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[Gordon Fairweather, Canadian Human Rights Commission Chairman : United Nations Commission for Human Rights Conference in Geneva]

Item number (ISN):

150435

Series title:

National Press Theatre

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1988-03-17

Item number (ISN):

150435

Type of material:

Sound recordings

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Fonds/collection:

CANADA. NATIONAL PRESS THEATRE

Accession:

1988-0267

Media:

Sound

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1988-03-17

Production company:

National Press Theatre

Description:

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Press conference held by Gordon Fairweather, Chairman of the Canadian Human Rights Commission.~In an opening statement, Mr. Fairweather talks about the work of the United Nations Human Rights Commission Conference in Geneva.~In a subsequent question period, the following topics are discussed: allegations about human rights abuses in Cuba, and in other parts of the world; Canadian participation in the United Nations Commission for Human Rights; severe persecution of the Bahai community in Iran; allegations made by the Cree that the Canadian Human Rights Commission has been hampering access to the United Nations Commission for Human Rights to discuss their views about the status of Indian treaties in Canada; objections to charges by the Cree equating the Canadian government's practices to those of South Africa; allegations made by Mr. Bob Epstein, representing the Grand Council of the Crees of Quebec, that Canadian delegates in Geneva used threats to obtain support from African nations for a revised version of the Cree resolution prepared for the Conference.

Subjects:

CANADA~CREE INDIANS~CUBA~HUMAN RIGHTS~IRAN~CANADIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION~UNITED NATIONS. COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS~FAIRWEATHER, GORDON

Language:

English

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Vault ISN:

143882

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

CNPT476

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

ORIG

Vault ISN:

1175671

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

150435-CNPT476.WAV

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

BWF

Duration:

20:14

Made from:

CNPT476

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

143588

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

CNPT475

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

ORIG

Vault ISN:

1192886

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

150435-CNPT475.WAV
150435-CNPT476.WAV

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

BWF

Duration:

41:48

Made from:

CNPT475
CNPT476

Status:

MASTER
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Open

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