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REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
14 July 2006
Bi-Weekly Briefing
Marie Heuzé, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from Spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Environment Programme, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the World Trade Organization, the World Food Programme and the International Organization for Migration.Situation in the Middle East
Ms. Heuzé said that Secretary-General Kofi Annan had…
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HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONSIDERS REPORT OF THE CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
13 July 2006
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Committee has considered the second periodic report of the Central African Republic on how that country is implementing the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
Introducing the report, Thierry Maleyombo, High Commissioner for Human Rights and Good Governance of the Central African Republic, said that the present report testified to the strong commitment of the new Government to human rights – the disregard for which had led to the patriotic uprising of 15 March 2003. Recently, the National Assembly had adopted a law…
15 years 1 month ago
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
11 July 2006
Bi-Weekly Briefing
Marie Heuzé, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from Spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the UN Refugee Agency, the World Food Programme and the International Organization for Migration.Activities of the Secretary-General
Ms. Heuzé said that yesterday the Secretary-General had been in Germany and had expressed his appreciation for the support provided by the European Union-led peacekeeping force (EUFOR) to the United Nations Organization Mission in the…
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HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE OPENS EIGHTY-SEVENTH SESSION
10 July 2006
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Committee, which reviews the implementation of the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights by its 156 States parties, this morning opened its eighty-seventh session, hearing an address by a Representative of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, following which it adopted its agenda and programme of work.
The Committee was addressed by Alessio Bruni, a Representative of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, who said that the past few months had been particularly intense and challenging in the human rights area. The Human Rights Council…
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SUMMARY OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY PRESIDENT OF ECOSOC AND SENIOR UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM COORDINATOR FOR AVIAN AND HUMAN INFLUENZA
10 July 2006
Press Conferences
Palais des Nations, 10 July 2006
The President of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), Ambassador Ali Hachani, and the Senior United Nations System Coordinator for Avian and Human Influenza, Mr. David Nabarro, who also is the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for the Avian and Human Influenza, today held a press conference at the Palais des Nations following a Special Event at ECOSOC entitled Avian Influenza: a global emergency.
Ambassador Hachani, opened the press conference by recalling that last…
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DIRECTOR-GENERAL RECEIVES GIFT TO THE UNITED NATIONS FROM THE ASSOCIATION OF AFGHAN WAR HANDICAPPED
10 July 2006
Press Conferences
The President of the Paralympic Federation of Afghanistan, Haji Abdul Rahman Mohammadi, presented today to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva and Under-Secretary-General, Sergei A. Ordzhonikidze, a gift of the Association of Afghan War Handicapped to the United Nations. The gift is offered as a token of appreciation for the assistance that the United Nations has provided to the Afghan people.
The gift represents a carpet woven by hand over the course of six months by the Handicapped Workshop in Afghanistan. It…
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NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF MOZAMBIQUE PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
07 July 2006
Presentation of Credentials
Ms. Frances Victoria Victoria Velho Rodrigues, the new Permanent Representative of Mozambique to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.
Prior to her appointment to Geneva, since 2000, Ms. Velho Rodrigues had been serving as Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Mozambique, a position in which she had also served in from 1995 to 1999. From 1995 to 2005, she was also tasked with implementing the Lomé Convention…
15 years 1 month ago
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
07 July 2006
Bi-Weekly Briefing
Marie Heuzé, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from Spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Food Programme, the UN Refugee Agency, and the International Organization for Migration.Geneva activities
Ms. Heuzé said that the Human Rights Council had held its first Special Session on the recent escalation of violence in the occupied Arab territories, including Palestine, on 5 and 6 July. The Special Session had concluded Thursday morning with the adoption by a vote of 29 in favour and 11…
15 years 1 month ago
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF ALBANIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
07 July 2006
Presentation of Credentials
Sejdi Qerimaj, the new Permanent Representative of Albania 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. Qerimaj had been serving, since 2000, as a Deputy Administrator in the French Civil Service. From 1998 to 2000, he worked for MSL, a French import-export firm. He served as director of the International Centre for European Education, a non-governmental organization in Tirana, from 1997 to…
15 years 1 month ago
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF HONDURAS PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
07 July 2006
Presentation of Credentials
Delmer Urbizo, the new Permanent Representative of Honduras to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.
Over the course of his governmental career, Mr. Urbizo has served as Minister of Administration and Justice; Minister of Foreign Relations; and Minister of Economy and Commerce.
The new Permanent Representative of Honduras has also served in numerous different government administrative capacities, as well as in the private sector…
