Press Release

11 April 1997

Press Release
HR/CT/494

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONCLUDES THREE-WEEK HEADQUARTERS SESSION

19970411

The Human Rights Committee this morning recommended a series of specific measures to promote implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights in Bolivia, Colombia, Georgia, Lebanon and Portugal (with respect to the territory of Macau), five States parties to the Covenant, as it concluded its current session.

10 April 1997

Press Release
ENV/DEV/414

COMMISSION ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTS CONCLUDES THREE-DAY HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT

19970410 More than 100 Speakers Address Environment, Development Issues; As Agenda 21 Negotiations Continue, Forests Critical Issue, Says Chairman

10 April 1997

Press Release
HR/CN/794

SPECIAL RAPPORTEURS, NUMEROUS OTHERS TELL COMMISSION OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS

19970410 (Reproduced as received.)

10 April 1997

Press Release
HQ/576

HOST COUNTRY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONSIDER ISSUE OF DIPLOMATIC PARKING

19970410 Vote in Committee Is 10-1-1, with United States Opposed; United States Says Rush To Assembly Debate Will Prompt Ridicule

10 April 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6201
HR/CN/792

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS UNITED NATIONS ACTION IN HUMAN RIGHTS FIELD INHERENT PART OF PREVENTIVE DIPLOMACY

19970410 GENEVA, 9 April (UN Information Service) -- This is the statement delivered today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan before the fifty-third session of the Commission on Human Rights:

10 April 1997

Press Release
GA/PK/145

UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR PEACE-KEEPING OPERATIONS STRESSES NEED FOR ADDITIONAL INVESTMENTS TO SUSTAIN HARD-WON CAPACITY OF THOSE OPERATIONS

19970410

In Address to Peace-keeping Special Committee's Opening Meeting of 1997 Session

10 April 1997

Press Release
HR/CN/795

UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS HUMAN RIGHTS CRUCIAL FOR PEACE-BUILDING AND DEVELOPMENT

19970410 Human Rights Commission Continues Review Of Violations of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms Throughout World

(Reproduced as received.)

10 April 1997

Press Release
ENV/DEV/413

GLOBAL FOREST CONVENTION COULD ENSURE COMPREHENSIVE, SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT, COMMISSION ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TOLD

19970410 Netherlands Environment Minister Says Convention Needed by Year 2000; Under-Secretary-General for Policy Coordination Nitin Desai Also Speaks

10 April 1997

Press Release
HR/CN/793

SUDAN'S JUSTICE MINISTER WARNS AGAINST SELECTIVITY IN DISCUSSION OF HUMAN RIGHTS

19970410 Human Rights Commission Begins Debate On Violations of Human Rights Throughout World

(Reproduced as received.)

10 April 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6202

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS ON INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO ENSURE OUTCOME OF REFORM PROCESS WILL BE 'LEANER, MORE EFFECTIVE AND RELEVANT' UNITED NATIONS

19970410 Kofi Annan Says Foundation for Peace Is Socio-Economic Development, In Address to Institut Universitaires des Hautes Études Internationales