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REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
24 August 2010
Bi-Weekly Briefing
Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service at Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health Organization, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe and the International Organization for Migration.Pakistan
Ms. Momal-Vanian said the situation in Pakistan remained…
10 years 11 months ago
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT DISCUSSES UPCOMING HIGH-LEVEL MEETING ON DISARMAMENT
24 August 2010
Meeting Summaries
The Conference on Disarmament this morning discussed the upcoming high-level ministerial meeting called for by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon that will take place in New York on 24 September under the title of revitalizing the work of the Conference on Disarmament and taking forward multilateral disarmament negotiations.
Sergei Ordzhonikidze, Secretary-General of the Conference on Disarmament and Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, said that as the Personal Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General to the…
10 years 11 months ago
2010 UNITED NATIONS PROGRAMME OF FELLOWSHIPS ON DISARMAMENT STARTS IN GENEVA
23 August 2010
Meeting Summaries
The 2010 United Nations Programme of Fellowships on Disarmament starts today at the United Nations Office at Geneva with the participation of young diplomats from 25 Member States of the United Nations. The programme will last for a period of nine weeks.
Diplomats from the following 25 Member States will be participating in the 2010 Disarmament Fellowship Programme: Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Bhutan, Cameroon, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, Georgia, Ghana, Guinea, Iraq, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Lithuania, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mongolia, Montenegro,…
10 years 11 months ago
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
20 August 2010
Bi-Weekly Briefing
Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service at the United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for and Representatives of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme, the International Organization for Migration, the UN Refugee Agency and the International Committee of the Red Cross. Pakistan Floods
Ms. Ponomareva-Piquier said Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon…
10 years 11 months ago
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF ESTONIA
20 August 2010
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has considered the combined eighth and ninth periodic reports of Estonia on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination.
Presenting the report, Anne-Ly Reimaa, Undersecretary on International Relations and Cultural Diversity of the Estonian Ministry of Culture, said that in terms of reducing the number of persons with undetermined citizenship, several measures had been undertaken to encourage people with undetermined…
10 years 11 months ago
UNISDR Press Conference
20 August 2010
Press Conference Announcement
Current disasters in Pakistan, China, Niger and Russia Salvano Briceño, Director of the UNISDR Secretariat
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UNISDR Press Conference
Listen to the audio
ftp://MVE-PWSU:vo4KeQnm@unis-ftp.unog.ch/PCUNISDR20100820.mp3
Organizations
United Nations Office at Geneva
11 years ago
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
19 August 2010
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has considered the combined seventh and eighth periodic reports of Bosnia and Herzegovina on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination.
Presenting the report, Saliha Djuderija, Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Human Rights and Refugees of Bosnia and Herzegovina, said that the State was working on eliminating the “two schools under one roof” problem which was the segregation in schools based on ethnic…
11 years ago
BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION EXPERTS TO MEET IN GENEVA FROM 23 TO 27 AUGUST
19 August 2010
Meeting Summaries
Experts to Discuss Responses in the Case of Alleged Use of Biological Weapons
The 2010 Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) Meeting of Experts will be held at the United Nations Office at Geneva from 23 to 27 August. This year's Meeting of Experts is the last in a four-year programme mandated by the 2006 Sixth Review Conference of the BWC, aimed at strengthening the implementation of the Convention and improving its effectiveness as a practical barrier against the development or use of biological weapons. The BWC prohibits the development, production and…
11 years ago
UNICEF Press Conference
19 August 2010
Press Conference Announcement
Pakistan emergency (audio link), live from the Punjab province Daniel Toole, UNICEF Regional Director for South Asia
Title
UNICEF Press Conference
Listen to the audio
ftp://MVE-PWSU:vo4KeQnm@unis-ftp.unog.ch/PCUNICEF20100819.mp3
Organizations
United Nations Office at Geneva
11 years ago
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF DENMARK
18 August 2010
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has considered the combined eighteenth and nineteenth periodic reports of Denmark on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination.
Presenting the report, Allan Jacobsen, the Head of the Human Rights Unit of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark, said that the Danish Government continued to focus on measures to prevent and combat racially motivated offences and hate speech and remained committed to ensuring that hate…
