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Press Release

SEA/1539

ASSEMBLY TAKES UP PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES OF SEABED AUTHORITY

19 March 1997


Press Release
SEA/1539


ASSEMBLY TAKES UP PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES OF SEABED AUTHORITY

19970319

KINGSTON, 18 March -- The Assembly of the International Seabed Authority, meeting at Kingston this morning, began consideration of a draft protocol on the legal privileges and immunities of the Authority.

SEA/1538

ASSEMBLY OF SEABED AUTHORITY OPENS THIRD SESSION AT KINGSTON

18 March 1997


Press Release
SEA/1538


ASSEMBLY OF SEABED AUTHORITY OPENS THIRD SESSION AT KINGSTON

19970318 biographical note

KINGSTON, 17 March -- The 134-member Assembly of the International Seabed Authority began the first part of its third session in Kingston this afternoon with the election of a new President, the adoption of the agenda for the session and the expression of tributes to three world leaders who died recently.

HR/CN/765

ARMENIAN VICE-FOREIGN MINISTER OUTLINES COUNTRY'S HUMAN RIGHTS RECORD BEFORE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION

18 March 1997


Press Release
HR/CN/765


ARMENIAN VICE-FOREIGN MINISTER OUTLINES COUNTRY'S HUMAN RIGHTS RECORD BEFORE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION

19970318

(Reproduced as received.)

GENEVA, 14 March (UN Information Service) -- Armenian Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Vartan Oskanian told the Commission on Human Rights this morning that his country had chosen the path of democracy, the rule of law and respect for human life and dignity.

DCF/293

PREPARATORY COMMISSION OF TEST-BAN-TREATY ORGANIZATION CONCLUDES FIRST SESSION

18 March 1997


Press Release
DCF/293


PREPARATORY COMMISSION OF TEST-BAN-TREATY ORGANIZATION CONCLUDES FIRST SESSION

19970318 (Reproduced as received; delayed in transmission.)

GENEVA, 7 March (UN Information Service) -- The Preparatory Commission of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) completed its first session this afternoon after agreeing a programme of work and a budget of $27,458,327 for the remainder of 1997.

WOM/967

REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH IS A RIGHT FOR BOTH MEN AND WOMEN, UNFPA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TELLS STATUS OF WOMEN COMMISSION

17 March 1997


Press Release
WOM/967


REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH IS A RIGHT FOR BOTH MEN AND WOMEN, UNFPA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TELLS STATUS OF WOMEN COMMISSION

19970317

Reproductive health was a right for both men and women and no one should be coerced about whether or not they should have children or on how they should space their children, the Commission on the Status of Women was told this morning as it discussed the follow-up to the Fourth World Conference on Women.