16 years 3 months ago
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS OPENS THIRTY-FOURTH SESSION
25 April 2005
Meeting Summaries
Hears Statements from Representatives of Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and of UNESCO
The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights started its thirty-fourth session this morning by adopting its agenda and programme of work and hearing an opening statement by a Representative of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.
Alessio Bruni, Team Leader of the Treaties and Follow-Up Unit of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, said the work of the Office of the High Commissioner was guided by the Secretary-…
16 years 3 months ago
NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS ADDRESS COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS
25 April 2005
Meeting Summaries
Brief Experts on Situation in Countries Whose Reports Will Be Considered by the Committee
The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights this afternoon heard a series of statements from representatives of non-governmental organizations with respect to the reports which Committee Experts will examine during the current session.
Speakers outlined efforts made by States parties to carry out their obligations under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and underscored failures in fulfilling these rights. Statements…
16 years 3 months ago
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
22 April 2005
Bi-Weekly Briefing
Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the biweekly press briefing, which informed correspondents about the Secretary-General’s programme in Indonesia and gave an update on the last day of the 61st session of the Commission on Human Rights. She also announced the upcoming sessions of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the second session of the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families next week..
Also briefing the press were spokespersons of the Office of the High…
16 years 4 months ago
MESSAGE OF THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG TO SCREENING OF FILM "NOIRS DANS LES CAMPS NAZIS"
19 April 2005
Press Conferences
Following is the message by Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the United Nations Under-Secretary-General and the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, which was delivered on his behalf this evening by Ruth Hahn-Weinert, the Officer-in-Charge of the Library of the United Nations Office at Geneva, at the screening of the film "Noirs dans les camps Nazis" at the Palais des Nations:
" It is a pleasure to welcome you all to the Palais des Nations for the screening of this outstanding documentary. In exposing aspects of the holocaust that…
16 years 4 months ago
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
19 April 2005
Bi-Weekly Briefing
Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the biweekly press briefing. Also participating were spokespersons of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Economic Commission for Europe (ECE), Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) World Health Organization (WHO), UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), World Food Programme (WFP), International Labour Organization (ILO), World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM). UN Reform
Ms. Heuzé opened the…
16 years 4 months ago
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
15 April 2005
Bi-Weekly Briefing
Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the biweekly press briefing, which informed correspondents on the activities of the Director-General of the Office, the Seminar on the International Criminal Court (ICC) at the Palais, the Working Group on Internet Governance meeting next week and the upcoming Eleventh United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice.
Also briefing the press were spokespersons of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), World Health Organization (WHO), UN High Commissioner for…
16 years 4 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE REQUESTS EXPLANATION FROM UZBEKISTAN ON EXECUTION OF AN UZBEK NATIONAL
14 April 2005
Press Release
The United Nations Human Rights Committee has addressed a letter to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan in which it expressed dismay and utmost concern about the execution of an Uzbek national in violation of the Committee's request for interim protection. The Committee requested a prompt explanation from the Government.
The Chairperson of the Committee, Christine Chanet, addressed the letter to the Minister of Foreign Affairs on 13 April on behalf of the Committee. It concerns the case of Akhrorkhuzh Tolipkhuzhaev, an Uzbek national who…
16 years 4 months ago
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF DOMINICAN REPUBLIC PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
14 April 2005
Presentation of Credentials
Homero Luis Hernandez Sanchez, the new Permanent Representative of the Dominican Republic 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. Hernandez Sanchez had been serving as a member of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions of the United Nations since 2003. From 1993 to 2002, he served first as an Inspector at the Joint Inspection Unit of the United…
16 years 4 months ago
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
12 April 2005
Bi-Weekly Briefing
Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service at Geneva, chaired the biweekly press briefing, since the Director of the Service was attending informal consultations on the human rights sections of the Report of the Secretary-General “In Larger Freedom”. These were open consultations taking place in room XVIII.
Also participating in the briefing were spokespersons from the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR), World Health Organization (WHO),…
16 years 4 months ago
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF ARGENTINA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
11 April 2005
Presentation of Credentials
Alberto Juan Dumont, the new Permanent Representative of Argentina to the United Nations Office at Geneva, the World Trade Organization and other international organizations in 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. Dumont had been serving since 2003 as Secretary of State for Industry, Trade and Small and Medium Enterprise at the Ministry of Economy and Production of Argentina. From 2002 to 2003, he served as…
