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COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF INDONESIA
09 August 2007
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has considered the initial to third periodic reports of Indonesia on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination.
Presenting the report, Harkristuti Harkrisnowo, Director General of Human Rights Protection at the Ministry of Law and Human Rights of Indonesia, said that Indonesia was one of the most diverse places on the planet, with 1,072 ethnic and sub-ethnic groups. The geographic and demographic structures, the…
14 years ago
Director-General's remarks at the opening of the OPCW Exhibition Opening
07 August 2007
| Sergei Ordzhonikidze
Speech
7 août 2007Director-General's remarks at the opening of the OPCW Exhibition Opening (en anglais seulement)
Opening remarks by the Director-General of UNOG, Secretary-General of the Conference on Disarmament Mr. Sergei A. Ordzhonikidze
OPCW Exhibition Opening
7 August 2007
Excellencies,
Ladies and gentlemen,
Let me welcome you all warmly to this exhibition organized to mark the tenth anniversary of the entry-into-force of the Convention for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.
I am delighted to have here with us Mr. Rogelio Pfirter,…
14 years ago
Director-General's remarks at the seminar by OPCW/UNIDIR/PUGWASH on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the CWC
07 August 2007
| Sergei Ordzhonikidze
Speech
7 août 2007Director-General's remarks at the seminar by OPCW/UNIDIR/PUGWASH on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the CWC (en anglais seulement)
Opening remarks by the Director-General of UNOG, Secretary-General of the Conference on Disarmament Mr. Sergei A. Ordzhonikidze at the seminar by OPCW/UNIDIR/PUGWASH on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the CWC
7 August 2007
Excellencies,
Ladies and gentlemen,
Let me welcome you all warmly to this seminar organized to mark the tenth…
14 years ago
OPENING REMARKS BY DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG AT EXHIBITION ON CHEMICAL WEAPONS
07 August 2007
Press Conferences
Following are the opening remarks by Sergei Ordzhonikidze, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva and Secretary-General of the Conference on Disarmament, to the inauguration of an exhibition at the Palais des Nations organized by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the Convention for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons:
“Let me welcome you all warmly to this exhibition organized to mark the tenth anniversary of the entry-into-force of the Convention for the Prohibition of Chemical…
14 years ago
REMARKS BY DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG AT SEMINAR COMMEMORATING THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION
07 August 2007
Press Conferences
Following are the remarks made by Sergei Ordzhonikidze, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva and Secretary-General of the Conference on Disarmament, at the seminar held jointly today by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) and the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the Convention on the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons:
“Let me welcome you all warmly to this…
14 years ago
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
07 August 2007
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has considered the eleventh to fifteenth combined periodic reports of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination.
Presenting the report, Eugène Lokwa Ilwaloma, Minister for Human Rights of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, said that, as everyone knew, the Democratic Republic of the Congo was a post-conflict country, one which had endured recurring…
14 years ago
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT DISCUSSES DEVELOPMENTS AFFECTING CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS CONVENTIONS
07 August 2007
Meeting Summaries
The Conference on Disarmament today discussed developments affecting the implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) and the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC), hearing from the Director-General of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and the President of the Sixth Review Conference of the BWC and Chairman of the 2007 meetings of the BWC.
Ambassador Rogelio Pfirter, Director-General of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, said the CWC, the fruit of the Conference’s past endeavours, had…
14 years ago
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
07 August 2007
Bi-Weekly Briefing
Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for and Representatives of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, the World Meteorological Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the UN Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration and the World Intellectual Property Organization.Tenth Anniversary of the Chemical Weapons Convention
Ms. Heuzé said…
14 years ago
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF MOZAMBIQUE
06 August 2007
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has considered the second to twelfth periodic reports of Mozambique on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination.
Esperança Machavela, Minister of Justice of Mozambique, introducing the report, began by noting that, on the eve of the proclamation of the independence of Mozambique, the then-Prime Minister, Joaquim Alberto Chissano had declared: "Mozambique more than a multiracial country, is an anti-racist country".…
14 years ago
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
03 August 2007
Bi-Weekly Briefing
Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for and Representatives of the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund and the High Commissioner for Refugees.Secretary-General Concludes Official Visit to Haiti
Ms. Ponomareva-Piquier said Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has concluded an official two-day visit to Haiti during which he met in Port-au-Prince with President René Préval as well as with the President of the Senate and…
