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COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES OPENS EIGHTH SESSION
17 September 2012
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities this morning opened its eighth session, during which the Committee will review the initial reports of China, Argentina and Hungary on how those countries implement the provisions of the Conventions on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The Committee heard an opening address by a representative of the High Commissioner for Human Rights as well as opening remarks by representatives of United Nations and non-governmental organizations. It also adopted its agenda and revised programme of work…
8 years 11 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS DEBATE ON HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATIONS REQUIRING THE COUNCIL’S ATTENTION
17 September 2012
Meeting Summaries
Hears an Oral Update by the High Commissioner on the Situation in Northern Mali
The Human Rights Council this afternoon heard an oral update by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the human rights situation in the north of Mali and held a general debate on human rights situations requiring the Council’s attention.
Navi Pillay, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, updated the Council on the human rights situation in the north of Mali, which was currently occupied by various armed groups and had seen several…
8 years 11 months ago
Human Rights Council Press Conference
17 September 2012
Press Conference Announcement
Press conference on presentation of report by Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic to the Human Rights Council · Paulo Pinheiro, Chairperson, Commission of Inquiry · Karen Koning AbuZayd, Member of Commission of Inquiry
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Human Rights Council Press Conference
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8 years 11 months ago
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF THE GAMBIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
17 September 2012
Presentation of Credentials
Ousman Badjie, the new Permanent Representative of the Gambia 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. Badjie was the Ambassador to France and Permanent Delegate to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). From 2007 to 2012 he held the position of Ambassador to Morocco, Tunisia and Cyprus. Mr. Badjie served as a member of the team that set up…
8 years 11 months ago
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
17 September 2012
Presentation of Credentials
Choi Seokyoung, the new Permanent Representative of the Republic of Korea 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. Choi had been serving as Deputy Minister for Trade at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade since 2010. During 2009, he was Ambassador for the Doha Development Agenda, and from 2006 to the end of 2008, he was a Minister at the Korean Embassy in the…
8 years 11 months ago
UN Open Day 2012
15 September 2012
| Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
Speech
15 septembre 2012Journée portes ouvertes 2012 des Nations Unies
Remarks by Mr. Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
United Nations Under-Secretary-General
Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva
“Palais des Nations Open Day 2012”
Palais des Nations, Ariana Park
Saturday, 15 September 2012 at 11:30 a.m.
Mr. Permanent Representative of Switzerland,
Mr. State Councillor,
Madam State Chancellor,
Excellencies,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Dear Friends,
It is my great pleasure to welcome you to the Palais des Nations for our Open Day. Today is very special for us. It provides us with the opportunity to…
8 years 11 months ago
“Current Challenges Facing the United Nations”
14 September 2012
| Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
Speech
14 septembre 2012“Current Challenges Facing the United Nations”
Remarks by Mr. Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
United Nations Under-Secretary-General
Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva
“Current Challenges Facing the United Nations”
Remarks to the American International Club
Hotel Intercontinental (Salon Méditerrané), Geneva
Friday, 14 September 2012 at 13:10
President Karr
Ambassador Betty King [of the United States of America]
Director General Swing [of the International Organization for Migration]
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Thank you for the kind introduction…
8 years 11 months ago
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
14 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 United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Programme, the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and the World Meteorological Organization.Human Rights Council
Rolando Gomez for the Human Rights Council said today’s meetings…
8 years 11 months ago
COUNCIL CONCLUDES GENERAL DEBATE ON THEMATIC REPORTS OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL AND THE HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
14 September 2012
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council this afternoon concluded its general debate on the right to development and on the thematic reports of the Secretary-General and the High Commissioner for Human Rights concerning the promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development, in which speakers highlighted the importance of the right to development and voiced concern about the application of the death penalty in several countries, including on…
8 years 11 months ago
COMMITTEE ON PROTECTION OF MIGRANT WORKERS CONCLUDES ITS SEVENTEENTH SESSION
14 September 2012
Meeting Summaries
Adopts its Concluding Observations and Recommendations on Reports of Rwanda and Bosnia and Herzegovina
The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families today concluded its seventeenth session at the Palais Wilson in Geneva after adopting its concluding observations on the measures taken by Rwanda and Bosnia and Herzegovina, whose reports were examined during this session, to implement the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families.
During the…
