Press Release

25 March 1996

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HR/CN/711

MEXICAN DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER URGES COOPERATIVE APPROACH TO HUMAN RIGHTS

19960325

GENEVA, 21 March (UN Information Service) -- Mexico's Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs this afternoon called for an end to "politicization" of human rights and for the use of an international approach to improving human well-being that stressed cooperation and mutual respect, instead of confrontation.

25 March 1996

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L/2762

25 March 1996

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H/2904

25 March 1996

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HR/CN/714

25 March 1996

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WFP/1031

25 March 1996

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HR/CN/712

DANISH FOREIGN MINISTER TELLS HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION OF EFFORTS TO COMBAT TORTURE

19960325 Commission Begins Discussion on Racism; Continues Debate On Right to Self Determination and Violations in Occupied Arab Territories

25 March 1996

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SG/T/2035

SECRETARY-GENERAL ARRIVES IN BEIJING FOR FIVE-DAY VISIT

19960325

BEIJING, 25 March -- Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali arrived in Beijing Sunday, 24 March, on a five-day mission aimed at strengthening relations between the United Nations and China.

He was received at Beijing's Capital Airport by Vice-Foreign Minister Li Zhao-xing, who served as China's Permanent Representative to the United Nations until May 1995.

25 March 1996

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HR/CN/710

25 March 1996

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L/2761

PREPARATORY COMMITTEE ON ESTABLISHMENT OF INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT BEGINS FIRST SESSION

19960325 Elects Officers; Begins Considering 'Core Crimes'

The Preparatory Committee on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court this morning began its three-week session, electing Adriaan Bos (Netherlands) as Chairman.

25 March 1996

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DH/2108

DAILY HIGHLIGHTS FOR: 25 March 1996

19960325 * Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali in Beijing on mission to strengthen UN-China relations.

* More people died from tuberculosis in 1995 than in any other year in history, WHO reports.