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COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES CONSIDERS INITIAL REPORT OF NEW ZEALAND
16 September 2014
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities considered the initial report of New Zealand on its implementation of the provisions of the Conventions on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
Amanda Ellis, Permanent Representative of New Zealand to the United Nations Office at Geneva, said New Zealand’s commitment to the Convention was demonstrated through the partnership between the Government officials and representatives of persons with disabilities. The most recent survey has identified that a quarter of the New Zealand’s…
6 years 11 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS GENERAL DEBATE ON HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATIONS REQUIRING ITS ATTENTION
16 September 2014
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council this afternoon held a general debate on human rights situations that require the Council’s attention, during which speakers raised allegations of human rights violations in countries and regions around the world and reiterated the Council’s responsibility to address all situations of concern.
Speakers in the general debate also highlighted concerns about harassment and persecution of human rights defenders, journalists and political activists, about strong restrictions imposed on civil society and independent media, and…
6 years 11 months ago
OCHA Press Conference
16 September 2014
Press Conference Announcement
An Ebola virus disease has severely affected West Africa, especially Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, and claimed thousands of lives across the region. The United Nations and its partners are scaling up their efforts to address the outbreak and mitigate its impact in the region. Following a briefing to Member States, Dr. David Nabarro, UN System Senior Coordinator for Ebola, Valerie Amos, Emergency Relief Coordinator and USG for Humanitarian Affairs and Bruce Aylward, Assistant Director-General for Polio, Emergencies and Country Collaboration (World Health Organization) will brief the press…
6 years 11 months ago
HRC Press stakeout
16 September 2014
Press Conference Announcement
Presentation of latest report by the Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic to the Human Rights Council, covering the period between mid-January and mid-July plus the latest developments of the human rights situation in Syria · Mr. Paulo Pinheiro, Chairperson, Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic · Ms. Carla del Ponte, Member of the Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic · Ms. Karen Abuzayd, Member of the Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic · Mr. Vitit Muntarbhorn, Member of the Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic…
6 years 11 months ago
Press Conference by the Mission of the Holy See
16 September 2014
Press Conference Announcement
Christians in the Middle East: Citizenship, Human Rights and Their Future H.B. Louis Raphaël I Sako, Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church H.B. Ignace III Yousif Yunan, Patriarch of the Syriac Catholic Church of Antioch H.E. Mons. Silvano Tomasi, Head of the Permanent Mission of the Holy See to the UN
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Press Conference by the Mission of the Holy See
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6 years 11 months ago
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF TURKMENISTAN PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO ACTING DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
15 September 2014
Presentation of Credentials
The new Permanent Representative of Turkmenistan to the United Nations Office at Geneva, Atageldi Haljanov, today presented his credentials to Michael Møller, the Acting Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.
Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Haljanov was the Head of the Department of International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. From June 2011 to 2012 he was in the United States, serving as First Secretary at the Consul of the Embassy of Turkmenistan in Washington D.C.…
6 years 11 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS PANEL DISCUSSION ON THE PROTECTION OF THE FAMILY AND ITS MEMBERS
15 September 2014
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council this morning held a panel discussion on the protection of the family and its members.
Jane Connors, Director, Research and Right to Development Division, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, in an introductory statement said the family and the rights of its members were addressed in provisions in a range of international human rights treaties. Despite these international legal obligations, women continued to experience, in varying degrees, discrimination within the family. Violence and exploitation within the…
6 years 11 months ago
COMMITTEE ON ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES OPENS SEVENTH SESSION
15 September 2014
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on Enforced Disappearances has opened this morning its seventh session, which runs until September 26 in Room XII of the Palais des Nations in Geneva. The Committee adopted the agenda of the session and its programme of work, before observing a minute of silence in memory of victims of enforced disappearances.
Nathalie Prouvez, Chief of the Human Rights Treaties Division of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, opening the session, spoke about how the Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, together with the work of…
6 years 11 months ago
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES OPENS TWELTH SESSSION
15 September 2014
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities opened this morning its twelfth session. The Committee adopted its agenda and heard a presentation by a representative of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on the latest developments relating to the work of the Committee.
Antti Korkeakivi, Chief of Indigenous and Minorities Section Rules of Law, Equality and Non-Discrimination Branch of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, welcomed the election of nine new Committee members on June 10 in New York, as well as the re-…
6 years 11 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS GENERAL DEBATE ON THEMATIC REPORTS AND ON ANNUAL REPORT OF THE HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
15 September 2014
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council in its midday meeting held a general debate on the thematic reports by the United Nations Secretary-General and the High Commissioner for Human Rights and her Office, and on the annual report of the High Commissioner.
In the general debate, speakers raised an array of issues including the abolition of the death penalty, unilateral coercive measures, torture and ill-treatment, violence against women and girls, harmful traditional practices such as female genital mutilation/cutting and early…
