HR/97/83 8 December 1997 The following is a press statement to be read out by Mr. Gaspar Biro, the Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on the situation of human rights in Sudan, at a...

GENEVA, Dec 8 (AFP) - The United Nations condemned Monday the public flogging last week in Khartoum of a group of women, a punishment carried out under strict Islamic sharia laws adhered to in Sudan...

Kigali, Rwanda, 7 December 1997 I came to Rwanda as a friend of the country, having visited three times since the genocide of 1994. As a friend, I have spoken honestly in my meetings with the...

1 December 1997 Excellencies, Friends, Ladies and Gentlemen, The annual observance of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People is an occasion to remember, to reflect and to...

GA/PAL/97/7 1 December 1997 A special meeting was held at the Palais des Nations this afternoon to mark the International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People. Mr. Vladimir Petrovsky, Director...

HR/97/78 1 December 1997 SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR CONCERNED ABOUT POSSIBLE BREAKDOWN OF RULE OF LAW IN PAKISTAN The Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers, Mr. Param Cumaraswamy, views...