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“The Role of the United Nations in the Promotion of Peace and Human Rights”
21 September 2012
| Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
Speech
21 septembre 2012“The Role of the United Nations in the Promotion of Peace and Human Rights” (en anglais)
Opening remarks by Mr. Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
United Nations Under-Secretary-General
Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva
Commemoration of the International Day of Peace
“The Role of the United Nations in the Promotion of Peace and Human Rights”
Room XVI
Friday, 21 September 2012 at 1:10 p.m.
Ambassador Manuel Dengo
Ambassador Chikh
Distinguished Colleagues
Ladies and Gentlemen:
It is my pleasure to welcome you to…
8 years 10 months ago
“Placing inclusiveness at the heart of peacebuilding? Limits and opportunities”
21 September 2012
| Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
Speech
21 septembre 2012“Placing inclusiveness at the heart of peacebuilding? Limits and opportunities” (en anglais)
Opening remarks by Mr. Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
United Nations Under-Secretary-General
Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva
“Placing inclusiveness at the heart of peacebuilding? Limits and opportunities”
Palais des Nations, Room VIII
Friday, 21 September 2012 at 16:00
Mr. Wennmann
Distinguished Panellists
Ladies and Gentlemen:
As we come together on the International Day of Peace, it is a particular pleasure…
8 years 10 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS OUTCOME OF UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW ON THE NETHERLANDS AND SOUTH AFRICA
21 September 2012
Meeting Summaries
Hears Address by Foreign Minister of Australia and Human Rights Minister of Burkina Faso, Continues Debate on Human Rights Bodies and Mechanisms
The Human Rights Council this morning adopted the outcome of the Universal Periodic Review on the Netherlands and South Africa, thus concluding the adoption of the outcome on States examined at the thirteenth session of the Working Group in May 2012. The Council also heard addresses by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Australia and by the Minister of Human Rights and Civic Participation of…
8 years 10 months ago
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES CONSIDERS REPORT OF HUNGARY
21 September 2012
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today completed its consideration of the initial report of Hungary on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
Presenting the report, Miklos Soltesz, Minister for Social, Family and Youth Affairs, said that since the Communist era political change, which started in 1989, had brought about a change to people’s attitudes towards persons with disabilities and the idea of equal rights in disability policies was placed on the agenda for the first…
8 years 10 months ago
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
21 September 2012
Bi-Weekly Briefing
Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Human Rights Council, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the International Organization for Migration, the World Trade Organization and the World Meteorological Organization.Human Rights Council
Rolando Gomez, spokesperson for the Human Rights Council, said…
8 years 10 months ago
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD EXAMINES REPORT OF ANDORRA
21 September 2012
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Rights of the Child today considered the second periodic report of Andorra on how that country is implementing the provisions of the Convention on Rights of the Child.
Introducing the report, Joan Carles Villaverde, Head of the Attention and Social Intervention Service at the Ministry for Health and Welfare and Head of Delegation, said that Andorra was one of the smallest countries in the world, with a population of 80,000 people, which allowed it to confront the problems facing children with efficiency. It ratified the Convention on the Rights of the…
8 years 10 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS PANEL DISCUSSION ON NELSON MANDELA INTERNATIONAL DAY
21 September 2012
Meeting Summaries
Concludes General Debate on Human Rights Bodies and Mechanisms and on the Universal Periodic Review
The Human Rights Council this afternoon held a panel discussion on Nelson Mandela International Day, after which it concluded its general debate on human rights bodies and mechanisms and on the Universal Periodic Review.
The panel was opened with the showing of a short film on the life of Nelson Mandela, and an address by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, who said that this panel discussion aimed at inspiring individuals…
8 years 10 months ago
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF PARAGUAY PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
21 September 2012
Presentation of Credentials
Mr. Juan Esteban Aguirre Martinez, the new Permanent Representative of Paraguay 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. Martinez was the Deputy Minister of Paraguay for Foreign Affairs, a position he held from 2011. From 2010 to 2011 he was the Director General of Multilateral Policy at the Ministry of External Relations. Mr. Martinez undertook an eight-year posting to Canada…
8 years 10 months ago
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF EL SALVADOR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
21 September 2012
Presentation of Credentials
Victoria Marina Velásquez de Avilés, the new Permanent Representative of El Salvador 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 in Geneva Ms. Velásquez de Avilés was the Minister of Labour and Social Welfare from June 2009 to June 2011. She had also been the Deputy Minister of Labour and Social Welfare from 1979 to 1980. Between 2003 and 2009 she was the First Judge of the Constitutional Chamber…
8 years 10 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS OUTCOME OF UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW ON THE UNITED KINGDOM, INDIA AND BRAZIL
20 September 2012
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council this morning adopted the outcome of the Universal Periodic Review on the United Kingdom, India and Brazil.
Karen Pierce, Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations Office at Geneva, stressed the commitment of the United Kingdom to play a key role in realizing the Universal Periodic Review’s potential through working together to preserve core values of this mechanism. Following its review in May 2012 and the extensive in-country consultations, the United Kingdom had accepted in full…
