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REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
13 September 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 United Nations Refugee Agency, World Food Programme, and the Human Rights Council.Syria
Ms. Momal-Vanian said that the tripartite meeting between US Secretary of State Kerry, Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov and UN-AL Joint Special Representative Brahimi had started at 09:30 a.m. and it was not certain how long it would last and whether there would be a press conference. [The webcast of the press conference which was later held is…
7 years 11 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL STARTS GENERAL DEBATE ON ALL HUMAN RIGHTS, INCLUDING THE RIGHT TO DEVELOPMENT
13 September 2013
Meeting Summaries
Concludes the Interactive Debate on Truth, Justice, Reparation and Non-recurrence and on Contemporary Forms of Slavery
The Human Rights Council this morning heard the presentation of reports by the Working Group on the right to development, the United Nations Secretary-General and the High Commissioner for Human Rights and her Office, and started a general debate on the promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development. The Council also concluded the…
7 years 11 months ago
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF MIGRANT WORKERS CONCLUDES NINETEENTH SESSION
13 September 2013
Press Release
Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on Reports of Burkina Faso and Morocco; and Annual Report to the General Assembly
The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families today concluded its nineteenth session after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of Burkina Faso and Morocco.
Closing the session, Azad Taghizade, Chairperson of the Committee, summarized the work accomplished by the Committee during the week, which included a review of the initial reports of Burkina…
7 years 11 months ago
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES CONCLUDES TENTH SESSION
13 September 2013
Press Release
Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on Reports of Austria, Australia and El Salvador
The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities this afternoon concluded its tenth session, and adopted its concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of Austria, Australia and El Salvador.
Closing the session, Maria Soledad Cisternas Reyes, Committee Chairperson, summarized the work accomplished by the Committee during the week, which included a review of the reports of Austria, Australia and El Salvador, and the adoption of lists of…
7 years 11 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS GENERAL DEBATE ON ALL HUMAN RIGHTS, INCLUDING THE RIGHT TO DEVELOPMENT
13 September 2013
Meeting Summaries
Hears from Union Minister for Foreign Affairs of Myanmar and Minister of Law, Constitutional Affairs and Human Rights of Lesotho
The Human Rights Council this afternoon held a general debate on the promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development. It also heard statements by the Union Minister for Foreign Affairs of Myanmar and the Minister of Law, Constitutional Affairs and Human Rights of Lesotho.
Wunna Maung Lwin, Union Minister for Foreign Affairs…
7 years 11 months ago
Press Conference by Joint Special Representative for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi, Secretary of State John Kerry and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov, folowing their tripartite meeting.
13 September 2013
Press Conference Announcement
Press Conference by Joint Special Representative for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi, Secretary of State John Kerry and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov, folowing their tripartite meeting.
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Press Conference by Joint Special Representative for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi, Secretary of State John Kerry and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov, folowing their tripartite…
7 years 11 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS ANNUAL DISCUSSION ON THE INTEGRATION OF A GENDER PERSPECTIVE IN THE WORK OF THE COUNCIL
12 September 2013
Meeting Summaries
Focuses on Civil Society’s Contribution to the Integration of a Gender Perspective in the Work of the Council and its Mechanisms
The Human Rights Council this morning held its annual discussion on the integration of a gender perspective in the work of the Council, with a focus on civil society’s contribution to the integration of a gender perspective in the work of the Council and its mechanisms.
Navi Pillay, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, in her opening statement, said that the Council had made…
7 years 11 months ago
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT ADOPTS ANNUAL REPORT TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
12 September 2013
Meeting Summaries
Union Minister for Foreign Affairs of Myanmar Addresses the Conference
The Conference on Disarmament this morning adopted its annual report to the General Assembly and heard a statement from Wunna Maung Lwin, Union Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Myanmar.
In his statement, Mr. Lwin reiterated Myanmar’s long-standing commitment and support to the Conference and noted that, as one of the original members of the Eighteen-Nation Disarmament Committee, Myanmar continued to attach great importance to the Conference as the single multilateral negotiating forum on…
7 years 11 months ago
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT CONCLUDES 2013 SESSION
12 September 2013
Press Release
The Conference on Disarmament, the single multilateral disarmament negotiating forum of the international community, concluded its 2013 session in a public plenary today. The session officially ends tomorrow, Friday 13 September.
In a message to the Conference on 22 January - read out by the Secretary-General of the Conference and Director-General or the United Nations Office at Geneva, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for an end to the continued stalemate concerning the work of the Conference to avoid jeopardizing its credibility. Mr. Ban, however…
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COUNCIL HOLDS DIALOGUE WITH SPECIAL RAPPORTEURS ON TRUTH, JUSTICE AND REPARATION AND ON CONTEMPORARY FORMS OF SLAVERY
12 September 2013
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council this afternoon held a clustered interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence and the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, its causes and consequences.
Pablo de Greiff, Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence, said that his mandate could only succeed with the cooperation of States and that greater cooperation from States would be welcome.…
