Press Release

24 January 1997

Press Release
WOM/942

UNEMPLOYMENT, IN ALL PROFESSIONS AND AGE GROUPS, IS AFFECTING WOMEN MORE THAN MEN IN DENMARK, DELEGATION TELLS WOMEN'S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE

19970124 Women's Participation in Public Life, Family Laws, Domestic Violence, Rights of Unmarried Couples among Other Issues Raised

23 January 1997

Press Release
ECOSOC/5692

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL, BEGINNING ORGANIZATIONAL SESSION, ELECTS OFFICERS, ADOPTS PROVISIONAL AGENDA

19970123 Karel Kovanda (Czech Republic), Elected President, Calls for Seriousness and Commitment in Approaching Council's Business

23 January 1997

Press Release
SG/T/2081

SECRETARY-GENERAL DISCUSSES UN REFORM IN FIRST OFFICIAL VISIT TO WASHINGTON, D.C.

19970123

WASHINGTON, D.C., 22-23 January -- Upon arrival in Washington, D.C., yesterday, 22 January, Secretary-General Kofi Annan and his party travelled directly to the Capitol building, where they were received by Congressman Benjamin Gilman (Republican-New York).

22 January 1997

Press Release
DCF/282

FIRST PART OF 1997 CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT BEGINS WITH NO AGREEMENT YET ON AGENDA AND WORK PROGRAMME

19970122 Italian Foreign Minister Calls for Negotiations of Treaties To Ban Production of Fissile Material for Nuclear Weapons, Anti-Personnel Land-Mines

22 January 1997

Press Release
WOM/940

VENEZUELA APPEARS TO HAVE TAKEN STEP BACKWARDS ON WOMEN'S ADVANCEMENT, WOMEN'S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE TOLD

19970122 As Consideration of Venezuela's Report Begins, Delegations Says Economic Adjustment Programmes Hit Hard Working Women in Poor Households

22 January 1997

Press Release
SC/6315

RESOLUTIONS AND STATEMENTS OF THE SECURITY COUNCIL 1996

19970122 CONTENTS

Chronology of 1996 Security Council Resolutions

Chronology of 1996 Security Council Presidential Statements

Security Council Resolutions

Presidential Statements

22 January 1997

Press Release
WOM/941

SEXUAL AND FAMILY VIOLENCE, MARGINALIZATION OF WOMEN INTO LOWER PAID WORK AMONG ISSUES RAISED BY WOMEN'S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION EXPERTS ON VENEZUELA'S REPORT

19970122 Sovereign Right to Decide on Type of Machinery States Parties Want to Promote Women's Rights also Stressed by Committee Expert

22 January 1997

Press Release
SC/6315

RESOLUTIONS AND STATEMENTS OF THE SECURITY COUNCIL 1996

19970122 CONTENTS

Chronology of 1996 Security Council Resolutions

Chronology of 1996 Security Council Presidential Statements

Security Council Resolutions

Presidential Statements

21 January 1997

Press Release
GA/PAL/739

BUREAU OF PALESTINIAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE WELCOMES ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN HEBRON AGREEMENT

19970121 Following is the text of the statement issued yesterday, 20 January, by the Bureau of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People:

21 January 1997

Press Release
DCF/281

CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT TO HOLD FIRST PART OF 1997 SESSION AT GENEVA, 21 JANUARY - 27 MARCH

19970121 Background Release (Delayed in transmission.)