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GA/SHC/3844


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Sixtieth General Assembly

Third Committee

47th & 48th Meetings (AM & PM)

HUMAN RIGHTS IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO , ELIMINATION OF RACISM,

GLOBALIZATION ADDRESSED IN THIRD COMMITTEE TEXTS

Concluding Current Session Also Recommends Draft Concerning

Rights to Development, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Role in Elections, Protection of Migrants

The Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) today concluded its sixtieth session by approving nine drafts on a wide range of issues, including the elimination of racism and racial discrimination; human rights questions, including alternative approaches for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms; human rights situations and reports of special rapporteurs and representatives; and revitalization of the General Assembly’s work.

Action on Draft Resolutions

Under sub-item 71(c), the Secretary proposed taking note of the Note by the Secretary-General on the Situation of human rights in Myanmar (document A/60/221); Note by the Secretary-General on Israeli practices affecting the human rights of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem (document ); Report of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on the issue of Palestinian pregnant women giving birth at Israeli checkpoints (document );

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Document Type: Press Release
Document Sources: General Assembly
Subject: Human rights and international humanitarian law, Palestine question, Situation in the OPT including Jerusalem, Women
Publication Date: 23/11/2005