16 years 2 months ago
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE CONCLUDES THIRTY-FOURTH SESSION
20 May 2005
Press Release
Issues Concluding Observations on Reports of Canada, Switzerland, Finland, Albania, Uganda and Bahrain
The Committee against Torture today concluded its three-week spring session and issued its concluding observations and recommendations on reports from Canada, Switzerland, Finland, Albania, Uganda and Bahrain which it reviewed during the session.
Those countries are among the 139 States parties to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, and are bound by the terms of the treaty to submit periodic reports on efforts to ensure that…
16 years 2 months ago
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD EXAMINES REPORT OF NEPAL
20 May 2005
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Rights of the Child today reviewed the second periodic report of Nepal on how that country implements the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Introducing the report, Rabindraman Joshi, Secretary in the Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare of Nepal, drew attention to the recently launched State's 10-year National Plan of Action for Children (2005-2015) which encouraged child protection in the development process, and addressed the rights of children as a cross-cutting issue. He said the Government of Nepal was faced with a…
16 years 3 months ago
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD EXAMINES REPORT OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
19 May 2005
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Rights of the Child today reviewed the initial report of Bosnia and Herzegovina on how that country implements the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Introducing the report, Slobodan Nagradic, Assistant Minister in the Ministry for Human Rights and Refugees of Bosnia and Herzegovina, said in the period since the adoption of the initial report, significant results had been achieved in Bosnia and Herzegovina which had important implications on the processes and effects of the promotion and protection of the rights of the…
16 years 3 months ago
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE MEETS WITH STATES PARTIES TO CONVENTION
19 May 2005
Meeting Summaries
The Committee against Torture this afternoon exchanged views with representatives of States parties to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.
Representatives of more than 50 States parties were present to express their views on the working methods of the Committee and new procedures like following up on the implementation of the recommendations on individual communications and preparing lists of issues which were sent to States parties preparing reports.
Committee Chairperson Fernando Mariña Menendez underlined that the…
16 years 3 months ago
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD EXAMINES REPORT OF THE PHILIPPINES
18 May 2005
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Rights of the Child today reviewed the second periodic report of the Philippines on how that country implements the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
In her opening remarks to the Committee, Lina B. Laigo, Executive Director at the Council for the Welfare of Children, noted that the years 2001 to 2004 had been most challenging for the Philippines, during which several important laws had been enacted, among them the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2004, the Act Prohibiting Employment of Children in Hazardous Areas of 2004,…
16 years 3 months ago
REMARKS BY DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG AT INAUGURATION OF SOLAR POWER STREET LAMPS DONATED BY GREEN CROSS
17 May 2005
Press Conferences
Following are the remarks by Sergei Ordzhonikidze, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, at a ceremony held today to inaugurate the solar power street LED lamps donated to UNOG by Green Cross:
"It is a great pleasure for me to welcome you all to the Palais des Nations today for the inauguration of the 20 solar power street LED lamps donated by Green Cross International, in conjunction with Green Cross Japan. I am glad that so many of our friends from Japan are able to be with us…
16 years 3 months ago
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
17 May 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 the Secretary-General's activities and recent statements, Geneva activities, the situation in Uzbekistan, the World Health Assembly and other issues. Spokespersons for the High Commissioner for Refugees, the United Nations Children's Fund, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organization, the International Organization for Migration, the Office for the Coordination of…
16 years 3 months ago
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD OPENS THIRTY-NINTH SESSION
17 May 2005
Meeting Summaries
Hears Address by Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights; Begins Considering Report of Saint Lucia
The Committee on the Rights of the Child opened its thirty-ninth session in Geneva today by adopting its agenda and programme of work, electing its bureau and hearing an address by the Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights. The Committee also began its consideration of the initial report of Saint Lucia on how that country has been implementing the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Speaking at the opening of the meeting was Mehr Kahn Williams,…
16 years 3 months ago
Inauguration of solar power street LED lamps
17 May 2005
| Sergei Ordzhonikidze
Speech
17 mai 2005Inauguration of solar power street LED lamps
Remarks by Mr. Sergei Ordzhonikidze
United Nations Under-Secretary-General
Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva
Tuesday, 17 May 2005, at 11:30 a.m.
Excellencies
Ladies and Gentlemen
Dear Friends:
It is a great pleasure for me to welcome you all to the Palais des Nations today for the inauguration of the 20 solar power street LED lamps donated by Green Cross International, in conjunction with Green Cross Japan. I am glad that so many of our friends from Japan are able to be with us on this special day…
16 years 3 months ago
Opening of the 58th World Health Assembly
16 May 2005
| Sergei Ordzhonikidze
Speech
16 mai 2005Opening of the 58th World Health Assembly
Remarks by Mr. Sergei Ordzhonikidze
United Nations Under-Secretary-General
Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva
Palais des Nations, Assembly Hall
Monday, 16 May 2005, at 10:15 a.m.
Mr. President
Mr. Director-General of the World Health Organization
Excellencies
Ladies and Gentlemen:
It is a pleasure for me to welcome you all to the Palais des Nations. I have the privilege to convey to you the good wishes of the United Nations Secretary-General, Mr. Kofi Annan, for the success of this 58th World Health…
