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PROTECTING RIGHTS OF MIGRANT WORKERS IS MORE CRUCIAL THAN EVER, SAYS UNITED NATIONS COMMITTEE
02 October 2013
Press Release
GENEVA (2 October 2013) – Migrants are too often regarded as commodities or economic and political problems instead of human beings, a United Nations Committee has said in an appeal to all countries to join an international treaty that protects the rights of migrant workers.
“The International Convention on the Rights of Migrant Workers and their Families is one of the core international human rights treaties,” said Chairperson Abdelhamid El Jamri on behalf of the Committee on the Rights of Migrant Workers.
“Ratifying this treaty does not commit…
7 years 10 months ago
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONSIDERS REPORTS OF COLOMBIA
02 October 2013
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the combined seventh and eighth periodic report of Colombia on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.
Presenting the report, Nigeria Renteria, Chief Presidential Advisor on Women’s Affairs of Colombia, set out institutional, legislative and practical progress made since the last report of Colombia, which included laws to fight violence against women and to provide for victims of Colombia’s…
7 years 10 months ago
UNOG Library Talks: “Human Rights as International Constitutional Law”
01 October 2013
| Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
Speech
1 octobre 2013UNOG Library Talks: “Human Rights as International Constitutional Law”
Remarks by Mr. Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
United Nations Under-Secretary-General
Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva
UNOG Library Talks: “Human Rights as International Constitutional Law”
Palais des Nations, Library Events Room
Tuesday, 1 October 2013
Your Excellency Ambassador Manor
Dr. Ramcharan
Dr. Stephens
Dear Colleagues
Ladies and Gentlemen:
It is my pleasure to welcome you to the Palais des Nations and to the Library of the UN Office at…
7 years 10 months ago
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
01 October 2013
Bi-Weekly Briefing
Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by the Spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Office for the Coordination for Humanitarian Affairs, United Nations Environment Programme, United Nations Refugee Agency Interparliamentary Union, United Nations Children’s Fund, World Health Organization, World Food Programme and the International Organization for Migration.
Ms. Momal-Vanian welcomed a group of 11 journalists, who were participants of the annual Reham Al-Farra…
7 years 10 months ago
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONSIDERS REPORT OF THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA
01 October 2013
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the combined fourth and fifth periodic report of the Republic of Moldova on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.
Presenting the report Sergiu Sainciuc, Deputy Minister of Labour, Social Protection and Family of the Republic of Moldova, outlined progress made since ratification of the Convention in 1994, including in national strategies, legislative reform and an increase in…
7 years 10 months ago
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD EXAMINES REPORT OF MONACO
01 October 2013
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Rights of the Child today considered the combined second to third periodic report of Monaco on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Presenting the report, Carole Lanteri, Permanent Representative of Monaco to the United Nations Office at Geneva, said that Monaco had taken several measures to strengthen the promotion and protection of the rights of the child, including raising the legal majority age to 18 years old, amending the civil code and the code of commerce to establish equality of men and women,…
7 years 10 months ago
UNHCR Press Conference
01 October 2013
Press Conference Announcement
Press Conference by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees and the Chair of the UNHCR Executive Committee at the end of the High-Level Segment on the Syria situation.
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UNHCR Press Conference
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7 years 10 months ago
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF VENEZUELA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
01 October 2013
Presentation of Credentials
Jorge Valero, the new Permanent Representative of Venezuela 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 in Geneva, Mr. Valero served as the Permanent Representative of Venezuela to the United Nations in New York since 2008. He served as Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs to North America from 2010 to 2012 and as Deputy Foreign and Multilateral Affairs Minister from 2006 to 2010. Between 2001 and…
7 years 10 months ago
DISABILITY RIGHTS: UN EXPERTS REJECT RESTRICTIONS ON PERSONS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES’ RIGHT TO VOTE
30 September 2013
Press Release
GENEVA (30 September 2013) - States should not prevent persons with intellectual disabilities from voting, nor make their inclusion on an electoral register dependent on capacity assessments, a UN Committee has said after examining the case of six Hungarians who lost the right to vote when they were placed under legal guardianship.
The six people, who have intellectual disability, brought their complaint to the Geneva-based Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities after they were unable to vote in Hungary’s parliamentary…
7 years 10 months ago
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN OPENS FIFTY-SIXTH SESSION
30 September 2013
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this morning opened its fifty-fifth session, hearing a statement from Andre Doren, Chief of the External Outreach Service of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and adopting its agenda and programme of work for the session.
André Doren, Chief of the External Outreach Service within the Executive Direction and Management of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, spoke about his new External Outreach Service which aimed to generate more visibility and…
