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HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE OPENS NINETY-THIRD SESSION
07 July 2008
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Committee this morning opened its ninety-third session, adopting its agenda and programme of work and hearing an address by the Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, Kyung-wha Kang on the recent developments in the human rights arena.
Ms. Kang said among important developments of interest to the Committee was the yearlong human rights campaign that had recently been launched by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) leading up to the sixtieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In that context, a Dignity and…
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REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
04 July 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 World Food Programme, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the UN Refugee Agency, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the World Trade Organization.Secretary-General's Travels
Ms. Ponomareva-Piquier said the United Nations Secretary-General was continuing his voyage in North-East Asia. He had arrived yesterday in Seoul, Republic of Korea, on his…
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GROUP OF EXPERTS TO CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS CONVENTION TO MEET FROM 7 TO 25 JULY TO CONTINUE NEGOTIATIONS ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS
03 July 2008
Meeting Summaries
The Third 2008 Session of the Group of Governmental Experts of the High Contracting Parties to the 1980 Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed to Be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects (CCW) will convene from 7 to 25 July at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.
The Group will continue to "negotiate a proposal to address urgently the humanitarian impact of cluster munitions, striking a balance between military and humanitarian…
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Opening Remarks by the Director-General of UNOG to United Nations–League of Arab States General Meeting
01 July 2008
| Sergei Ordzhonikidze
Speech
1 juillet 2008Opening Remarks by the Director-General of UNOG to United Nations–League of Arab States General Meeting (en anglais seulement)
It is a distinct pleasure to welcome you all to the Palais des Nations and to open, on behalf of the United Nations Secretary-General, this regular General Meeting of cooperation between the United Nations and the League of Arab States and its system of organizations and agencies. Allow me to extend a special welcome to the delegation of the General Secretariat of the League of…
13 years 1 month ago
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
01 July 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 World Health Organization, the World Food Programme, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the International Committee of the Red Cross. At the start of the briefing, Richard Kozul-Wright, representative of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs,…
13 years 1 month ago
OPENING REMARKS BY DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG TO UNITED NATIONS-LEAGUE OF ARAB STATES GENERAL MEETING
01 July 2008
Press Conferences
Following are the remarks by Sergei A. Ordzhonikidze, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, which he delivered this morning at the Palais des Nations before the General Meeting of the United Nations and the League of Arab States.
"It is a distinct pleasure to welcome you all to the Palais des Nations and to open, on behalf of the United Nations Secretary-General, this regular General Meeting of cooperation between the United Nations and the League of Arab States and its system of…
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MEETING OF EXPERTS TO BE HELD FROM 2 TO 4 JULY TO DEAL WITH IMPACT OF EXPLOSIVE REMNANTS OF WAR
30 June 2008
Meeting Summaries
The first ever informal Meeting of Experts on the Protocol V on Explosive Remnants of War (ERW), annexed to the 1980 Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW), shall take place from Wednesday, 2 July to Friday, 4 July 2008 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. Ambassador Edvardas Borisovas of Lithuania, who will preside over the Second Conference, will open the Meeting of Experts. The substantive work will be chaired by five Coordinators each tasked with specific substantive issues relevant to the effective implementation of Protocol V. Five…
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REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
27 June 2008
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 the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Trade Organization, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the World Health Organization.Secretary-General’s Upcoming Trip to Asia
Ms. Heuzé said the Secretary-General spoke to journalists yesterday on his upcoming visit to Asia which starts today with stops in Japan, China, the Republic of Korea, and then again in Japan to participate in the G-8 summit meeting in Hokkaido. The…
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CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HEARS ADDRESS BY JAVIER SOLANA, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
25 June 2008
Meeting Summaries
Conference Holds Last Public Plenary of Second Part of 2008 Session
The Conference on Disarmament this morning heard a statement by Javier Solana, the High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy and Secretary-General of the Council of the European Union, who urged the Conference to move forward because the world could not afford the ongoing stalemate and because the Conference was the only place to forge a credible disarmament plan shared by nuclear weapon States and non nuclear weapon States alike.
Mr. Solana…
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REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
24 June 2008
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 Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the International Labour Organization, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the High Commissioner for Refugees and the International Organization for Migration.Zimbabwe
Ms. Ponomareva-Piquier said the Secretary-General deeply regretted that, despite the repeated appeals of the international…
