386th Meeting (PM) WOM/1056 23 June 1998 There were persistent allegations that Romany women in Slovakia were being forced to submit to sterilization, the Committee on the Elimination of...

385th Meeting (AM) WOM/1055 23 June 1998 Slovakia's labour laws were designed to ensure favourable conditions for women, a representative of that country told the Committee on the Elimination of...

Geneva, 23 June 1998 Mr. Chairman, distinguished delegates, It is an honour for me to be with you here today. In the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, we welcome the opportunity to...

384th Meeting (AM) WOM/1054 22 June 1998 In Opening Address to Nineteenth Session of Committee On Elimination of Discrimination Against Women; Programme of Work Adopted More innovative methods were...

Background Release WOM/1053 19 June 1998 To Consider Reports of New Zealand, Nigeria, Panama, Peru, Republic of Korea, Slovakia, South Africa, United Republic of Tanzania The nineteenth session of the...

HR/98/41 19 June 1998 The United Nations Special Rapporteur on violence against women of the Commission on Human Rights, Ms. Radhika Coomaraswamy, concluded today her mission to the USA to inquire...

SG/SM/6602 WOM/1052 18 June 1998 Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's statement at the opening of the meeting on "Culture, Education and Female Circumcision", delivered on his...

HR/98/40 17 June 1998 Crisis in Sierra Leone Highlights Urgent Need for an International Criminal Court The current crisis in Sierra Leone is a brutal reminder to the delegations now meeting in Rome...