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HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONSIDERS REPORT OF ZAMBIA
10 July 2007
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Committee has considered the third report of Zambia on how that State party is implementing the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
Gertude Imbwae, the Permanent Secretary and Minister of Justice of Zambia, introducing the report, said that a number of developments had taken place in Zambia regarding the enhancement of human rights through a thorough review of its Constitution. Similarly, there had been significant progress made in the area of human rights education among individuals in Zambia.
Committee Experts raised questions and asked…
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HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE OPENS NINETIETH SESSION
09 July 2007
Meeting Summaries
Hears Address by Representative of High Commissioner for Human Rights
The Human Right Committee, which reviews the implementation of the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights by its 190 States parties, this morning opened its ninetieth session, hearing an address by a Representative of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, following which it adopted its agenda and programme of work.
Bacre Ndiaye, Director of the Human Rights Procedures Division of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, said that since the Committee’s last meeting, significant…
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REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
06 July 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 also heard from the Executive Director of the Global Compact, and spokespersons and representatives of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the International Organization for Migration, the World Trade Organization…
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Global Compact Leaders Summit
05 July 2007
| Sergei Ordzhonikidze
Speech
5 juillet 2007Sommet du Pacte Mondial
Opening remarks by Mr. Sergei Ordzhonikidze
United Nations Under-Secretary-General
Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva
Global Compact Leaders Summit Opening Plenary
Palais des Nations, Assembly Hall
Mr. Secretary-General
Madam President of the General Assembly
Mr. Foreign Minister
Excellencies
Ladies and Gentlemen:
It is a pleasure and a privilege to welcome you to the United Nations’ largest-ever gathering on corporate citizenship. It is very appropriate that we meet here at the Palais des Nations. As many of you know, an…
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REMARKS BY DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG TO GLOBAL COMPACT LEADERS SUMMIT
05 July 2007
Press Conferences
Following are the remarks made by Sergei Ordzhonikidze, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, at the
Global Compact Leaders Summit opening plenary held today at the Palais des Nations:
“It is a pleasure and a privilege to welcome you to the United Nations’ largest-ever gathering on corporate citizenship. It is very appropriate that we meet here at the Palais des Nations. As many of you know, an important part of this building – the Library – was donated by Mr. J.D. Rockefeller, Jr. to the League of Nations –…
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TRANSCRIPT OF SECRETARY-GENERAL’S REMARKS AT PRESS CONFERENCE FOR THE UN GLOBAL COMPACT LEADERS SUMMIT
05 July 2007
Press Conferences
Palais des Nations, Geneva, 5 July 2007
Secretary-General: Thank you Mr. Kell and Chairman Isdell, Madame Labelle, and dear ladies and gentlemen of the press.
Welcome to the Global Compact Leaders Summit. And for those of you who have traveled great distances to be here, welcome to Geneva and the Palais des Nations.
This Summit is the largest event the United Nations has ever convened on the topic of corporate citizenship and the relationship between business and society. We have gathered an unprecedented number of leaders from…
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HIGHLIGHTS OF PRESS CONFERENCE ON OPENING OF 2007 GLOBAL COMPACT LEADERS SUMMIT
05 July 2007
Press Conferences
On the occasion of the opening of the 2007 Global Compact Leaders Summit, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and a panel of leaders from business, labour and civil society today held a press conference this morning to discuss the status of the Global Compact and the significance of the Leaders Summit – the largest the UN has ever convened on this topic of corporate citizenship. The Global Compact Leaders Summit is being held over two days – 5 and 6 July – at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.
Panellists included Mr. Ban; Neville Isdell, Chairman and CEO of Coca-…
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NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF MONTENEGRO PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
04 July 2007
Presentation of Credentials
The new Permanent Representative of Montenegro to the United Nations Office at Geneva, Milomir Mihaljevic, today presented his credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, Sergei Ordzhonikidze.
Prior to his appointment to Geneva, and since 2004, Mr. Mihaljevic was Foreign Policy Advisor to the Prime Minister of the Republic of Montenegro. In 2003, he was Minister Plenipotentiary and Acting Director of the Directorate for Asia, Australia and the Pacific, Center for Strategic Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign…
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REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
03 July 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 World Food Programme, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Population Fund, the International Organization for Migration and the World Intellectual Property Organization.Economic and Social Council
Ms. Heuzé said yesterday morning Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon had addressed the opening…
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TRANSCRIPT OF UN SECRETARY-GENERAL’S PRESS CONFERENCE AT PALAIS DES NATIONS ON 2 JULY 2007
02 July 2007
Press Conferences
Secretary-General : Good morning, my friends from the press.
I am delighted to be back in Geneva again. While this is the second time in my capacity as Secretary-General to be in Geneva, I just attended for the first time the High-Level Segment of the Economic and Social Council, where I launched the Millennium Development Report for 2007.
I was pleased to open the Innovation Fair. In particular, I was very much impressed by the efforts of NGOs to make MDGs a reality through public and private partnerships.
As I mentioned in my remarks to ECOSOC, we…
