16 years 3 months ago
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE POSTPONES REVIEW OF REPORT OF TOGO AFTER DELEGATION DOES NOT SHOW UP
03 May 2005
Meeting Summaries
The Committee against Torture has decided to postpone its consideration of the initial report of Togo, which it was scheduled to start this morning, due to the absence of a government delegation from that country.
The Committee Chairperson said that although Togo had been willing to appear before the Committee, the current situation in Togo and the prevailing confusion seemed to have prevented the Government from sending a representative from the capital to introduce the report and to answer questions raised by the Experts.
Togo is among the…
16 years 3 months ago
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
03 May 2005
Bi-Weekly Briefing
Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which provided information about the Secretary-General's message on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, human rights meetings, upcoming press conferences, the latest developments concerning Togo, and other issues. Spokespersons for the United Nations Children's Fund, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food Programe, the High Commissioner for Refugees, the World Health Organization, and the International Organization for Migration participated in the…
16 years 3 months ago
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS REVIEWS INITIAL REPORT OF SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO
03 May 2005
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights completed its review today of the initial report of Serbia and Montenegro on how that country implements the provisions of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
Introducing the report was Dejan Sahovic, Permanent Representative of Serbia and Montenegro to the United Nations Office at Geneva, who said the report, which covered the period from 1992 to 2002, covered a very complex period marked by ethnic conflicts, isolation, broken relations with neighbours and…
16 years 3 months ago
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE OPENS THIRTY-FOURTH SESSION
02 May 2005
Meeting Summaries
Hears Address by Representative of Office of High Commissioner for Human Rights; Adopts Agenda and Programme of Work
The Committee against Torture this morning opened its thirty-fourth session by hearing an address by a Representative of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and adopting its agenda and programme of work.
Jane Connors, Team Leader of the Treaties and Follow-up Unit of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, said High Commissioner Louise Arbour was keenly aware of the important role of the treaty bodies and was strongly…
16 years 3 months ago
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
29 April 2005
Bi-Weekly Briefing
Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which provided information about human rights and other meetings in Geneva and New York, the polio outbreak in Yemen, and other issues. Spokespersons for and Representatives of the World Health Organization, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Meteorological Organization, the United Nations Development Programme, the International Labour Office, the World Trade Organization, the World Intellectual Property Organization, the United Nations Conference for Trade and…
16 years 3 months ago
COMMITTEE ON PROTECTION OF RIGHTS OF MIGRANTS CONCLUDES SECOND SESSION
29 April 2005
Press Release
Committee Adopts Provisional Guidelines for the Submission of States Parties' Initial Reports; Decides to Hold General Day of Discussion at Third Session
The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families today concluded its week-long second session during which it adopted its provisional guidelines regarding the form and contents of initial reports to be submitted by States parties and agreed on its working methods in relation to the consideration of reports.
The Committee decided that it would in principle follow the…
16 years 3 months ago
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS REVIEWS INITIAL REPORT OF CHINA
29 April 2005
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights has considered the initial report of China on how that country implements the provisions of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Over the course of five meetings, the Committee examined the situation in mainland China and the Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macao.
The report was introduced by Sha Zukang, Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations Office at Geneva, who said that in the four years since the Covenant had entered into force in…
16 years 3 months ago
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF CHAD PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
28 April 2005
Presentation of Credentials
Bamanga Abbas Malloum, the new Permanent Representative of Chad to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.
Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Malloum had been serving since October 2003 as the Director in charge of Chadians abroad at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and African Integration in N'Djamena.
From 2000 to 2003, Mr. Malloum was Chad's Consul General in Jeddah (Saudi Arabia), while concurrently handling duties at the…
16 years 3 months ago
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS REVIEWS INITIAL REPORT OF ZAMBIA
27 April 2005
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights has reviewed the initial report of Zambia on how that country implements the provisions of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
Introducing the report was G. M. K. Imbwae, Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Justice of Zambia, who said although the Government was faced with major constraints and a declining economy, it remained committed to the implementation of the rights enshrined in the International Covenant. Among the measures taken by the Government to meet its…
16 years 3 months ago
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
26 April 2005
Bi-Weekly Briefing
Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which provided information about the Secretary-General's activities in Asia; the 2005 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons; Geneva activities; Darfur and other issues. Spokespersons and Representatives of UNESCO, the High Commissioner for Refugees, the World Food Programme, the World Intellectual Property Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the International Organization for Migration participated in…
