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NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF PERU PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
22 March 2010
Presentation of Credentials
Fernando Rojas Samanez, the new Permanent Representative of Peru to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Sergei A. Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.
Prior to coming to Geneva, since 2006, Mr. Rojas Samanez had been serving as Peru’s Ambassador to Bolivia. A career…
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REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
19 March 2010
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director 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 United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the World Trade Organization, the World Food Programme, the World Meteorological Organization, the United Nations Environment…
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16 March 2010
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by spokespersons and representatives of the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the World Meteorological Organization, the International…
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REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
12 March 2010
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director 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 United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the World Trade Organization, the World Health…
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COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONCLUDES SEVENTY-SIXTH SESSION
12 March 2010
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Issues Concluding Observations on Reports of Argentina, Cambodia, Cameroon, Guatemala, Iceland, Japan, Kazakhstan, Monaco, the Netherlands, Panama and Slovakia
The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its four-week seventy-sixth session and released its concluding observations and…
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JOS: “ETHNIC HATRED MUST NOT BE ALLOWED TO FOMENT IN NIGERIA” – UNITED NATIONS EXPERT BODY ON RACIAL DISCRIMINATION
12 March 2010
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GENEVA – The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination called on the Nigerian authorities to tackle the underlying causes of the repeated outbreaks of ethnic and religious violence near the city of Jos in northern Nigeria. Over the last 10 years, over 13,…
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DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG ADDRESSES EVENT CELEBRATING 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF ENTRY INTO FORCE OF TREATY ON NON-PROLIFERATION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS
10 March 2010
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Sergei Ordzhonikidze Stresses Need to Build on Momentum to Bring Closer the Widely Shared Goal of a World Free of Nuclear Weapons
The Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva and Secretary-General of the Conference on Disarmament, Sergei A. Ordzhonikidze, today stressed the need to build…
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09 March 2010
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director 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 Meteorological Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Health Organization, the International Organization for Migration, the International…
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NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF COSTA RICA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
08 March 2010
Presentation of Credentials
Manuel B. Dengo, the new Permanent Representative of Costa Rica to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Sergei A. Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.
Prior to his appointment to Geneva, from August 2009 to February 2010, Mr. Dengo worked for the Ministry of Inter-…
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HAITI: UNITED NATIONS EXPERT BODY ESTABLISHES GROUP TO ADVISE ON THE SITUATION OF THE DISABLED
05 March 2010
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GENEVA – The United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities announced Friday the creation of a working group to follow up on the situation of the disabled in Haiti, who have been disproportionately affected by the earthquake that hit Haiti in January.
Last month, the group of human…
