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28th January, 1997
NEED TO INCREASE NUMBER OF WOMEN IN CANADIAN JUDICIARY STRESSED BY EXPERTS AS CONSIDERATION OF COUNTRY'S REPORTS CONCLUDES
Women's Anti-Discrimination Committee Also Seeks Information About Disproportionate Impact on Women of Shrinking of Welfare System Increasing the number of women in the Canadian judiciary and training magistrates in international law would make a significant difference in the advancement of women in Canada, experts on the Committee...
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28th January, 1997
SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS MISSION IN LEBANON UNTIL 31 JULY, CONDEMNS ACTS OF VIOLENCE COMMITTED AGAINST INTERIM FORCE
Resolution 1095 (1997) Adopted Unanimously; Accompanying Presidential Statement Reaffirms Lebanese Sovereignty The Security Council this morning extended the mandate of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) for a further six months, until 31 July, condemned all acts of violence committed against the Force and urged...
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27th January, 1997
SOCIAL CONDITIONS, INCLUDING POVERTY, REMAIN OBSTACLES TO WOMEN'S ADVANCEMENT IN PHILIPPINES, WOMEN'S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE TOLD
While significant steps had been taken for the advancement of women in the Philippines, the social conditions continued to pose challenges to the Government, the representative of the Philippines told the Committee which monitors the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women,...
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27th January, 1997
MOHAMED SAHNOUN OF ALGERIA NOMINATED UN/OAU SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR GREAT LAKES REGION OF AFRICA
Biographical Note
Secretary-General Kofi Annan has nominated Mohamed Sahnoun, a national of Algeria, as United Nations/Organization of African Unity (OAU) Special Representative for the Great Lakes region of Africa. Mr. Sahnoun is currently Special Adviser to the Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and...
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27th January, 1997
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONCLUDES CONSIDERATION OF PHILIPPINES' REPORTS
Experts Praise Reports' Format, Call for Information To Back Up Effectiveness of Legislative Measures on Gender Equality The Philippine's report to the Committee which monitors efforts by States parties to implement the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women was described by Committee members this...
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24th January, 1997
UNEMPLOYMENT, IN ALL PROFESSIONS AND AGE GROUPS, IS AFFECTING WOMEN MORE THAN MEN IN DENMARK, DELEGATION TELLS WOMEN'S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE
Women's Participation in Public Life, Family Laws, Domestic Violence, Rights of Unmarried Couples among Other Issues Raised Women continued to be more seriously affected by unemployment than men in nearly all professions and age groups, according to a representative of Denmark in this morning's presentation of that country's third...
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24th January, 1997
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONCLUDES CONSIDERATION OF DENMARK'S REPORT
Several Experts Praise Delegation For In-Depth, Frank Analysis of Situation of Danish Women Governments had to be careful they were not fighting the battles of yesterday with gender equality policies and programmes designed to deal with the problems of the 1970s, an expert from the monitoring body of the Convention on the Elimination...
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24th January, 1997
SECRETARY-GENERAL MEETS PRESIDENT CLINTON, SENATOR HELMS, SPEAKER GINGRICH BEFORE CONCLUDING FIRST OFFICIAL VISIT TO WASHINGTON, D.C.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (23-24 January) -- On Thursday, 23 January, continuing his first official visit to Washington, D.C., Secretary-General Kofi Annan met with President William J. Clinton in the White House. The meeting was followed by a press opportunity in the Roosevelt Room that was televised. The Secretary-General then had a working...
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23rd January, 1997
SECRETARY-GENERAL DISCUSSES UN REFORM IN FIRST OFFICIAL VISIT TO WASHINGTON, D.C.
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22nd January, 1997
VENEZUELA APPEARS TO HAVE TAKEN STEP BACKWARDS ON WOMEN'S ADVANCEMENT, WOMEN'S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE TOLD
As Consideration of Venezuela's Report Begins, Delegations Says Economic Adjustment Programmes Hit Hard Working Women in Poor Households Venezuela appeared to have taken a step backwards since 1992 in its efforts to advance the status of women, a member of the Committee which monitors the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms...
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