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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, Syria, Iceland, Panama and the Seychelles on how those countries implement the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. It also issued its concluding and recommendations on the report of Sweden with regard to the promotion and…
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COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONSIDERS REPORT OF MAURITIUS
07 October 2011
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the sixth and seventh periodic reports of Mauritius on how that country is implementing the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.
Introducing the report, Maria Francesca Mireille Martin, Minister of Gender Equality, Child Development and Family Welfare of Mauritius, said that since the last review by the Committee of Mauritius in 2006, the Government had set up a National Steering Committee on Gender Mainstreaming to…
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OHCHR Press Conference
07 October 2011
Press Conference Announcement
The Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) presents its concluding observations on the Syrian Arab Republic, Sweden, Seychelles, Republic of Korea, Panama, Italy and Iceland. Mr. Jean Zermatten, Chairperson of the CRC Mr. Hatem Kotrane, Vice-Chairperson of the CRC
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OHCHR Press Conference
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UNHCR Press Conference
07 October 2011
Press Conference Announcement
High Commissioner's Annual post Executive Committee briefing to journalists
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UNHCR Press Conference
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UNHCR
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COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONSIDERS REPORT OF MONTENEGRO
06 October 2011
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the initial report of Montenegro on how that country is implementing the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.
Introducing the report, Sabahudin Delic, Deputy Minister for Human and Minority Rights, said that since Montenegro's independence in 2006 the Government had focused policies on domestic matters and the reform of its constitution and legal systems, including the right of its citizens to live in freedom and…
9 years 10 months ago
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONSIDERS REPORT OF PARAGUAY
05 October 2011
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the sixth periodic report of Paraguay on how that country is implementing the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.
Introducing the report, Gloria Rubin, Minister of the Women’s Secretariat of the Presidency of the Republic of Paraguay, said that for the first time Paraguay had recognized that the right to live a life without violence was an essential requirement. Since 2005 Paraguay had developed public services to…
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REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
04 October 2011
Bi-Weekly 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 Commissioner for Human Rights, the UN Children’s Fund, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the UN Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration and the World Food Programme.Horn of…
9 years 10 months ago
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONSIDERS REPORT OF OMAN
04 October 2011
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the initial report of Oman on how that country is implementing the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.
Introducing the report Sheikh Mohammed Said Al Kalbani, Minister of Social Development of Oman, said that it contained details of legislative, judicial, administrative and other measures taken by Oman to implement the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, ratified in May 2005, on a…
9 years 10 months ago
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 Cekuolis, Special Envoy of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Chairperson-in-Office, held a press conference at the Palais des Nations this afternoon following the seventeenth round…
9 years 10 months ago
UNEP Press Conference
04 October 2011
Press Conference Announcement
Presentation of the COP10 Basel Convention Mr. Michael Stanley-Jones, Public Information Officer, Joint Service of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions, UNEP
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UNEP Press Conference
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UNEP
