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1997 United Nations Government News & Press Releases

31st January, 1997
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONCLUDES THREE-WEEK SESSION AT HEADQUARTERS
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women concluded its sixteenth session this afternoon with the adoption of its final report, which contained concluding comments and recommendations on the reports presented by States parties. It also adopted, on principle, the report of its working group II and acted on the...
31st January, 1997
SECURITY COUNCIL CALLS ON CROATIAN GOVERNMENT TO FULFIL ELECTION-RELATED COMMITMENTS
In Presidential Statement, Council Also Condemns Today's Death of UNTAES Peace-keeper in Vukovar Underlining the importance of elections in the region of Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Sirmium, the Security Council this afternoon emphasized that their holding and certification by the United Nations Transitional Administration...
31st January, 1997
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN DECIDES TO CONSIDER 10 REPORTS AT JULY SESSION
Experts Also Discuss Ways to Expedite Committee's Work; Twice Yearly Sessions Being Held, Primarily to Address Report Backlog The monitoring body for the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women decided this morning that it would consider 10 State party reports at its seventeenth session in July...
31st January, 1997
SECRETARY-GENERAL ARRIVES IN DAVOS, SWITZERLAND, TO ATTEND WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM
GENEVA, 31 January (UN Information Service) -- Secretary-General Kofi Annan left Geneva this morning for Davos to attend the World Economic Forum, where he is scheduled to deliver a speech on United Nations reform and to hold a press conference. Following his arrival in Davos this morning, the Secretary-General had attended internal...
30th January, 1997
SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN FIRST VISIT TO GENEVA, ADDRESSES DISARMAMENT CONFERENCE, MEETS AUSTRALIAN AND SWISS FOREIGN MINISTERS
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30th January, 1997
SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS MISSION IN GEORGIA UNTIL 31 JULY
The Security Council this afternoon extended the mandate of the United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) until 31 July, while indicating that the mandate would be subject to review in the event of changes to the mandate of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) peace-keeping force. The CIS force cooperates with UNOMIG...
30th January, 1997
SECURITY COUNCIL CALLS FOR FORMATION OF ANGOLAN GOVERNMENT OF NATIONAL UNITY WITHOUT FURTHER DELAY
Presidential Statement Cites Failure by UNITA to Meet Lusaka Protocol Timetable, Slow Pace of UNITA Demobilization The Security Council this afternoon called upon the Angolan Government and the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) to strictly implement the 23 January Joint Commission agreement and to form a...
29th January, 1997
WOMEN'S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE BRIEFED ON ACTIVITIES OF UNDP AND UNIFEM ON BEHALF OF WOMEN'S RIGHTS
The potential advocacy role for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) on behalf of women's rights was the focus of a brief meeting of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this afternoon. The Committee heard reports by the Deputy Assistant...
29th January, 1997
SECURITY COUNCIL SAYS LIBYA'S DECISION TO RESUME INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS IS VIOLATION OF ITS SANCTIONS REGIME
Presidential Statement Recalls Resolution 748 (1992), on Aerial, Arms and Diplomatic Sanctions against Libya The Security Council this afternoon said the announcement by Libyan Arab Airways that it would resume international flights out of Libya immediately was incompatible with Council resolution 748 (1992), which prohibits all...
28th January, 1997
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN TAKES UP REPORTS BY CANADA
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