16 years 2 months ago
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
03 June 2005
Bi-Weekly Briefing
Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which provided information about new statements and reports by the Secretary-General, Geneva meetings, human rights and other issues. Spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the International Labour Office, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children's Fund, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the High Commissioner for Refugees, the International Telecommunication Union and the International Organization for Migration…
16 years 2 months ago
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD CONCLUDES THIRTY-NINTH SESSION
03 June 2005
Press Release
Adopts Conclusions on Reports from Saint Lucia, the Philippines, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Nepal, Ecuador, Norway, Mongolia, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Yemen
The Committee on the Rights of the Child concluded today its thirty-ninth session and issued its conclusions and recommendations on the situation of children in Saint Lucia, the Philippines, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Nepal, Ecuador, Norway, Mongolia, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Yemen whose reports on efforts to comply with the Convention on the Rights of the Child were considered during the session.
The conclusions and recommendations…
16 years 2 months ago
RUSSIA, INDIA, ALGERIA, POLAND AND TURKEY ADDRESS CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT ON NUCLEAR AND OTHER ISSUES
02 June 2005
Meeting Summaries
Conference Opens Second Part of 2005 Session
The Conference on Disarmament today opened the second part of its 2005 session, hearing addresses from the Russian Federation on nuclear terrorism, India on nuclear non-proliferation, Algeria on the result of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference and the impasse facing the Conference on Disarmament, and from Poland and Turkey on the second anniversary of the Proliferation Security Initiative.
At the beginning of the meeting, Ambassador Joseph Ayalogu of Nigeria, the President…
16 years 2 months ago
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD EXAMINES REPORT OF YEMEN
01 June 2005
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Rights of the Child today reviewed the third periodic report of Yemen on how that country is implementing the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
In her opening remarks to the Committee, Nafisa Hamoud Aljaifi, Secretary-General of the Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood of Yemen, said that among the most important accomplishments in the area of child rights in Yemen was the preparation of a national strategy for childhood and youth, with special emphasis on minors in difficult circumstances. Difficult economic circumstances had led to…
16 years 2 months ago
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
31 May 2005
Bi-Weekly Briefing
Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which provided information about Geneva meetings and activities, World Environment Day, human rights and other issues. Spokespersons for The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Environment Programme, the United Nations Children's Fund, the International Labour Office, the World Intellectual Property Organization, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the High Commissioner for Refugees, the World Food Programme and the…
16 years 2 months ago
REMARKS MADE BY DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG AT CEREMONY MARKING INTERNATIONAL DAY OF UN PEACEKEEPERS
31 May 2005
Press Conferences
Following are remarks made by Mr. Sergei Ordzhonikidze United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, at a ceremony held at the Ariana Park Memorial, on the occasion of International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers.
"It is a privilege to welcome you all to the Palais des Nations. Today, we honour the thousands of colleagues who currently serve, or have served, as United Nations peacekeepers. We pay tribute to their courage in dangerous and complex circumstances, and we salute their…
16 years 2 months ago
International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers
31 May 2005
| Sergei Ordzhonikidze
Speech
31 mai 2005International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers
Remarks by Mr. Sergei Ordzhonikidze
United Nations Under-Secretary-General
Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva
International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers
Palais des Nations, Ariana Park Memorial
Tuesday, 31 May 2005
Ladies and Gentlemen
Dear Friends:
It is a privilege to welcome you all to the Palais des Nations. Today, we honour the thousands of colleagues who currently serve, or have served, as United Nations peacekeepers. We pay tribute to their courage in dangerous and complex…
16 years 2 months ago
REMARKS BY DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG AT MEETING WITH NOBEL PEACE PRIZE LAUREATE MIKHAIL GORBACHEV
30 May 2005
Press Conferences
Following are the opening remarks by Sergei Ordzhonikidze, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, at a public meeting held this afternoon at the Palais des Nations between Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Mikhail Gorbachev and representatives of the Permanent Missions to the United Nations Office at Geneva and the Specialized Agencies in Geneva on the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of the 1985 Gorbachev-Reagan Geneva Summit:
"It is a pleasure for me to welcome you all to the Palais des…
16 years 2 months ago
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD EXAMINES REPORT OF COSTA RICA
30 May 2005
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Rights of the Child today reviewed the third periodic report of Costa Rica on how that country is implementing the provisions of the International Convention on the Rights of the Child.
In her opening remarks to the Committee, Rosalia Gil Fernandez, Executive President of the National Children’s Trust and Minister of Child and Adolescent Welfare, said there had been considerable focus on child protection at the national level since 1998 through a coordinated manner and a number of policies had been introduced with representation of civil society and government…
16 years 2 months ago
Public meeting with Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Mikhail Gorbachev
30 May 2005
| Sergei Ordzhonikidze
Speech
30 mai 2005Public meeting with Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Mikhail Gorbachev
Opening remarks by Mr. Sergei Ordzhonikidze
United Nations Under-Secretary-General
Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva
1985 Gorbachev-Reagan Geneva Summit anniversary meeting
Palais des Nations
Mr. Gorbachev
Excellencies
Ladies and Gentlemen
Dear Friends:
It is a pleasure for me to welcome you all to the Palais des Nations. This exceptional meeting with the 1990 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Mr. Mikhail Gorbachev, is part of the events that mark – here in…
