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Racial discrimination


RD/879
2 September 1997


Press Release
RD/879


COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONCLUDES FIFTY-FIRST SESSION

19970902 (Reissued as received; delayed in transmission.)

GENEVA, 22 August (UN Information Service) -- The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination concluded its fifty-first session this afternoon after adopting its annual report.

RD/867
14 March 1996


Press Release
RD/867


ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE BEGINS ADOPTING OBSERVATIONS ON SITUATION IN UNITED KINGDOM

19960314 Considedrs Third Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination

GENEVA, 13 March (UN Information Service) -- The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination noted with serious concern this morning that a disproportionate number of members of minority groups were among the victims of death in custody in the United Kingdom.