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WOM/967
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.

HR/CN/763
14 March 1997


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HR/CN/763


CZECH REPUBLIC AND BENIN MINISTERS ADDRESS HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION

19970314

GENEVA, 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.

HR/CN/761
14 March 1997


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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 Work

GENEVA, 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.