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NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF NIGER PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
19 September 2013
Presentation of Credentials
Ado Elhadji Abou, the new Permanent Representative of Niger 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. Elhadji Abou served as Minister-Counsellor at the Embassy of Niger in Abuja, Nigeria. Between October 2011 and December 2012 he was posted to Belgium where he held the post of Minister-Counsellor at the Embassy of Niger in Brussels. Previously Mr. Elhadji Abou was the Deputy Secretary-…
7 years 11 months ago
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF IRELAND PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
19 September 2013
Presentation of Credentials
Patricia O’Brien, the new Permanent Representative of Ireland 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.
Ms. O’Brien has extensive experience of international and legal affairs, and has held a number of senior and legal positions in and out of Ireland. Prior to her appointment to Geneva, Ms. O’Brien worked for the United Nations serving as Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs and United Nations Legal Counsel since 2008,…
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UN-Links Meeting
18 September 2013
| Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
Speech
18 septembre 2013UN-Links Meeting
Remarks by Mr. Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
United Nations Under-Secretary-General
Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva
UN-Links Meeting
Palais des Nations, Library Events Room
Wednesday, 18 September 2013
Ladies and Gentlemen
Dear Colleagues:
It is my pleasure to welcome you to the Palais des Nations for the annual meeting of the UN Library and Information Network for Knowledge Sharing, or UN-LINKS. I would like to take this opportunity to thank the libraries of the International Labour Organization, the International Trade Centre and the World…
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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE ON RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
18 September 2013
Meeting Summaries
Special Rapporteur on Rights of Indigenous Peoples and Chairperson of Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Present Reports
The Human Rights Council this morning held a clustered interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples and the Expert Mechanism on the rights of indigenous peoples.
James Anaya, Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, said the adoption of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples marked a historical moment of recognition of the existence of indigenous…
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COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD CONSIDERS REPORT OF KUWAIT
18 September 2013
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Rights of the Child today completed its consideration of the second periodic report of Kuwait on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Presenting the report, Dharar Abdul Razzak Razzooqi, Permanent Representative of Kuwait to the United Nations Office at Geneva, said that Kuwait had, in recent years, taken a series of measures focusing on the institutional and legal aspects of promoting the rights of the child. Kuwait attached great importance to education and had made primary and intermediate education free…
7 years 11 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADVISORY COMMITTEE
18 September 2013
Meeting Summaries
Also Holds General Debate on Human Rights Bodies and Mechanisms
The Human Rights Council during its midday meeting today held an interactive dialogue with Wolfgang Stefan Heinz, Chairperson of the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee, followed by a general debate on human rights bodies and mechanisms.
Mr. Heinz, in his introductory remarks, said that the Advisory Committee had continued to give priority to requests arising from Council resolutions in accordance with its mandate, and had finalized its study on…
7 years 11 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS OUTCOMES OF THE UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW OF TURKMENISTAN, BURKINA FASO AND CAPE VERDE
18 September 2013
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted the Universal Periodic Review outcomes of Turkmenistan, Burkina Faso and Cape Verde.
Esen Aydogayev, Permanent Representative of Turkmenistan to the United Nations Office at Geneva, said Turkmenistan attached great importance and supported the work of the Human Rights Council in the promotion and protection of fundamental freedoms and human rights. During the review, Turkmenistan had received a total of 183 recommendations, of which 85 were accepted and of which 90 had been…
7 years 11 months ago
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD EXAMINES INITIAL REPORT OF REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA ON SALE OF CHILDREN
18 September 2013
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Rights of the Child today considered the initial report of the Republic of Moldova on how the country was implementing the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography.
Presenting the report, Eugeniu Moraru, Director of the Centre for Combating Cyber Crimes under the Ministry of Internal Affairs, said the Republic of Moldova had adopted a new strategy for the protection of children and family and ratified the Council of Europe Convention…
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UNCTAD Press Conference
18 September 2013
Press Conference Announcement
Publication of the Trade and Environment Review 2013: Wake-up before it is too late (Embargoed 18/09 at 5:00 p.m. GMT) Ulrich Hoffmann - UNCTAD - Division on International Trade - Senior Trade Policy Advisor Prof. Urs Niggli - Director of the Research Institute on Organic Agriculture, (FiBL) Switzerland. and co-author of the Review
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PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES ‘FORGOTTEN VICTIMS’ OF SYRIA’S CONFLICT – UN COMMITTEE
17 September 2013
Press Release
The conflict in Syria is resulting in persons with disabilities facing gross violations of their rights on a daily basis and they need to be afforded much greater protection, the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) has said.
“Living in the midst of conflict is physically and emotionally distressing, but all the more so for persons with disabilities who face the same if not greater barriers in times of armed conflict,” said the Committee, which is composed of 18 independent human rights experts.
“Syria is a State Party to…
