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PI/994
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GA/AB/3137
SECRETARY-GENERAL ANNOUNCES FIRST STEPS IN UN REFORM PLAN IN ADDRESS TO ADMINISTRATIVE AND BUDGETARY COMMITTEE
19970317 Will Propose Abolishing 1,000 Posts in 1998-1999 Budget; Committee Acts on Texts concerning Liberia, Integrated Management System
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WOM/967
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH IS A RIGHT FOR BOTH MEN AND WOMEN, UNFPA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TELLS STATUS OF WOMEN COMMISSION
19970317Reproductive 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.
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SG/SM/6183
TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN AT UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS ON 17 MARCH
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DCF/292
AUSTRIA WANTS IMMEDIATE TOTAL BAN ON ANTI-PERSONNEL MINES, REPRESENTATIVE TELLS DISARMAMENT CONFERENCE
19970314GENEVA, 13 March (UN Information Service) -- Austria wanted a total ban on anti-personnel land mines and it wanted it now, that country's representative told the Conference on Disarmament this morning.
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HR/CN/763
CZECH REPUBLIC AND BENIN MINISTERS ADDRESS HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION
19970314GENEVA, 13 March (UN Information Service) -- The Czech Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs and the Minister of Justice, Legislation and Human Rights of Benin addressed the Commission on Human Rights this morning as it continued its general debate on the situation in the occupied Arab territories and the right to self-determination.
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HR/CN/761
MINISTERS FROM BANGLADESH, UGANDA, RWANDA AND SLOVENIA ADDRESS HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION
19970314 Discussion Continues On Situation in Occupied Territories, Organization of WorkGENEVA, 12 March (UN Information Service) -- Government Ministers from Bangladesh, Uganda, Rwanda and Slovenia this morning outlined to the Commission on Human Rights their countries' efforts to promote and protect fundamental freedoms.