Press Release

21 March 1997

Press Release
DEV/2139

WORLD ECONOMIC GROWTH EXPECTED TO ACCELERATE FROM 3 PER CENT IN 1996-1997 TO 3.5 PER CENT IN 1998-2000, SAYS PROJECT LINK FORECAST

19970321 Global Economic Outlook To Be Reviewed by Expert Meeting at Headquarters, 24-27 March

21 March 1997

Press Release
HR/CN/773

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION CONCLUDES DEBATE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS

19970321 (Reproduced as received.)

GENEVA, 19 March (UN Information Service) -- The implementation of economic, social and cultural rights for people worldwide was the joint responsibility of developed and developing nations, country representatives and non-governmental organizations told the Commission on Human Rights this afternoon.

21 March 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6185
ENV/DEV/404

ALMOST NO COUNTRY IS SPARED THREAT OF INCREASING STRESS ON WATER RESOURCES, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS FIRST WORLD WATER FORUM

19970321 ADVANCE TEXT Following is the statement of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to be delivered by the Under-Secretary-General for Development Support and Management Services, Jin Yongjian, to the First World Water Forum, in Marrakesh, Morroco, on 22 March:

21 March 1997

Press Release
HR/CN/771

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION EXAMINES IMPLEMENTATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS TREATIES, REALIZATION OF ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS

19970321 (Reproduced as received.)

21 March 1997

Press Release
SC/6345

SECURITY COUNCIL AGAIN FAILS TO ADOPT RESOLUTION ON ISRAELI SETTLEMENT

19970321 Vote is 13-1-1, with United States Opposed; Would Have Demanded Halt to Construction at Jabal Abu Ghneim

21 March 1997

Press Release
SG/T/2090

SECRETARY-GENERAL BEGINS NINE-DAY AFRICAN TOUR

19970321

JOHANNESBURG, 21 March -- Secretary-General Kofi Annan flew to Cape Town on Tuesday, 18 March, to begin his nine-day trip to South Africa, Namibia, Angola and Togo.

21 March 1997

Press Release
HR/CN/769

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION CONCLUDES GENERAL DEBATE ON RACISM AND RACIAL DISCRIMINATION

19970321 (Reproduced as received.)

GENEVA, 17 March (UN Information Service) -- The rise of contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination and xenophobia was increasingly disturbing, the Special Rapporteur on racism, Maurice Glele-Ahanhanzo, told the Human Rights Commission this afternoon.

20 March 1997

Press Release
SEA/1540

20 March 1997

Press Release
WOM/969

20 March 1997

Press Release
HR/CN/768

SECRETARY-GENERAL OF ORGANIZATION OF ISLAMIC CONFERENCE ADDRESSES HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION

19970320

(Reproduced as received.)