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1999 United Nations Government News & Press Releases

2nd February, 1999
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL TO HOLD HIGH-LEVEL MEETING WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF BRETTON WOODS INSTITUTIONS ON 29 APRIL
Alyaksandr Sychou (Belarus) Elected Vice-President The Economic and Social Council this afternoon decided to hold its high- level meeting with the representatives of the Bretton Woods institutions on 29 April, as it resumed its 1999 organizational session. After action, the Council President, Francesco Paolo Fulci (Italy), strongly...
2nd February, 1999
POSITION AND STATUS OF WOMEN IN HONG KONG CONSTANTLY IMPROVING, COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN TOLD
Report on Hong Kong Special Administrative Region's Compliance with Anti-Discrimination Convention Discussed The position and status of women in Hong Kong had been constantly improving, a representative of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region told the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this morning,...
1st February, 1999
CHINESE WOMEN FACE BITTER CLASHES BETWEEN FAMILY RESPONSIBILITIES AND COMPETITION FOR EMPLOYMENT, ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE TOLD
Chinese women today faced bitter clashes between family responsibilities and competition for employment, the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women was told this afternoon, as it continued the current phase of its consideration of China's compliance with the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination...
1st February, 1999
DESPITE TREMENDOUS EFFORTS BY GOVERNMENT, CHINA STILL CONFRONTED BY REALITY OF EXTENSIVE FEMALE ILLITERACY, RURAL POVERTY AND RISING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
China was not entirely free from the remnants of the feudal age, and despite tremendous efforts by the Government to protect women and promote their full participation in development, the country was confronting a sobering reality of extensive female illiteracy, rural poverty and an increased incidence of domestic violence, the...
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