CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, I would like to consider today the profound importance of conducting human rights work in the places where people live. Our presence in the...

HR/CRC/98/25 25 May 1998 Panel Encourages Country's Efforts on Behalf of Youth The process of legislation concerning children's rights in Fiji needed to be speeded up and budgets needed to be...

HR/CRC/98/24 25 May 1998 Fiji's laws and policies might be colonial and archaic, but in general, they were in harmony with the Convention on the Rights of the Child, a Fijian Government delegation...

HR/CRC/98/22 22 May 1998 The Committee on the Rights of the Child continued this morning consideration of a report by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), discussing issues like the...

HR/CRC/98/23 22 May 1998 The Committee on the Rights of the Child this afternoon recommended that the Democratic People's Republic of Korea open itself further to the international community in order...

HR/CRC/98/20 20 May 1998 COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD CONCLUDES CONSIDERATION OF REPORT OF HUNGARY The Committee on the Rights of the Child this morning said Hungary's unique institutions could make...

HR/CRC/98/18 19 May 1998 The effects on children of economic and political changes in Hungary and steps taken to prevent discrimination against Roma gypsy youth were among the issues raised this...

HR/CRC/98/19 19 May 1998 The Committee on the Rights of the Child continued this afternoon its consideration of a report by Hungary, discussing health and education issues and the prevention of...

HR/CRC/98/17 18 May 1998 CHILDREN'S RIGHTS COMMITTEE OPENS EIGHTEENTH SESSION The Committee on the Rights of the Child, the expert panel in charge of monitoring the implementation of the Convention on...

Geneva, 18 May 1998 Excellences, Mesdames et Messieurs, J'ai l'honneur de déclarer ouverte la vingt-troisième session du Groupe de Travail sur les formes contemporaines d'esclavage. Je saisis l...