12 years ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADVISORY COMMITTEE DISCUSSES MISSING PERSONS AND ITS RULES OF PROCEDURE
05 August 2009
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee this afternoon took up the issue of missing persons, after which it continued its consideration of its draft rules of procedure and methods of work.
Wolfgang Stefan Heinz, Advisory Committee Expert, in a statement on the work of the Drafting Group on the study on the best practices in the matter of missing persons, said with regards to activities and what would be the proposal with regards to a draft recommendation over the next few days, the exact topic was that the Drafting Group had been asked to make…
12 years ago
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT OPENS THIRD PART OF 2009 SESSION, PRESIDENT PRESENTS NEW DRAFT DECISION ON IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROGRAMME OF WORK
04 August 2009
Meeting Summaries
Eight States Address the Conference
The President of the Conference on Disarmament, Ambassador Caroline Millar of Australia, this morning presented members with an amalgamated and updated draft decision on the implementation of the Conference’s programme of work, the result of extensive and wide-ranging consultations with delegations during the interval between the Conference’s second and third part of its 2009 session. The Conference also heard a farewell statement from Ambassador Jayan…
12 years ago
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF PERU
04 August 2009
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has considered the combined fourteenth to seventeenth periodic report of Peru on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination.
Presenting the report, Aurelio Pastor Valdivieso, Minister of Justice of Peru, said that since the end of the year 2000, respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms was greater than ever. It was true that the road ahead was still long, but Peru had taken all possible measures to establish full…
12 years ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADVISORY COMMITTEE DISCUSSES DRAFT DECLARATION ON HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION AND TRAINING
04 August 2009
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee this morning discussed a draft declaration on human rights education and training.
Emmanuel Decaux, Advisory Committee Expert and Rapporteur for the drafting group on the draft United Nations declaration on human rights education and training, said this was an ambitious mandate. The work built on earlier work, including the World Decade for Human Rights Education. Quantitatively speaking, there was a balance which was set out in a summary fashion in the document. There was a great deal…
12 years ago
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
04 August 2009
Bi-Weekly Briefing
Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Officer-in-charge of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was attended by Spokespersons for the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, UNAIDS and the World Health Organization.Secretary-General
Ms. Ponomareva-Piquier said that Mr. Ban Ki-moon had noted with extreme concern the 2 August attack in Akobo, Jongeli State, Southern Sudan, and condemned the reported killing of 161 people. He also called upon the Government of Southern Sudan to bring to justice those…
12 years ago
ADVISORY COMMITTEE DISCUSSES DISCRIMINATION AGAINST PERSONS AFFECTED BY LEPROSY, AND RULES OF PROCEDURE AND METHODS OF WORK
04 August 2009
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee this afternoon continued its consideration of two items on its agenda, namely draft guidelines and principles on the elimination of discrimination against persons affected by leprosy and members of their family, and draft rules of procedure and methods of work.
With regards to the elimination of discrimination against persons affected by leprosy and their family members, the Committee Expert in charge of developing the draft principles and guidelines,…
12 years ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADVISORY COMMITTEE OPENS THIRD SESSION
03 August 2009
Meeting Summaries
Discusses Draft Principles and Guidelines to Eliminate Discrimination against Persons Affected by Leprosy and their Family Members
The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee this morning opened its third session, hearing opening statements, electing its new bureau, adopting its agenda and organization of work and discussing a draft set of principles and guidelines to eliminate discrimination against persons affected by leprosy and their family members.
After hearing introductory statements by Bacre Waly Ndiaye, Director of the Human Rights Council and Treaties Division, Office…
12 years ago
‘WMD-WE MUST DISARM’ LAUNCHES SHORT FILM COMPETITION
03 August 2009
Press Release
To mark the start of the second half of the Secretary-General’s 100-day “WMD-We Must Disarm” countdown campaign to the International Day of Peace on 21 September, the United Nations has launched a competition to find the best short film on the issue of nuclear disarmament and/or non-proliferation.
Winning films will be shown at United Nations Headquarters in New York and posted on the online platforms supporting the Secretary-General's campaign. The multiplatform WMD-We Must Disarm campaign began on 13 June and issues new messages on reasons for nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation…
12 years ago
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION OPENS SEVENTY-FIFTH SESSION, ADOPTS AGENDA AND PROGRAMME OF WORK
03 August 2009
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this morning opened its seventy-fifth session, holding a dialogue with Ibrahim Salama, Chief Human Rights Treaties Branch Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), on the implementation of the Durban outcome document and the harmonization of human rights treaty bodies. It then adopted its agenda and programme of work.
Mr. Salama said that there were three main challenges that all the committees were facing: the implementation of the Durban outcome…
12 years ago
ADVISORY COMMITTEE DISCUSSES ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST PERSONS AFFECTED BY LEPROSY AND RULES OF PROCEDURE AND METHODS OF WORK
03 August 2009
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee this afternoon continued its consideration of draft guidelines on the elimination of discrimination against persons affected by leprosy and their family members, following which it took up its draft rules of procedure and methods of work.
In the context of its discussion on the elimination of discrimination against persons affected by leprosy, speakers said the working paper dealt with the issue of leprosy as a human rights issue, and from the viewpoint of…
