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Human Rights Council Press Conference
30 September 2011
Press Conference Announcement
Briefing by the members of the independent Commission of Inquiry on Syria Professor Paulo Pinheiro, Chairperson Ms. Yakin Ertürk, Member of the Commission Ms. Karen Abu Zayd, Member of the Commission
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Human Rights Council Press Conference
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Human Rights Council Press Conference
30 September 2011
Press Conference Announcement
The Human Rights Council - Conclusion of the 18th regular session (12 - 30 September 2011) H.E. Ms. Laura Dupuy Lasserre, President of the Human Rights Council
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Human Rights Council Press Conference
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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ESTABLISHES NEW MANDATES ON PROMOTING AN EQUITABLE INTERNATIONAL ORDER AND ON TRUTH, JUSTICE AND REPARATION
29 September 2011
Meeting Summaries
Also Adopts Texts on Minorities, Mercenaries, International Solidarity, Indigenous Peoples, and Cooperation with the United Nations in Field of Human Rights
The Human Rights Council this morning adopted seven texts, which included establishing new mandates for an Independent Expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order and for a Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence. The Council also adopted texts on the commemoration…
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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 countries are (in order of review) Tajikistan, the United Republic of Tanzania, Antigua and Barbuda, Swaziland, Trinidad and Tobago, Thailand, Ireland, Togo, the Syrian Arab Republic, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Iceland, Zimbabwe, Lithuania, Uganda,…
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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS RESOLUTIONS ON TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR SUDAN, SOUTH SUDAN AND YEMEN
29 September 2011
Meeting Summaries
Recommends that General Assembly Lifts Suspension of Libya’s Membership Rights in the Human Rights Council, Extends Mandate of Rapporteur on Hazardous Wastes
The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted 13 resolutions including on technical assistance and capacity building for Sudan, South Sudan and Yemen. On Libya, the Council recommended that the General Assembly lift the suspension of Libya’s membership in the Human Rights Council. The Council also extended the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on hazardous wastes, giving him a new…
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"La Macchina del Vento"
28 September 2011
| Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
Speech
28 septembre 2011"La Macchina del Vento"
Opening remarks by Mr. Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
United Nations Under-Secretary-General
Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva
“La Macchina del Vento”
Palais des Nations, Garden, Outside Door 20
Wednesday, 28 September 2011 at 12:30 p.m.
Ambassador Mirachian
Mr. Bolley
Ladies and Gentlemen:
It is a pleasure to welcome you all for the unveiling of the sculpture “La Macchina del Vento” by Eugenio Bolley. I would like to especially thank the Permanent Mission of Italy for organizing this ceremony and reception. And I would also…
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COUNCIL HOLDS DISCUSSION ON THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS THROUGH TOLERANCE AND RECONCILIATION IN COMMEMORATION OF NELSON MANDELA DAY
28 September 2011
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council this morning held a panel discussion on the promotion and protection of human rights through tolerance and reconciliation in commemoration of Nelson Mandela day.
Kyung-wha Kang, Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, opened the panel discussion on the promotion and protection of human rights through tolerance and reconciliation, inspired by the life and actions of Nelson Mandela, and said that Nelson Mandela and his rainbow nation were rightly considered role models by…
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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUES WITH EXPERTS ON SOMALIA AND CAMBODIA
28 September 2011
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council in a midday meeting today held interactive dialogues with the Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Somalia and the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia.
Shamsul Bari, Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Somalia, said the effects of the unprecedented drought and the resultant famine in many parts of Somalia, combined with the vicious armed conflict that had ravaged Somalia for the last two decades, had wreaked unimaginable havoc on the lives of its population. The…
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COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD CONSIDERS THE REPORT OF SEYCHELLES
28 September 2011
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Rights of the Child has considered the second, third and fourth combined reports of Seychelles on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Presenting the report, Bernard Shamlaye, Minister of Social Development and Culture, noted that a National Plan of Action for Children, running from 2005 to 2009, had been implemented. It was founded on the principles of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and built on earlier work undertaken under the Seychelles Programmeme of Action for…
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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS RESOLUTIONS ON THE DEATH PENALTY, THE RIGHT TO WATER AND SANITATION AND MATERNAL MORTALITY AND MORBIDITY
28 September 2011
Meeting Summaries
Holds General Debate on Technical Assistance and Capacity Building
The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted three resolutions on the question of the death penalty, the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation and preventable maternal mortality and morbidity and human rights. It also held a general debate on technical assistance and capacity building.
In a resolution regarding the report by the Secretary-General on the question of the death penalty, the Council requested the Secretary-…
