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SEVENTY-SECOND SESSION OF THE UNCC GOVERNING COUNCIL TO BE HELD FROM 11 TO 13 OCTOBER

13 years 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home SEVENTY-SECOND SESSION OF THE UNCC GOVERNING COUNCIL TO BE HELD FROM 11 TO 13 OCTOBER 10 October 2011 Press Release The Governing Council of the United Nations Compensation Commission (UNCC) will hold its seventy-second session from 11 to 13 October 2011 under the Presidency of Ambassador Reinhard Schweppe (Germany). At the opening plenary, the Council will be electing a new Vice-President, as one of two Vice-Presidents (Japan) left the Council at the end of 2010. The…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE

13 years 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE 07 October 2011 UN Geneva Press Briefing Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the UN Information Service, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for and Representatives of the Food and Agriculture Organization, the Joint Services of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions, the World Health Organization, the World Trade Organization, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the Office for…

COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD CONCLUDES FIFTY-EIGHTH SESSION

13 years 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD CONCLUDES FIFTY-EIGHTH SESSION 07 October 2011 Press Release Issues Conclusions on Reports of Italy, Republic of Korea, Syria, Iceland, Panama, Seychelles and Sweden The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its three-week fifty-eighth session, adopting its report and issuing its concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of Italy, the Republic of Korea,…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE

13 years 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE 04 October 2011 UN Geneva Press Briefing Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the UN Information Service, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for and Representatives of the Human Rights Council, the UN Environment Programme, the Secretariat of the UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, the International Labour Organization, the World Health Organization, the Office of the High…

HIGHLIGHTS OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY THREE CO-CHAIRS OF THE GENEVA INTERNATIONAL DISCUSSIONS FOLLOWING THE SEVENTEENTH ROUND

13 years 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home HIGHLIGHTS OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY THREE CO-CHAIRS OF THE GENEVA INTERNATIONAL DISCUSSIONS FOLLOWING THE SEVENTEENTH ROUND 04 October 2011 Press Release The three Co-Chairs of the Geneva International Discussions, Philippe Lefort, European Union Special Representative for the South Caucasus and for the crisis in Georgia; Antti Turunen, United Nations Representative to the Geneva International Discussions and the Joint Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism; and Giedrius…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE

13 years 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE 30 September 2011 UN Geneva Press Briefing Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the UN Information Service, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for and Representatives of the UN Research Institute for Social Development, the International Labour Organization, the Human Rights Council, the UN Refugee Agency, the World Trade Organization, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the…

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONCLUDES EIGHTEENTH SESSION

13 years 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONCLUDES EIGHTEENTH SESSION 30 September 2011 Press Release Creates Two New Mandates on Promotion of a Democratic International Order and on Promotion of Truth, Justice, Reparation and Guarantees of Non-recurrence The Human Rights Council concluded its eighteenth regular session this afternoon after adopting more than 30 resolutions and decisions and two Presidential Statements on a wide range of…

TWELFTH SESSION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL’S UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW TO BE HELD FROM 3 TO 14 OCTOBER 2011

13 years 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home TWELFTH SESSION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL’S UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW TO BE HELD FROM 3 TO 14 OCTOBER 2011 29 September 2011 Press Release Seventeen Countries Will Have Their Human Rights Records Examined Seventeen States will have their human rights records examined during the twelfth session of the Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review Working Group to be held in Geneva from 3 to 14 October. These…

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

13 years 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF BAHRAIN PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG 27 September 2011 Presentation of Credentials Yusuf Abdulkarim Bucheeri, the new Permanent Representative of Bahrain 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, Dr. Bucheeri was a Director (rank of Ambassador) in the Legal Department at…

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

13 years 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF CANADA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG 27 September 2011 Presentation of Credentials Elissa Golberg, the new Permanent Representative of Canada to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to her appointment to Geneva, Ms. Golberg served as the Director General of the Stabilization and Reconstruction Task…