12 years ago
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
07 August 2009
Bi-Weekly Briefing
Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Officer-in-Charge of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva chaired the briefing which was also attended by spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Health Organisation, UNAIDS, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Environment Programme, Secretary-General
Ms. Ponomareva-Piquier said that the Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, had said yesterday that the memory of the destruction caused by the dropping of the atomic…
12 years ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ADOPTS RECOMMENDATION ON HUMAN RIGHTS OF ELDERLY PEOPLE
07 August 2009
Meeting Summaries
Committee Also Adopts Report and Concludes Third Session
The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee this afternoon adopted a recommendation on the human rights of elderly people as a new priority within the framework of its agenda and annual programme of work, adopted its report ad referendum and concluded its third substantive session.
The Committee designated Ms. Chinsung Chung to prepare an initial working paper on the need to study the human rights of elderly people, including making practical recommendations with a view to promoting and…
12 years ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADVISORY COMMITTEE CONCLUDES THIRD SESSION
07 August 2009
Press Release
The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee this afternoon concluded its third session during which it adopted six recommendations and its report to the Human Rights Council.
Among the recommendations adopted, the Advisory Committee submitted for the consideration of the Human Rights Council a draft set of principles and guidelines on the elimination of discrimination against persons affected by leprosy and their family members, as mandated by the Council in its resolution 8/13. It also recommended that the Council request all relevant United Nations bodies, special agencies and…
12 years ago
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT MARKS SIXTY-FOURTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ATOMIC BOMBING OF HIROSHIMA
06 August 2009
Meeting Summaries
The Conference on Disarmament today marked the sixty-fourth anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima.
The President of the Conference, Ambassador Caroline Millar of Australia, drew attention to the fact that today was the sixty-fourth anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. This was a sober reminder to all of the destruction and devastation of nuclear weapons and of the compelling importance of the Conference resuming its work on nuclear disarmament.
Japan said that this day, together with the 9 of August…
12 years ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ADOPTS ITS RULES OF PROCEDURE AND CLOSES DEBATE ON THE RIGHT TO FOOD
06 August 2009
Meeting Summaries
Discusses New Priorities, including the Human Rights of Elderly People
The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee this morning adopted its rules of procedure and methods of work, closed its debate on the right to food, and began its consideration of new priorities, including on the human rights of elderly persons.
At the beginning of the meeting, the Council further discussed and subsequently adopted its rules of procedure and methods of work, (A/HRC/AC/3/CRP.1), which were presented by Latif Huseynov, Advisory Committee…
12 years ago
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF POLAND
06 August 2009
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has considered the combined seventeenth to nineteenth reports of Poland (CERD/C/POL/19) on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination.
Presenting the report, Elzbieta Radziszewska, Secretary of State at the Chancellery of the Prime Minister, Government Plenipotentiary for Equal Treatment of Poland, said that the creation of institutions that effectively countered discrimination was a major goal of the Polish Government. When…
12 years ago
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
05 August 2009
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has considered the combined twelfth to sixteenth reports of the United Arab Emirates (CERD/C/ARE/12-17) on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination.
Presenting the report, Abdul Rahim Yousif Alawadi, Assistant Minister for Legal Affairs and International Organizations of the United Arab Emirates, said that human rights were safeguarded under the Constitution and legislation of the United Arab Emirates.…
12 years ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADVISORY COMMITTEE DISCUSSES THE RIGHT TO FOOD
05 August 2009
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee this morning discussed the right to food.
Introducing the work of the Working Group on the right to food and background papers on the Noma disease and peasants, within the framework of anti-discrimination, Advisory Committee Expert Jean Zeigler said the Working Group was unified in its work, and discussions were ongoing. The rights of peasants were violated seriously and on a permanent basis in many areas of the world. It was ironic that those who were involved in producing food were those who suffered the most from hunger.…
12 years ago
STATEMENT BY UN UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR COMMUNICATIONS TO OPENING SESSION OF 2009 GLOBAL MODEL UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE
05 August 2009
Statements and Speeches
Following is the statement by Kiyotaka Akasaka, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information, to the opening session of the 2009 Global Model United Nations Conference at the Assembly Hall of the Palais des Nations in Geneva today:
“Welcome to the very first annual Global Model United Nations Conference! It is so wonderful to meet here in the Palais des Nations in Geneva, a beautiful city that is home to such a large and important part of the United Nations family. I…
12 years ago
HIGHLIGHTS OF PRESS CONFERENCE ON GLOBAL MODEL UN
05 August 2009
Press Conferences
Kiyotaka Akasaka, UN Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information, briefed the press this morning on the first-ever annual Global Model United Nations Conference; the first UN simulation organized by the UN itself. The conference is taking place in Geneva at the Palais des Nations, from 5 to 7 August 2009.
Mr. Akasaka said that the UN Department of Public Information was organizing this Conference. There had been hundreds of Model United Nations around the world and it was estimated that about 1 million students at high school and university level had participated in…
