11 years ago
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT MARKS SIXTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF NUCLEAR BOMBINGS OF HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI
10 August 2010
Meeting Summaries
Hold First Plenary in Third and Last Part of its 2010 Session
The Conference on Disarmament this morning held the first plenary in the third and last part of its 2010 session, hearing a statement from Japan to mark the sixty-fifth anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Japan also spoke about the current stalemate in the Conference and Cuba and Algeria took the floor to speak on the same issue. Nigeria also took the floor.
Ambassador Gancho Ganev of Bulgaria, President of the Conference on Disarmament, said that…
11 years ago
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF ROMANIA
10 August 2010
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has considered the combined sixteenth through nineteenth periodic reports of Romania on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination.
Presenting the report, Csaba Ferenc Asztalos, President of the National Council for Combating Discrimination of Romania, said that the Romanian Government had created the National Council for Combating Discrimination as the main specialized body of the central public administration…
11 years ago
WHO Press Conference
10 August 2010
Press Conference Announcement
Pandemic Influenza Dr. Keiji Fukuda, Special Advisor to the WHO Director-General on pandemic influenza
Title
WHO Press Conference
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Organizations
United Nations Office at Geneva
11 years ago
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
06 August 2010
Bi-Weekly Briefing
Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children's Fund, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency and the International Organization for Migration.Secretary-General Honours Victims of Hiroshima and NagasakiMs. Ponomareva-Piquier said that United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, currently visiting Japan, had honoured yesterday the survivors of the Hiroshima and…
11 years ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADVISORY COMMITTEE CONCLUDES SESSION AFTER ADOPTING FOUR RECOMMENDATIONS TO HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
06 August 2010
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee this morning concluded its fifth session after adopting four recommendations to be transmitted to the Human Rights Council on: the right to food, the right of peoples to peace, principles and guidelines for the elimination of discrimination against persons affected by leprosy and their family members, and the enhancement of international cooperation in the field of human rights. The Committee also adopted its report ad referendum.
Speaking in concluding remarks, the Committee…
11 years ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADVISORY COMMITTEE CONCLUDES FIFTH SESSION
06 August 2010
Press Release
The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee this morning concluded its fifth session during which it adopted four recommendations and its report to the Human Rights Council. Among these recommendations were texts on the right to food, the right of peoples to peace, principles and guidelines for the elimination of discrimination against persons affected by leprosy and their family members, and the enhancement of international cooperation in the field of human rights.
Within its recommendations, the Committee assigned the conclusion of the study on discrimination in the context…
11 years ago
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF UZBEKISTAN
06 August 2010
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has considered the combined sixth and seventh periodic reports of Uzbekistan on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination.
Presenting the report, Akmal Saidov, Director of the National Human Rights Centre of Uzbekistan, said that between 2007 and 2010 Uzbekistan had undertaken systemic efforts to improve the work of both state and non-governmental organizations in the elimination of racial discrimination. For…
11 years ago
ADVISORY COMMITTEE DISCUSSES RIGHT OF PEOPLES TO PEACE, INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION IN HUMAN RIGHTS AND INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS
05 August 2010
Meeting Summaries
Concludes Discussion on Elimination of Discrimination against People Affected by Leprosy
The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee this morning took up the issues of the right to peace, the enhancement of international cooperation in the field of human rights and international solidarity and human rights, which come under item three of its agenda, namely requests to the Advisory Committee by the Human Rights Council. The Advisory Committee also wrapped up the discussion on the draft set of…
11 years ago
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF IRAN
05 August 2010
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has considered the combined eighteenth and nineteenth periodic reports of Iran on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination.
Presenting the report, Gholan Hossein Dehghani, Director General for International Political Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran, said that a number of provisions had been adopted since Iran’s last periodic report to preserve the dignity and integrity of its citizens. A directive on…
11 years ago
UNECE Press Conference
05 August 2010
Press Conference Announcement
Launch of the UNECE/FAO Forest Products Annual Market Review, 2009-2010 Ed Pepke, Project Manager, Forest Products Annual Market Review, 2009-2010 Douglas Clark, Leader, Forest Products Annual Market Review, 2009-2010
Title
UNECE Press Conference
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Organizations
United Nations Office at Geneva…
