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UNOG, BELGIAN PRESIDENCY OF COUNCIL OF EU AND GENEVA CENTRE FOR DEMOCRATIC CONTROL OF ARMED FORCES CO-CHAIR SEMINAR ON WOMEN, PEACE AND SECURITY
16 September 2010
Press Conferences
We need to strengthen accountability and put an end to impunity for violence committed against women in conflict if we are to achieve a lasting and sustainable peace. This was one of the key messages of a high-level seminar focused on how to enhance the role of women in peace and security worldwide.
Over 150 representatives of Governments, the United Nations family, think tanks and academia took part in the high-level seminar, convened on 15 September 2010 by the United Nations Office at…
10 years 11 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HEARS PRESENTATION OF REPORTS ON RIGHT TO DEVELOPMENT, OPTIONAL PROTOCOL ON CHILDREN’S RIGHTS AND THEMATIC ISSUES
16 September 2010
Meeting Summaries
Concludes Interactive Dialogue with Independent Experts on Safe Drinking Water and Sanitation and on Extreme Poverty
The Human Rights Council this morning heard statements by the Chairperson of the Open-Ended Working Group on an Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Chairperson-Rapporteur of the Working Group on the Right to Development, and the Director of the Human Rights Council and Special Procedures Division of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights who…
10 years 11 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS GENERAL DEBATE ON THE PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS
16 September 2010
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council this afternoon held a general debate on the promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development, and thematic reports presented by the Secretary-General and the High Commissioner for Human Rights and her Office.
Regarding the right to development, during the general debate speakers said that it was disturbing to note that nearly 25 years after the adoption of the Declaration on the Right to Development, not much had been achieved in making…
10 years 11 months ago
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD CONSIDERS REPORT OF BURUNDI (in French only)
16 September 2010
Meeting Summaries
Le Comité des droits de l'enfant a examiné aujourd'hui le rapport périodique du Burundi sur la mise en œuvre de la Convention relative aux droits de l'enfant.
Le rapport du Burundi a été présenté par la Ministre de la solidarité nationale, des droits de la personne humaine et du genre, Mme Immaculée Nahayo, qui a déclaré qu'entre 2000 et 2010, le Burundi a connu des changements majeurs qui ont affecté la vie des enfants de façon positive mais aussi négative. Elle a toutefois fait valoir que depuis avril 2009, l'âge de la responsabilité pénale a été porté…
10 years 11 months ago
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD EXAMINES REPORTS OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA UNDER OPTIONAL PROTOCOLS ON CHILDREN IN ARMED CONFLICT AND ON CHILD SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND SALE
16 September 2010
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Rights of the Child today reviewed the initial reports of Bosnia and Herzegovina on how that country is implementing the provisions of the two Optional Protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict and on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography.
Presenting the report on the Protocol on the involvement of children in armed conflict, Saliha Djuderija, Assistant…
10 years 11 months ago
Press Conference by the Global Fund to Fights AIDS, TB and Malaria
16 September 2010
Press Conference Announcement
Ahead of the Millennium summit in New York (20 -22 September), the Executive Director of the Global Fund to fight AIDS, TB and Malaria, will speak about the progress achieved and the challenges that remain. Michel Kazatchkine, Executive Director, Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria
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WMO Press Conference
16 September 2010
Press Conference Announcement
A new report released by the World Meteorological Organization and the UN Environment Programme highlights progress in protecting the ozone layer which is so vital to life on earth and explores the complex relationship with climate change. The publication marks the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer. Len Barrie, Director, WMO Research Department Geir Braathen, Senior Scientific Officer, WMO Atmospheric Environment Research Division
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10 years 11 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL STARTS INTERACTIVE DEBATE ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY AND ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND TOXIC WASTE
15 September 2010
Meeting Summaries
Concludes Interactive Dialogue on Contemporary Forms of Slavery and on Mercenaries
The Human Rights Council this morning started its clustered interactive dialogue with the Independent Expert on human rights and international solidarity and the Special Rapporteur on the adverse effects of the movement and dumping of toxic and dangerous products and wastes on the enjoyment of human rights. It also concluded its clustered interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery and the…
10 years 11 months ago
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD EXAMINES REPORTS OF SIERRA LEONE UNDER THE OPTIONAL PROTOCOLS ON CHILDREN IN ARMED CONFLICT AND THE SALE AND SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN
15 September 2010
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Rights of the Child today reviewed the initial reports of Sierra Leone on how that country is implementing the provisions of the two Optional Protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict and on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography.
In opening remarks to the Committee, Brima Rogers, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Social Welfare, Gender and Children’s…
10 years 11 months ago
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD CONSIDERS REPORT OF SPAIN (in French only)
15 September 2010
Meeting Summaries
Le Comité des droits de l'enfant a examiné aujourd'hui le rapport périodique de l'Espagne sur les mesures prises par ce pays pour assurer la mise en œuvre de la Convention relative aux droits de l'enfant.
Présentant le rapport de son pays, Mme María Luisa García Blanco, Chef de la Sous-Direction générale des affaires constitutionnelles et des droits de l'homme, a affirmé que la structure décentralisée de l'Espagne, loin de porter préjudice à la protection des enfants, permet de protéger encore mieux leurs droits. Elle a souligné que le bureau du Procureur…
