CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY 14 August 1998, Oslo, Norway I am grateful for the liberating experience of coming here to Oslo, leaving behind the day to day pressures of practical promotion and protection of...

AFTERNOON HR/SC/98/15 13 August 1998 SUBCOMMISSION CONTINUES DISCUSSION ON THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN The Subcommission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities this afternoon continued...

MORNING HR/SC/98/14 13 August 1998 Discussion of Women's Issues Begins; Report on Traditional Practices Introduced Allegations about the predations of transnational corporations and the negative...

HR/98/59 13 August 1998 Programme Officer Will Have Access to All of Indonesia; Understanding Reached on Facilitation of Access to East Timor The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and...

AFTERNOON HR/CERD/98/50 13 August 1998 The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this afternoon concluded its consideration of a report from the Government of Nepal on measures to...

AFTERNOON HR/SC/98/15 13 August 1998 NGOs alleged India, Sri Lanka and Mexico used the rape of women as a weapon of war. The World Organization Against Torture said "the failure of Governments to...

MORNING HR/CERD/98/49 13 August 1998 The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this morning concluded its consideration of a report from the Government of Cuba on efforts to implement...

AFTERNOON HR/SC/98/13 12 August 1998 The Subcommission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities continued this afternoon its discussion of economic, social and cultural rights...

MORNING HR/SC/98/12 12 August 1998 Transnational Corporations and Access to Drinking Water Discussed Whether transnational corporations were becoming de facto governments themselves or whether...

AFTERNOON HR/CERD/98/48 12 August 1998 A representative of Cuba told the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this afternoon that racial prejudice was insignificant in the present day...