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CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT CONCLUDES SECOND PART OF 2005 SESSION
14 July 2005
Press Release
Observes Minute of Silence in Honour of Victims of Terrorist Attack in London
The Conference on Disarmament today observed a minute of silence in honour of victims of last week's terrorist attack in London and heard statements by Bulgaria, Peru, Hungary, the Russian Federation, Brazil, China, the United Kingdom and Pakistan as the President of the Conference before concluding the second part of its 2005 session.
The incoming President of the Conference, Ambassador Masood Khan of Pakistan, said the Conference condemned resolutely the terrorist act in London as an attack on…
16 years 1 month ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONSIDERS REPORT OF TAJIKISTAN
14 July 2005
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Committee has considered the initial report of Tajikistan on how that State party implements the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
Introducing the report, Khalifa Bobo Khamidov, Minister of Justice of Tajikistan, said from the very first days of independence, Tajikistan had involved itself in international political life. The acceptance of international legal texts had set new markers in Tajikistan, giving priority to promoting the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms, and proof of this could be seen in the…
16 years 1 month ago
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
12 July 2005
Bi-Weekly Briefing
Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which provided information about a number of recent statements and messages from the Secretary-General on the tenth anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre; the agreement by Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and United States negotiators reached in Beijing to resume the six-party talks during the last week of July; the presidential elections in Kyrgyzstan; the five-day Second Biennial Meeting of States to Consider the Implementation of the…
16 years 1 month ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONSIDERS REPORT OF YEMEN
12 July 2005
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Committee has considered the fourth periodic report of Yemen on how that State party implements the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
Introducing the report, Abdulkader Kahtan, Brigadier General, Director General of the External Relations and International Criminal Police of Yemen, said that in 1990, with the unification of the country, democracy had been adopted and that had been the major turning point in the work for the promotion of human rights. New political, social, economic and cultural principles had been adopted, and the…
16 years 1 month ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE OPENS EIGHTY-FOURTH SESSION
11 July 2005
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Committee, which reviews the implementation of the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights by its 153 States parties, this morning opened its eighty-fourth session, hearing an address by the Representative of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, following which it adopted the agenda and programme of work of the session.
The Committee was addressed by Eric Tistounet, the Representative of High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour, who said that the concluding observations of the Committee on the reports submitted would be…
16 years 1 month ago
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
08 July 2005
Bi-Weekly Briefing
Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the biweekly press briefing, which provided information on statements by the Secretary-General and the G-8 + 5 on yesterday’s bombings in London, the visits of two Special Rapporteurs of the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) to Niger and Afghanistan respectively, a meeting of the Expanded Bureau of the CHR, security incidents at camps for internally displaced persons in Darfur, refugees in Chad, and humanitarian programmes in Sudan.
Spokespersons of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (…
16 years 1 month ago
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HOLDS MEETING TO DISCUSS NEGATIVE SECURITY ASSURANCES
07 July 2005
Meeting Summaries
The Conference on Disarmament this morning held the last of its four plenary meetings proposed by Conference President, Wegger Strommen of Norway, to discuss the issue of security assurances by nuclear weapon States for those which did not possess nuclear weapon capability. Today's meeting was preceded by three others on nuclear disarmament, a fissile material cut-off treaty and the prevention of an arms race in outer space, which, along with negative security assurances (NSA), were identified as the four main issues in the "food for thought" paper submitted at…
16 years 1 month ago
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
05 July 2005
Bi-Weekly Briefing
Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the biweekly press briefing, which provided information on the Secretary-General’s statements and programme, upcoming activities in Geneva, refugees in Chad, asylum seekers from Uzbekistan, the need for increased aid to Africa, and migration and development, among other issues.
Spokespersons of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the World Food Programme (WFP) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM)…
16 years 1 month ago
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
01 July 2005
Bi-Weekly Briefing
Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which provided information on the Secretary-General's activities prior to his attendance at the G8 Summit, Uzbek asylum seekers and a seized WFP ship off the coast of Somalia, among other things. Spokespersons of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the Inter-Agency Secretariat of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Children's Fund the World Trade…
16 years 1 month ago
GOVERNING COUNCIL OF UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION CONCLUDES FIFTY-SIXTH SESSION
30 June 2005
Press Release
Awards $ 366.7 Million for Compensation
The Governing Council of the United Nations Compensation Commission, under the Presidency of Ambassador Tassos Kriekoukis (Greece), has concluded its fifty-sixth session today. Representatives of Kuwait and Iraq addressed the fifteen-member Governing Council at its opening plenary meeting. The Governing Council approved four remaining reports and recommendations of the panels of Commissioners and awarded $ 366,772,383.83 for compensation to successful claimants.
The approval of these reports marks the…
