UN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION BEGINS ANNUAL ASSEMBLY IN GENEVA

GENEVA, March 10 (Hina) - The UN Human Rights Commission, on Monday began its 53rd annual assembly in Geneva. Over next five weeks experts and diplomats of UN member- countries will consider all forms of violations of human rights in the world. They are expected to deal with issues of violations of rights in general, and to study the human rights situation in certain regions and countries from Tibet, Chechnya, Zaire to the area of former Yugoslavia. The first-day speeches also tackled the human rights situation in the former Yugoslavia, Rwanda, Burundi, Zaire and Cambodia. According to some diplomatic sources, U.S. representatives are consulting with several delegations about contents of a special resolution that will outline estimations and recommendations for promotion and improved protection of human rights in the former Yugoslavia. (hina) mš 101846 MET mar 97