Press Release

15 April 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6206

UNITED NATIONS EXPRESSION OF HUMAN FAITH, CONFIDENCE IN FUTURE, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, ACCEPTING BONINO PRIZE

19970415 Following is the statement of Secretary-General Kofi Annan upon receiving the Bonino Prize from the Bonino-Pulejo Foundation in Messina, Italy, on 13 April 1997:

14 April 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6203

SECRETARY-GENERAL ACCEPTS RESIGNATION OF SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR CYPRUS

19970414 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for the Secretary-General:

14 April 1997

Press Release
ENV/DEV/414/

COMMISSION ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT CONCLUDES THREE-DAY HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT CORRECTION

19970414

In Press Release ENV/DEV/414 of 10 April the first sentence of the second paragraph on page 1 should read:

14 April 1997

Press Release
HR/CN/800

COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS ADOPTS RESOLUTIONS ON CAMBODIA, SOMALIA

19970414 Measure Passed Condemning Terrorism; Others Texts Focus on Indigenous Peoples, Torture, Violence against Women

(Reissued as received.)

14 April 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6204
AFR/2

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES NEED FOR CEASE-FIRE, SUSTAINED TALKS ON ZAIRE'S FUTURE

19970414 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

While I am pleased that the parties to the conflict in Zaire have accepted the five-point peace plan endorsed by the Security Council, I am concerned that its implementation has not yet begun in earnest. There is no firm cease-fire.

14 April 1997

Press Release
HR/CN/798

COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS DISCUSSES CHILD RIGHTS

19970414

GENEVA, 10 April (UN Information Service) -- The sale of children, child prostitution, child pornography and related issues were discussed this evening by the Commission on Human Rights, with the group's Special Rapporteur on the topic telling the meeting that insensitive handling of victims of such abuses could cause far more anguish than already had been inflicted.

14 April 1997

Press Release
SC/6356

AFGHANISTAN PARTIES URGED TO HALT MILITARY ACTIVITIES, ENGAGE IN DIALOGUE AS SECURITY COUNCIL BEGINS EXCHANGE OF VIEWS

19970414 Speakers Alarmed by Reports of Renewed Military Offensives; Concern Also Expressed over Presence of Terrorists, Growing Narcotics Trade

14 April 1997

Press Release
GA/PAL/743

PALESTINE OBSERVER URGES SUPPORT FOR GENERAL ASSEMBLY SPECIAL SESSION, IN STATEMENT TO PALESTINIAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE

19970414 Says Session Should Recommend Means to Stop East Jerusalem Construction; Committee Chairman Suggests Assembly Appeal to Protect, Save Peace Process

14 April 1997

Press Release
HR/CN/801

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION HAS LEGITIMATE JURISDICTION OVER VIOLATIONS IN KASHMIR, SAYS PAKISTAN FEDERAL MINISTER

19970414 Commission Continues Discussion of Children's Rights

(Reissued as received.)

14 April 1997

Press Release
HR/CN/799

COMMISSION ADOPTS MEASURES ON HUMANITARIAN STANDARDS, SLAVERY, TRAFFIC IN WOMEN, HEALTH OF WOMEN AND GIRLS, JUSTICE ISSUES

19970414 Special Rapporteur on Iraq Says Widespread Human Rights Violations Continue

(Reissued as received.)