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Oral statement to the 9th session of the UN Human Rights Council on Conscientious Objection to Military Service

1st September 2008

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UN Human Rights Council Ninth session Agenda item 3: Oral statement by Friends World Committee for Consultation delivered by Rachel Brett, Quaker UN Office, Geneva, on Tuesday 16 September 2008   on Conscientious Objection to Military Service.  

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