Press Release

24 January 1996

Press Release

24 January 1996

Press Release
WOM/889

TRADITIONAL LAWS DISCRIMINATORY TO WOMEN INVALID UNDER ETHIOPIA'S NEW CONSTITUTION, ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE TOLD

19960124 Ethiopian Delegation Says Infibulation Difficult to Eliminate; Committee Concludes Considering Country Report

24 January 1996

Press Release
DH/2066

DAILY HIGHLIGHTS FOR: 24 January 1996

19960124 * Security Council calls on Somali political leaders to return to inclusive negotiations; condemns violence against humanitarian workers.

* Secretary-General prepares for talks with Iraq on "food for oil" formula, as humanitarian agencies report millions of Iraqis at severe nutritional risk.

24 January 1996

Press Release
UNU/169

23 January 1996

Press Release
WOM/887

COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN INFORMED OF REFORM OF PARAGUAY'S PENAL CODE

19960123

Efforts were under way to reform Paraguay's patriarchal penal code, the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women was told this afternoon as it concluded examination of that country's implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.

23 January 1996

Press Release
HR/4286

23 January 1996

Press Release
WOM/886

23 January 1996

Press Release
DH/2065

DAILY HIGHLIGHTS FOR: 23 January 1996

19960123 * United Nations financial situation precarious and heading for the brink, says Under-Secretary-General for Administration and Management.

* Secretary-General says phasing or closing down of MINURSO could destabilize Western Sahara region.

22 January 1996

Press Release
HR/4284

22 January 1996

Press Release
WOM/884