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REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE

13 years 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE 02 December 2011 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 for the High Commissioner for Refugees, the United Nations Development Programme, the Conference of the Convention on Biological Weapons, the World Bank, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the World Health Organization, the…

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF NETHERLANDS PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG

13 years 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF NETHERLANDS PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG 02 December 2011 Presentation of Credentials Roderick van Schreven, the new Permanent Representative of the Netherlands to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. van Schreven had been serving from April to July 2011 as the Head…

COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS CONCLUDES FORTY-SEVENTH SESSION

13 years 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS CONCLUDES FORTY-SEVENTH SESSION 02 December 2011 Press Release Issues Concluding Observations and Recommendations on Reports of Estonia, Israel, Turkmenistan, Cameroon and Argentina The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights has concluded its three-week forty-seventh session, adopting its report and issuing its concluding observations and recommendations on the…

COUNCIL CONCLUDES SPECIAL SESSION ON SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN SYRIA, ESTABLISHES MANDATE OF SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR FOR SYRIA

13 years 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home COUNCIL CONCLUDES SPECIAL SESSION ON SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN SYRIA, ESTABLISHES MANDATE OF SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR FOR SYRIA 02 December 2011 Press Release The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted a resolution on the human rights situation in the Syrian Arab Republic in which it established a mandate of a Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic. The resolution came at the end…

GLOBAL BAN ON BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS TO BE REVIEWED AND STRENGTHENED

13 years 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home GLOBAL BAN ON BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS TO BE REVIEWED AND STRENGTHENED 01 December 2011 Press Release States Parties Set to Examine the Operation of the Biological Weapons Convention and Chart its Course for the Next Five Years Representatives of the 165 States parties to the Biological Weapons Convention will meet in Geneva from 5 to 22 December 2011 for the seventh five-yearly review of the treaty. The Biological Weapons…

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL TO HOLD SPECIAL SESSION ON SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC

13 years 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL TO HOLD SPECIAL SESSION ON SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC 30 November 2011 Press Release The Human Rights Council will hold a Special Session on Friday, 2 December “to examine the situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic in the light of the report of the Commission of Inquiry”. The request for the Special Session was made by the European Union this morning and was signed by 28 Member States of the…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE

13 years 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE 29 November 2011 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 for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the World Food Programme, the World…

COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE CONCLUDES FORTY-SEVENTH SESSION

13 years 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE CONCLUDES FORTY-SEVENTH SESSION 25 November 2011 Press Release Issues Concluding Observations on Reports of Belarus, Bulgaria, Djibouti, Germany, Madagascar, Morocco, Paraguay and Sri Lanka The Committee against Torture concluded its forty-seventh session today, issuing its concluding observations and recommendations on reports from Belarus, Bulgaria, Djibouti, Germany, Madagascar, Morocco,…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE

13 years 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE 25 November 2011 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 for the Economic Commission for Europe, the United Nations Conference for Trade and Development, the World Meteorological Organization, the World Trade Organization, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Health Organization, the…

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF ECUADOR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG

13 years 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF ECUADOR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG 23 November 2011 Presentation of Credentials Luis Gallegos Chiriboga, the new Permanent Representative of Ecuador to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Gallegos Chiriboga had been serving as Ambassador of Ecuador to the United…