14 years ago
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION DISCUSSES RESERVATIONS TO TREATIES AND WORKING METHODS
14 August 2007
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this morning heard a briefing by Committee Expert Linos-Alexander Sicilianos on the May 2007 meeting between human rights treaty bodies and the International Law Commission on the topic of reservations. It also discussed issues related to the Committee's working methods, including a proposal for a revised procedure for the elaboration of lists of issues and revised draft guidelines for submission of specific reports presented by States parties under article 9 of the Convention…
14 years ago
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
14 August 2007
Bi-Weekly Briefing
Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from Spokespersons for and Representatives of the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and the International Organization for Migration. Representatives from the High Commissioner for Refugees and the ILO were present but had no announcements to make.Iraq
Ms. Heuzé reminded journalists of the decision taken by the…
14 years ago
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION MEETS WITH STATES PARTIES
14 August 2007
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this afternoon held a second meeting with States parties to discuss improving its working methods, follow-up to concluding observations, treaty body reform, and the relationship between treaty bodies and the Human Rights Council.
Committee Chairperson Régis de Gouttes, in introductory remarks, noted that the last meeting with States parties had taken place on 19 August 2003. He briefed States parties on recent developments in treaty body reform, in particular with regard to developments within the Committee…
14 years ago
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION REVIEWS REVISED DRAFT GUIDELINES FOR COMMITTEE-SPECIFIC REPORTS
13 August 2007
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this morning began a first reading of revised draft guidelines for the submission of specific reports presented by States parties under article 9 of the International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination.
Committee Expert Luis Valencia Rodriguez briefly introduced the revised draft guidelines for the submission of Committee-specific documents by States parties, recalling that during the Committee's last session a Working Group had been set…
14 years ago
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF GUINEA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
13 August 2007
Presentation of Credentials
Mohamed Camara, the new Permanent Representative of Guinea 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. Camara had been serving since 2004 as Guinea’s Ambassador to Guinea Bissau. He was the National Director for Juridical and Consular Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 2001 to 2004. He has represented Guinea in United Nations meetings and international and regional conferences…
14 years ago
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION DISCUSSES WORKING METHODS
13 August 2007
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this afternoon discussed its working methods, in particular with regard to the list of issues that was addressed to States parties.
In a brief introduction, Committee Chairperson Régis de Gouttes noted that the current practice was that each country Rapporteur, in cooperation with the Secretariat, prepared a list of issues, which were addressed to the State party one month before the beginning of the session at which their report was to be considered. That meant that States received the…
14 years ago
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF BRUNEI DARUSSALAM PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
13 August 2007
Presentation of Credentials
Alaihuddin Taha, the new Permanent Representative of Brunei Darussalam to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.
Mr. Taha's posting to Geneva follows a long career in the diplomatic service of Brunei Darussalam, most recently as acting private and confidential secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, in January 2007. From 2001 to 2003, he served in the Department of International Organizations of the…
14 years ago
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
10 August 2007
Bi-Weekly Briefing
Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from Spokespersons for and Representatives of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme, the High Commissioner for Refugees and the International Organization for Migration.Climate Change and Strategy for Disaster Reduction, Floods in Asia
Brigitte Leoni of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction said a press…
14 years ago
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF REPUBLIC OF KOREA
10 August 2007
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has considered the thirteenth and fourteenth periodic reports of the Republic of Korea on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination.
Presenting the report, Chang Dong-hee, Deputy Permanent Representative of the Republic of Korea to the United Nations Office at Geneva, said the Government had been making efforts to legislate the Discrimination Prohibition Act for a comprehensive and effective response to…
14 years ago
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION REVIEWS RESULTS OF RECENT MEETINGS ON WORKING METHODS OF HUMAN RIGHTS TREATY BODIES
10 August 2007
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this afternoon heard presentations from several of its members on the outcomes of three meetings, namely, the second meeting of the Working Group on the Harmonization of the Working Methods of Treaty Bodies; the sixth Inter-Committee Meeting; and the nineteenth Meeting of the Chairpersons of Human Rights Treaty Bodies.
Presenting the report of the Working Group on the Harmonization of the Working Methods of Treaty Bodies (HRI/MC/2007/2/Add.1),…
