6 March 1997
Press Release
SG/SM/6176
WOM/952
SECRETARY-GENERAL PLEDGES CONTINUED SOLIDARITY WITH WOMEN'S CAMPAIGN FOR EQUAL RIGHTS, DEVELOPMENT, FREEDOM AND PEACE
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