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NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF THE COMOROS PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
30 September 2010
Presentation of Credentials
Sultan Chouzour, the new Permanent Representative of the Comoros to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.
Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Chouzour served as Ambassador to Belgium since 2001. Before that, he was Counselor to the President from 1999 to 2001 and Director of the President’s Cabinet between 1998 and 1999.
Mr. Chouzour also served as Minster for National Education, Public Health, Youth and Sports in…
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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL FOCUSES ON SOMALIA AS IT TAKES UP THE ISSUE OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND CAPACITY BUILDING
29 September 2010
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council today focused on the situation of human rights in Somalia as it took up its agenda item on technical assistance and capacity building. It first held a stand-alone interactive dialogue on assistance to Somalia in the field of human rights, which was then followed by an interactive dialogue with the Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Somalia. To conclude, the Council held a general debate on technical assistance and capacity building, during which the situations in Cambodia, Burundi…
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COUNCIL ADOPTS TEXTS ON FOLLOW-UP ON REPORT OF FACT-FINDING MISSION ON FLOTILLA ATTACK AND ON COMMITTEE OF INDEPENDENT EXPERTS ON GAZA CONFLICT
29 September 2010
Meeting Summaries
Extends Mandate of Special Rapporteur on Slavery, Endorses Nomination of Special Rapporteurs on Internally Displaced Persons and on Torture
The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted six resolutions on follow-up to the report of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the flotilla attack; follow-up to the report of the Committee of Independent Experts on the Gaza conflict in which it renewed the mandate of the Committee; the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of…
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UNEP press conference
29 September 2010
Press Conference Announcement
Speaker: Achim Steiner, UNEP Executive Director Subject: Informal discussion on burning issues such as Cancun, the green economy,biodiversity Place: Press room 1 Date: Wednesday 29 September at 12:45 pm (sandwiches will be served).
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UNEP press conference
Listen to the audio
ftp://MVE-PWSU:vo4KeQnm@unis-ftp.unog.ch/PCUNEP20100929.mp3
Organizations
UNEP
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OCHA Press Conference
29 September 2010
Press Conference Announcement
Outcome of the International Search and Rescue Advisory Group (INSARAG) Global Meeting in Kobe (Japan). Rashid Khalikov, Director, OCHA Geneva Ambassador Toni Frisch, INSARAG Global Chairman
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OCHA Press Conference
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ftp://MVE-PWSU:vo4KeQnm@unis-ftp.unog.ch/PCOCHA20100929.mp3
Organizations
United Nations Office at Geneva
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13e Fête de la Communication
28 September 2010
| Sergei Ordzhonikidze
Speech
28 septembre 201013e Fête de la Communication
Remarks by Mr. Sergei A. Ordzhonikidze
13e Fête de la CommunicationLa Pastorale, Geneva, Tuesday, 28 September 2010, at 19:30
Mr. Minister
Ambassador Martinelli
Mr. President of the State Council
Mr. State Councillor
Madam Mayor
Madam Chancellor
Mr. Mettan
Excellencies
Ladies and Gentlemen:
It is a great pleasure to be with you again for the Fête de la Communication, which has become a treasured feature of the annual Geneva calendar. Allow me, first of all, to thank my good friend, Guy Mettan, for his steadfast support for the work…
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REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
28 September 2010
Bi-Weekly 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 United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the International Organization for Migration and the World Health Organization.Committee on the Rights of the Child
Ms. Momal-Vanian said that the Committee on the Rights of the Child was holding this week private meetings to discuss its concluding observations and recommendations on the ten reports it had considered at the current session.…
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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE ON REPORT OF FACT-FINDING MISSION ON ISRAEL’S ATTACK ON THE HUMANITARIAN FLOTILLA
28 September 2010
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council this morning held an interactive dialogue with the United Nations Fact-Finding Mission to investigate violations of international law, including international humanitarian and human rights law, resulting from the Israeli attacks on the flotilla of ships carrying humanitarian assistance.
In concluding remarks, Justice Karl Hudson-Phillips, Chief of the Fact-Finding Mission, said he only heard two discordant comments from the floor. He personally regretted the statement made by the…
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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS DEBATE WITH SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON RACISM AND CHAIR OF WORKING GROUP ON PEOPLE OF AFRICAN DESCENT
28 September 2010
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council this afternoon held a clustered interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, and the Chairperson of the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent, under its agenda item on Racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related forms of intolerance and follow-up and implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action. It then held a general debate under that agenda item.…
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COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON CAMBODIA
28 September 2010
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council this afternoon held an interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia.
The Special Rapporteur, Surya Prasad Subedi, presenting his report, said Cambodia had made noteworthy progress in protecting and promoting human rights, including enacting some major laws in the recent past. The Government was more engaged with United Nations human rights institutions, had accepted all recommendations made during the Universal Periodic Review, and was reportedly on course towards achieving some Millennium…
