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RD/855
7 March 1996


Press Release
RD/855


COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION EXAMINES SITUATION IN FINLAND

19960307 Concludes General Discussion of United Kingdom Report

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this afternoon took up a report from Finland on the measures taken by the Government to implement the International Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.

SG/SM/5916
7 March 1996


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SG/SM/5916


STATEMENT BY CHIEF OF FEDERAL DISTRICT DEPARTMENT IN PRESENTING KEYS TO MEXICO CITY TO SECRETARY-GENERAL

19960307 Following is the text, translated from the Spanish, of the statement made by the Chief of the Federal District Department, Oscar Espinosa Villareal, at the ceremony to present the keys to Mexico City and a certificate of honorary citizenship to Secretary-General Boutros Boutros- Ghali, on 5 March:

DH/2096
7 March 1996


Press Release
DH/2096


DAILY HIGHLIGHTS FOR: 7 March 1996

19960307 * Secretary-General, in message to mark International Women's Day, notes significant gains of last 20 years but says no society treats its women as well as its men.

* Bosnian Federation police move into Sarajevo suburb of Hadzici; find 50 mostly elderly Serbs remain out of population of 9,000.