ON ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY, PROTECTION OF MIGRANT WORKERS, MINORITIES

19970407 Debate Continues on Promotion of Rights, Advisory Programmes, Commission Methods of Work

(Reproduced as received; delayed in transmission.)

7 April 1997

Press Release
SEA/1540/

STATES PARTIES TO LAW OF SEA CONVENTION CONCLUDE SIXTH MEETING CORRECTION

19970407

In Press Release SEA/1540 of 20 March, the first sentence of the second paragraph on page 2 should read:

Following the entry into force of the Convention, the States parties established 5 February 1997 as the deadline for the submission of nominations, and 13 March 1997 as the date of the election.

7 April 1997

Press Release
HR/CN/787

PAPUA NEW GUINEA FOREIGN MINISTER APPEALS FOR SUPPORT IN BOUGAINVILLE CONFLICT

19970407 Commission on Human Rights Receives Updates On Haiti, Somalia, Guatemala, Cambodia, and Violence against Women

(Reproduced as received; delayed in transmission.)

7 April 1997

Press Release
HR/CT/492

7 April 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6197/Rev.1*

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR INCREASED, BETTER-QUALITY COMMUNICATION BETWEEN UNITED NATIONS AND NON-ALIGNED MOVEMENT

19970407 In Address to NAM Ministerial Conference, in New Delhi, Kofi Annan Says United Nations Can Become Powerful Force for Development

Following is the statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the XII Ministerial Conference of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries, in New Delhi today:

7 April 1997

Press Release
GA/9231/

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS NINE PROPOSALS RECOMMENDED BY FIFTH COMMITTEE

19970407 CORRECTION

In Press Release GA/9231 issued 3 April, the first sentence on page 11 should read:

The Assembly then adopted the draft resolution on the scale of assessments without a vote.

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