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1999 United Nations Government News & Press Releases |
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27th January, 1999
AS IT STRUGGLES TO IMPROVE STATUS OF WOMEN, KYRGYZSTAN BURDENED WITH FINDING WAYS TO OVERCOME COUNTRY-WIDE POVERTY, ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE TOLD
Committee Concludes Consideration of Kyrgyzstan's Report on Compliance with Anti-Discrimination Convention With more than half the population of Kyrgyzstan living in poverty -- and Kyrgyz women comprising 90 per cent of the poorest sectors -- the Government was urgently seeking measures to improve the economy, a representative of...
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26th January, 1999
ALGERIAN WOMEN FULL ACTORS IN POLITICAL, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL LIFE OF COUNTRY, WOMEN'S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE TOLD
Committee Concludes Consideration of Algeria's Report on Compliance with Anti-Discrimination Convention Today's Algeria was quite different from what it had been 10 years ago, and the Algerian woman, at the end of the millennium, had achieved her rights and was not going to give them up, the Permanent Representative of Algeria to...
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25th January, 1999
DESPITE PROGRESS TOWARDS DE JURE GENDER EQUALITY IN LIECHTENSTEIN, "REAL EQUALITY" WILL REQUIRE GREAT EFFORT, ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE TOLD
Committee Takes up Liechtenstein's Report on Compliance With Convention on Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women Although Liechtenstein was a latecomer in the process of achieving gender equality, it had made rapid and important strides over the past few years, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Family...
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25th January, 1999
SURPRISE EXPRESSED IN WOMEN'S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE THAT WOMEN OF LIECHTENSTEIN RECEIVED RIGHT TO VOTE JUST 15 YEARS AGO
Surprised that the Government of Liechtenstein had granted women the right to vote only 15 years ago, expert members of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this afternoon questioned the strength of women's voice in that country's electoral process. As the 23-expert body, which monitors compliance with...
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22nd January, 1999
IN FACE OF WIDESPREAD VIOLENCE AGAINST KYRGYZ WOMEN, KYRGYZSTAN URGED TO RE-EVALUATE ITS PROGRAMMES AND POLICIES
In the face of widespread violence against Kyrgyz women -- including domestic violence, gang rape and systematic assault and battery -- expert members of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this afternoon urged Kyrgyzstan to re-evaluate its programmes and policies; somewhere along the way, the chain...
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22nd January, 1999
SINCE BECOMING SOVEREIGN STATE, KYRGYZSTAN COMMITTED TO INTEGRATING WOMEN INTO NATIONAL PROGRAMMES OF ACTION, ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE TOLD
Committee Takes up Kyrgyzstan Report on Compliance With Convention on Elimination of Discrimination against Women During seven years of social and economic upheaval following Kyrgyzstan's emergence as a sovereign State, the new Government with its age-old nomadic population had been committed to integrating women into national programmes...
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21st January, 1999
SECURITY COUNCIL, ALARMED BY DETERIORATING SITUATION IN ANGOLA, STRESSES IMPORTANCE OF CONTINUED UN PRESENCE
Presidential Statement Reaffirms Primary Cause of Crisis UNITA's Refusal To Comply with Basic Provisions of Lusaka Protocol Alarmed at the serious deterioration of the political and military situation in Angola, the Security Council this afternoon underlined the great importance it attached to a continued multidisciplinary United...
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21st January, 1999
ALGERIAN DELEGATION ASKED TO EXPLAIN TO ITS GOVERNMENT THAT PROGRESS FOR WOMEN IS UNDENIABLY LINKED TO QUESTION OF DEMOCRACY
Women's Anti-Discrimination Committee Continues Consideration Of Algeria's Report on Compliance with Anti-Discrimination Convention If the political will to promote women's rights in Algeria truly existed, providing that country with the necessary impetus would put it clearly in the twenty-first century, an expert member of the Committee...
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21st January, 1999
ALGERIA RESOLVED TO ADOPT PROGRESSIVE APPROACH TO RESTORATION OF RIGHTS TO ALGERIAN WOMEN, WOMEN'S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE TOLD
Committee Begins Consideration of Algeria's Report On Compliance With Convention on Elimination of Discrimination against Women Algeria was resolved to adopt a progressive approach to the restoration of rights to Algerian women, but the road travelled since its independence had displayed only modest results, the Committee on the...
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21st January, 1999
UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL
Describes Increasing Danger Faced by Humanitarian Staff; Council Members Stress Coordination of Humanitarian Action, Security Concerns Imposing "smart" sanctions that did not lead to humanitarian crises, fostering fair media in conflict areas, and curbing the flow of arms were among measures to be considered for promoting peace and...
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