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KAZAKHSTAN, ITALY AND SWEDEN ADDRESS CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT
31 August 2006
Meeting Summaries
The Conference on Disarmament this morning heard statements from Kazakhstan on the anniversary of the closure of the Semipalatinsk nuclear test site, and Italy and Sweden on the relevance of a Fissile Material Cut-Off Treaty for cessation of the nuclear arms race and nuclear disarmament.
Kazakhstan said that 15 years ago, President Nursultan Nazarbayev had closed the Semipalatinsk nuclear test site, where nuclear explosions had been conducted from 1949 to 1989. The closure of the test site had been the first step in the process that had later became a core of Kazakhstan’s…
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NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF IRELAND PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
31 August 2006
Presentation of Credentials
Paul Kavanagh, the new Permanent Representative of Ireland 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. Kavanagh had been serving as the Representative of Ireland to the Political and Security Committee of the European Union since 2004. He was the Deputy Political Director of the Department of Foreign Affairs in Dublin from 2003 to 2004.
Mr. Kavanagh served as the Political Coordinator in…
14 years 11 months ago
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
29 August 2006
Bi-Weekly Briefing
Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service at Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from Spokespersons for the United Nations Refugee Agency, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Meteorological Organization and the World Food Programme.Lebanon
Ms. Ponomareva-Piquier said the Secretary-General was in Beirut yesterday for the first leg of his trip to the Middle East. He met with the…
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2006 UNITED NATIONS PROGRAMME OF FELLOWSHIPS ON DISARMAMENT STARTS IN GENEVA
28 August 2006
Press Release
The 2006 United Nations Programme of Fellowships on Disarmament begins today at the United Nations Office at Geneva with the participation of young diplomats from 30 Member States of the United Nations. The programme will last for a period of almost ten weeks.
Diplomats from the following 30 Member States will be participating in the 2006 Disarmament Fellowship Programme: Argentina, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Chile, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Georgia, Guinea, India, Islamic Republic of Iran, Japan, Latvia, Liberia, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Malaysia, Mauritius…
14 years 11 months ago
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
25 August 2006
Bi-Weekly Briefing
Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section, chaired the briefing which also heard from Spokespersons for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme, the UN Refugee Agency, the World Meteorological Organization, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the International Labour Organization, the Inter-Agency Secretariat of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction and the International Organization for Migration.…
14 years 11 months ago
CONFÉRENCE DE PRESSE DU PRÉSIDENT DE LA SOUS-COMMISSION DES DROITS DE L'HOMME (en anglais)
25 August 2006
Press Conferences
During the Press Conference, which was held, subsequent to the end of the fifty-eighth and final session of the Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, the Chairperson of the session, Marc Bossuyt, said the Human Rights Council had decided that the Sub-Commission would have a session this summer, and had requested it to explain its vision and make recommendations on the future. That was the most important task the Sub-Commission had been given at this session, and it had made recommendations to this effect in a decision…
14 years 11 months ago
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HEARS FROM IAEA ON MEANS OF VERIFYING COMPLIANCE WITH A FISSILE MATERIAL CUT-OFF TREATY
24 August 2006
Meeting Summaries
The Conference on Disarmament this morning was addressed by the Head of the Verification and Security Policy Coordination of the International Atomic Energy Agency, in the context of its discussion of Fissile Material Cut-Off issues. The Conference then resumed its discussion on Transparency in Armaments.
Tariq Rauf, Head, Verification and Security Policy Coordination of the International Atomic Energy Agency, said an FMCT foreseen by General Assembly resolutions, the Shannon mandate and the NPT States Parties would include…
14 years 11 months ago
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT CONTINUES DISCUSSION OF TRANSPARENCY IN ARMAMENTS
24 August 2006
Meeting Summaries
The Conference on Disarmament this afternoon continued its discussion of Transparency in Armaments, hearing speakers urge further controls on Man-Portable Air Defence Systems (MANPADS), whose proliferation and unauthorised use was, according to speakers, an imminent and acute threat to international peace and security.
The objective of transparency was to enhance international transparency in arms transfers and holdings, to build confidence among States, and to deal with potentially destabilising regional arms build-ups. Transparency in armaments was one of the…
14 years 11 months ago
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF THE NETHERLANDS PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
24 August 2006
Presentation of Credentials
The new Ambassador of the Netherlands, Boudewijn J. van Eenennaam, this afternoon presented his credentials to Sergei Ordzhonikdze, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.
Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. van Eedennaam was Ambassador of The Netherlands to the United States, a post he took up in 2002. From 1997 to 2001, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in The Hague, he was Director General for Political Affairs, after being Deputy Director General from 1993 to 1997. From 1990 to 1993, he was Director of the…
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44th Annual Congress of the International Association of Young Lawyers
23 August 2006
| Sergei Ordzhonikidze
Speech
23 août 200644ème Congrès annuel de l'Association Internationale des Jeunes Avocats (AIJA) (en anglais seulement)Welcome remarks by Mr. Sergei OrdzhonikidzeOpening session of the 44th Annual Congress of the International Association of Young Lawyers Palais des Nations, Assembly HallWednesday, 23 August 2006, at 19:00
Mr. Attorney-General
Mr. Mayor
Madam President
Ladies and Gentlemen:
I am pleased to welcome you to the Palais des Nations. As I am myself a lawyer by training, I am especially glad to have this opportunity to be with young law…
