6 years 10 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS GENERAL DEBATE ON FOLLOW-UP TO AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE VIENNA DECLARATION AND PROGRAMME OF ACTION
23 September 2014
Meeting Summaries
Concludes General Debate on the Human Rights Situation in Palestine and other Occupied Palestinian Territories
The Human Rights Council in its midday meeting held a general debate on follow-up to and implementation of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action and concluded a general debate on the human rights situation in Palestine and other occupied Arab territories.
In the general debate on the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, delegations called for further efforts to implement the Vienna…
6 years 10 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DISCUSSES PEOPLE OF AFRICAN DESCENT, RACISM AND RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, AND UKRAINE
23 September 2014
Meeting Summaries
Holds Dialogue with Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent, General Debate on Racial Discrimination, and Hears Presentation on Ukraine
The Human Rights Council this afternoon held an interactive dialogue with the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent, followed by a general debate on racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related forms of intolerance. The Council then started an interactive dialogue on the situation of human rights in Ukraine by hearing a presentation by Ivan Šimonović, Assistant…
6 years 10 months ago
UNICEF Press Conference
23 September 2014
Press Conference Announcement
Overview on child protection issues in Iraq, Palestine and Syria (+UNICEF sustainable response) Susan Bissell, Chief of Child Protection, Programme Division, UNICEF
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UNICEF Press Conference
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Organizations
UNICEF
6 years 10 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS PANEL ON REMOTELY PILOTED AIRCRAFT OR ARMED DRONES IN COUNTERTERRORISM AND MILITARY OPERATIONS
22 September 2014
Press Release
The Human Rights Council this morning held a panel discussion on ensuring the use of remotely piloted aircraft or armed drones in counterterrorism and military operations in accordance with international law, including international human rights and humanitarian law.
Moderating the discussion was Dapo Akande, Co-Director, Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict, Oxford University. The panellists were Shahzad Akbar, Legal Director, Foundation for Fundamental Rights; Alex Conte, Director of International Law…
6 years 10 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS GENERAL DEBATE ON THE UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW
22 September 2014
Meeting Summaries
Concludes General Debate on Human Rights Bodies and Mechanisms
The Human Rights Council in its midday meeting held a general debate on the Universal Periodic Review and concluded a general debate on its subsidiary bodies and mechanisms. At the beginning of the meeting, the Council heard an address by Abdulla Abdullatif Abdulla, Under-Secretary for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bahrain.
Mr. Abdulla presented Bahrain’s voluntary interim report on the implementation of the recommendations received, saying that a special committee to investigate allegations of…
6 years 10 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS GENERAL DEBATE ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN PALESTINE AND OTHER OCCUPIED ARAB TERRITORIES
22 September 2014
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council this afternoon heard the introduction of the report of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on ensuring respect for international law in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, followed by a general debate on the human rights situation in Palestine and other occupied Arab territories.
Flavia Pansieri, Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, presenting the report, said that the level of death and destruction during the recent escalation of hostilities in Gaza was…
6 years 10 months ago
WHO Press Conference
22 September 2014
Press Conference Announcement
WHO BRIEFS ON TRENDS OF EBOLA VIRUS OUTBREAK; PROJECTS IN UPCOMING WEEKS Nearly six months after the World Health Organization (WHO) was notified of the first case in the current Ebola outbreak in West Africa, experts from WHO and Imperial College will brief on their upcoming New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) article outlining the epidemiological trends thus far in the outbreak and project expected case numbers for the coming weeks if control measures are not enhanced Please note the entire press briefing is under strict embargo until Tuesday 23 September at 06.01 am Geneva time ( to coincide with…
6 years 11 months ago
Launch of the “Tangible Earth”
19 September 2014
| Michael Møller
Speech
19 septembre 2014Launch of the “Tangible Earth”
Introductory remarks by Mr. Michael Møller
United Nations Under-Secretary-General
Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva
Launch of the “Tangible Earth”
Geneva International Airport
Friday, 19 September 2014 from 11:00 to 12 noon
Thank you for the opportunity to be here for the launch of the “Tangible Earth” – a truly innovative tool that enables us to see real-time displays of weather patterns, and the causes and consequences of natural hazard-related disasters.
Let me, first of all, thank most warmly Geneva International…
6 years 11 months ago
COUNCIL ADOPTS OUTCOMES OF UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW OF DOMINICA, DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA AND BRUNEI DARUSSALAM
19 September 2014
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council this morning adopted the outcomes of the Universal Periodic Review of Dominica, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and Brunei Darussalam.
Vince Henderson, Permanent Representative of Dominica to the United Nations in New York, said that of the 116 received recommendations, 79 were accepted and 37 noted. The accepted recommendations pertained to the establishment of a national human rights institution, strengthening the fight against discrimination and protecting the rights of…
6 years 11 months ago
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
19 September 2014
Bi-Weekly Briefing
Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the Spokespersons for the International Organization for Migration, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, World Food Programme, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, World Trade Organization, World Meteorological Organization, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, World Health Organization, World Intellectual Property Organization, Economic Commission for Europe and the Human Rights Council.
Ebola
Ms. Momal-Vanian said…
