13 years ago
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
15 August 2008
Bi-Weekly Briefing
Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from spokespersons and representatives from the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and the International Organization for Migration.Secretary-General
Ms. Ponomareva-Piquier said that the Secretary-General was extremely concerned by the humanitarian…
13 years ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ADOPTS FIVE RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL ON SUB-COMMISSION STUDIES, SELF DETERMINATION AND OTHER ISSUES
15 August 2008
Meeting Summaries
Committee Adopts Report to Human Rights Council and Concludes First Session
The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee this morning adopted five recommendations to be submitted to the Human Rights Council on official summary records; on publication of studies completed by the Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights; on new bodies established by the Human Rights Council; on the right of peoples to self determination; and on Sub-Commission studies. The Committee then…
13 years ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADVISORY COMMITTEE CONCLUDES FIRST SESSION
15 August 2008
Press Release
The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee this morning concluded its first session during which it adopted by consensus thirteen recommendations to the Human Rights Council.
In his concluding remarks, the President of the Advisory Committee, Miguel Alfonso Martínez, thanked all his colleagues for the support given to him in an effort to channel the initial work of the Advisory Committee. The outcome of their first session would become quite clear in the near future. They had achieved something: to get the ball rolling. This had been an extraordinary experience for him.…
13 years ago
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONCLUDES SEVENTY-THIRD SESSION
15 August 2008
Press Release
Issues Concluding Observations on Reports of Ecuador, Namibia, Togo, Russian Federation, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Sweden
The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has concluded its three-week seventy-third session, making public its concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of Ecuador, Namibia, Togo, the Russian Federation, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Sweden, which were considered at this session.
The Committee also reviewed the country situation in Peru with regard to its implementation of the Convention, in…
13 years ago
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HEARS GEORGIA SAY RUSSIAN FORCES GUILTY OF TARGETING CIVILIANS; RUSSIA ALLEGES GEORGIAN POLICY OF ETHNIC CLEANSING
14 August 2008
Meeting Summaries
Israel, Italy, Outgoing President of the Conference Also Make Statements
The Conference on Disarmament this morning heard Georgia say Russia had committed acts "in grave breach of the rules of international humanitarian law" in the context of the Russian-Georgian conflict. In response, Russia said that everything that had occurred in the past days had been nothing more than a carefully planned aggression by Tbilisi against the people of South Ossetia, which was "clearly ethnic cleansing" and…
13 years ago
BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION EXPERTS TO MEET IN GENEVA FROM 18 TO 22 AUGUST
14 August 2008
Press Release
Experts to Discuss Biosafety and Biosecurity, as well as Oversight, Education, Awareness Raising, and Codes of Conduct
The 2008 Meeting of Experts from States parties to the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) will be held in Geneva from 18 to 22 August 2008. The Meeting of Experts is part of a four-year programme mandated by the 2006 Sixth Review Conference of the BWC aimed at strengthening the implementation of the Convention and improving its effectiveness as a practical barrier against the development or use of biological weapons. The BWC prohibits the…
13 years ago
THE COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION DISCUSSES FOLLOW-UP TO ITS CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS
14 August 2008
Meeting Summaries
This afternoon the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination discussed reports presented by Committee Members on follow-up to the Committee’s concluding observations concerning the four countries for which replies had been received: Guatemala, Guyana, Liechtenstein and Turkmenistan.
Concerning Liechtenstein, Committee Expert Pierre-Richard Prosper recalled that that country had last appeared before the Committee in March 2007. In its concluding observations issued following its review, the Committee had expressed…
13 years ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ADOPTS EIGHT RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL ON RIGHT TO FOOD, MISSING PERSONS, LEPROSY AND OTHER ISSUES
14 August 2008
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee this afternoon adopted eight recommendations to be submitted to the Human Rights Council on a drafting group on human rights education and training; on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order; on missing persons; on integrating the human rights of women throughout the United Nations System; on the elimination of discrimination against persons affected by leprosy and their family members; on refugees from hunger; on the right to food in…
13 years ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADVISORY COMMITTEE DISCUSSES PROGRAMME OF WORK
13 August 2008
Meeting Summaries
Forms a Drafting Group on Communications
The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee this morning discussed its agenda and programme of work, including new priorities. It also appointed the members of the Working Group on Communications of the Human Rights Council Complaint Procedure.
In the discussion, the Committee Experts discussed whether they should have one or two sessions a year. The President underlined that the Committee should make suggestions to the Council concerning a list of priorities of topics that should be dealt with.
The Committee decided to…
13 years ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADVISORY COMMITTEE DISCUSSES STUDIES PREPARED BY THE SUB-COMMISSION ON THE PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS
12 August 2008
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee this morning discussed how to proceed with studies that had been started by the Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights.
In the discussion, several Experts stressed the importance of not wasting the work that had already been done. However, a decision from the Human Rights Council was needed to clarify which studies could be continued. An Expert said specific proposals should be made to the Council on which studies should be continued,…
