15 years ago
PRESS CONFERENCE BY HUMANITARIAN RELIEF COORDINATOR
10 August 2006
Bi-Weekly Briefing
Addressing a press conference at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, the United Nations' top humanitarian official said "the civilian population in Lebanon and in northern Israel have been the biggest losers in this senseless cycle of violence that is now exactly one month old".
Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Jan Egeland, said Lebanon was one of the worst places in the world in terms of humanitarian access. There were over two hundred thousand people in the country to whom humanitarian workers had no access. Despite the assurances given by both the Lebanese and…
15 years ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL TO HOLD SPECIAL SESSION TO CONSIDER SITUATION IN LEBANON ON 11 AUGUST
09 August 2006
Press Release
The Human Rights Council will hold a special session on the situation in Lebanon on Friday, 11 August starting 10 a.m. in Room XX of the Palais des Nations.
A note verbale from the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights said the President of the Human Rights Council, having consulted with interested parties, had decided to convene the special session in order to respond to the request of the Ambassador of Tunisia, on behalf of the Group of Arab States and the Organization of the Islamic Conference, supported in total by 16 Member States.
The…
15 years ago
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF MONGOLIA
09 August 2006
Meeting Summaries
Discusses Inter-Committee Meeting, Chairpersons’ Meeting, and Treaty Body Reform
The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has considered the sixteenth to eighteenth periodic reports of Mongolia on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination.
The Committee also held a discussion with Senior Human Rights Officer Jane Connors on the fifth Inter-Committee Meeting of human rights treaty bodies, the eighteenth meeting of Chairpersons of Human Rights Treaty Bodies,…
15 years ago
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF OMAN
08 August 2006
Meeting Summaries
Holds Dialogue with UN Independent Expert on Minority Issues
The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has considered the initial report of Oman on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination. The Committee then had a dialogue with Gay McDougall, the United Nations Independent Expert on minority issues.
Presenting the report, Al-Sheikh Kallifa bin Mohamed Al-Hadrami, Deputy Chief Justice of the High Court of Oman, said that in Oman there were no barriers of any form…
15 years ago
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
08 August 2006
Bi-Weekly Briefing
Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from spokespersons for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the World Food Programme (WFP), the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent…
15 years ago
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF SOUTH AFRICA
07 August 2006
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has considered the initial to third periodic reports of South Africa on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination.
Presenting the report, Brigitte Mabandla, Minister of Justice, said that in 1990 a memorandum of understanding – the Grootte Schuur Minute – had outlined the basic principles for the building of a democratic, non-racial and non-sexist society. The South African Constitution therefore required the State…
15 years ago
Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) Website Launch
04 August 2006
| Sergei Ordzhonikidze
Speech
4 août 2006L'occasion du lancement du site internet de la Convention sur les Armes Biologiques (en anglais seulement)Statement by Mr. Sergei OrdzhonikidzeAt the Launch of the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC)New WebsitePalais des Nations, Room VIIFriday, 4 August 2006, at 10.00 a.m.
I am very pleased that you could all join us for the launch of this new website for the BWC, one of several websites that are currently being developed in the disarmament section of the overall UNOG website.
As you know, the United Nations in Geneva has long been an important centre…
15 years ago
REMARKS BY DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG AT LAUNCH OF NEW WEBSITE FOR THE BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION
04 August 2006
Press Conferences
Following are the introductory remarks made by the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, Sergei Ordzhonikidze, at the launch today at the Palais des Nations of the new website for the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC):
“I am very pleased that you could all join us for the launch of this new website for the BWC, one of several websites that are currently being developed in the disarmament section of the overall UNOG website.
As you know, the United Nations in Geneva has long been an important centre for disarmament…
15 years ago
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF YEMEN
04 August 2006
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has considered the fifteenth and sixteenth periodic reports of Yemen on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination.
Presenting the report, Ali Saleh Abdullah, Deputy Minister of Social Affairs and Labour, said that Yemen had come a long way in fulfilling its obligations under the Convention. After 1990 a modern, democratic multi-party State had been established through free elections. Since then there had been greater will…
15 years ago
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
04 August 2006
Bi-Weekly Briefing
Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which also heard from Spokespersons for the World Health Organization, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme, the UN Refugee Agency, and the International Organization for Migration.Geneva Meetings
Ms. Heuzé said there were a number of important meetings currently convened in Geneva.
The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination was meeting at the Palais des Nations from 31 July to 18 August. Yesterday,…
