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View of Oscar Arias Sanchez (left) of Costa Rica, 1987 Nobel Peace Prize Winner, addressing the Human Rights Commission on behalf of the Laureates attending the meeting.

Benazir Bhutto, Prime Minister of Pakistan, addresses the Fiftieth Session of the Commission on Human Rights.

The Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People commemorates the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People.
Ambassador Nogruho Wisnumurti (centre) (Indonesia), President of the Security Council, addresses the meeting. On the right is Razali Ismail (Malaysia), President of the 51st session of the General Assembly and on the left is Farouk Kaddoumi, Head of the Political Department of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).

The Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human rights of the Population of the Occupied Territories, which concluded hearings in Cairo on 27 April, began hearings in Geneva yesterday, 30 April. Appearing before it were Claude Pilloud and F. P. Payot of the International Committee of the Red Cross. The Committee, on the 1st of May, heard the testimony of Gideon Weigert, a witness who came from Israel.
Mr. Gideon Weigert, who said he lives in Jerusalem and is an Israeli national and a journalist, is seen making a statement before the Special Committee. Left to right are: Ambassador H.S Amarasinghe (Ceylon), Chairman; Dr Borut Bohte (Yugoslavia); and Mr. Edward Lawson, Principal Secretary.

Borut Bohte (Yugoslavia) left, Chairman of the Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices in Occupied Territories, presenting Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim with the report of the Committee before it is fowarded to the General Assembly.
Looking on, from left: B. J. Fernando (Sri Lanka) and Ousmane Goundiam (Senegal), members of the Committee; and Theodore C. Van Boven, Director of the Division of Human Rights.

The Conference focused on a wide range of human rights issues. With the adoption of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, the Conference called on Governments to promote and guarantee all human rights and made recommendations to strengthen the methods and mechanisms used by the United Nations in the field of human rights. The Conference was the first of its kind in 25 years and included 171 Member States and 1,000 non-governmental organizations.
Manmohan Singh, Finance Minister of India, addresses the Conference.

Rolf Ekeus (Sweden), Executive-Chairman of the Special Commission on Iraq (UNSCOM) appears as a guest on World Chronicle, a current affairs television programme produced by the Department of Public Information.

As part of the observance of the International Day of the World's Indigenous People dancers of Kinding Sindaw perform a ritual dance of the Southern Philippines in the Visiotrs Plaza at Headquarters.

The seven-number Committee on Communications, appointed last year by the UN Human Rights Commission, met for the first time yesterday to begin its study of procedures for dealing with communications alleging violations of human rights. The Committee is composed of the representatives of Argentina, India, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, the Philippines and the Ukraine.
Here, shortly before today's meeting got under way, Mr George Hakim (Lebanon), at right, is seen exchanging views with Mr. Ivan Gurievitch Neklessa (Ukrainian SSR).

The Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People commemorates the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People.
Razali Ismail (Malaysia) (centre), President of the 51st Session of the General Assembly, addresses the meeting. On the left is Ambassador Nugroho Wisnumurti (Indonesia), President of the Security Coucncil and on the right is Ibra Ka (Senegal), Chairman of the Committee.