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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DISCUSSES THE USE OF MERCENARIES AND THE PROMOTION OF A DEMOCRATIC AND EQUITABLE INTERNATIONAL ORDER
10 September 2014
Meeting Summaries
Concludes Dialogue on the Human Right to Safe Drinking Water and Sanitation and on Hazardous Substances and Wastes
The Human Rights Council during its noon meeting held a clustered interactive dialogue with the Chairperson of the Working Group on the use of mercenaries, Patricia Arias, and with the Independent Expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order, Alfred de Zayas.
The Council also concluded its clustered interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the human right to safe…
6 years 11 months ago
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT CONCLUDES 2014 SESSION
10 September 2014
Press Release
Adopts annual report to the United Nations General Assembly
The Conference on Disarmament adopted its annual report to the United Nations General Assembly and concluded its 2014 session in a public plenary today. The session officially ends on Friday 12 September.
Ambassador Mazlan Muhammad of Malaysia, President of the Conference on Disarmament, said after a thorough discussion assisted by a spirit of compromise a draft Annual Report of the Conference on Disarmament had been circulated. The Conference then decided to adopt its annual report. The President informed the Conference that he…
6 years 11 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE ON TRUTH, JUSTICE, REPARATION AND NON-RECURRENCE AND ON ARBITRARY DETENTION
10 September 2014
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council this afternoon held a clustered interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on truth, justice, reparation and non-recurrence, Pablo de Greiff, and with the Chairperson of the Working Group on arbitrary detention, Mads Andenas.
Pablo de Greiff, Special Rapporteur on truth, justice, reparation and non-recurrence, said that notwithstanding clear State obligations, only a fraction of perpetrators were ever investigated and prosecuted. Prioritization strategies were needed for the…
6 years 11 months ago
U.S. Mission - Press briefing by the U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes
10 September 2014
Press Conference Announcement
Justice and accountability in atrocity crime situations and the importance of related human rights investigations in countries including Iraq, Syria, Ukraine and CAR. Stephen Rapp, Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues
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U.S. Mission - Press briefing by the U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes
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6 years 11 months ago
WMO Press Conference
10 September 2014
Press Conference Announcement
Release of the Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion 2014 report. Geir Braathen, Senior Scientific Officer
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WMO Press Conference
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WMO
6 years 11 months ago
UNCTAD Press Conference
10 September 2014
Press Conference Announcement
Publication of the Trade and Development Report 2014: Global Governance and Policy Space for Development. (Embargo 10/09 at 5:00 p.m. GMT, 7:00 p.m. CET) Mukhisa Kituyi, UNCTAD Secretary-General Alfredo Calcagno, Chief, Macroeconomic and Development Policies Branch, Division on Globalization and Development Strategies, UNCTAD
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UNCTAD Press Conference
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6 years 11 months ago
OHCHR Press Conference
10 September 2014
Press Conference Announcement
Human rights to water and sanitation: How they are violated and how they can be realised. Catarina de Albuquerque, UN Special Rapporteur on the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation.
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OHCHR Press Conference
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OHCHR
6 years 11 months ago
Opening of photo exhibition on the occasion of ASEAN Day
09 September 2014
| Michael Møller
Speech
9 septembre 2014Opening of photo exhibition on the occasion of ASEAN Day
Opening remarks by Mr. Michael Møller
United Nations Under-Secretary-General
Acting Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva
Opening of photo exhibition on the occasion of ASEAN Day
Palais des Nations, outside Room XX
Tuesday, 9 September 2014 at 12:00
Ambassador Wai
Distinguished Ambassadors of ASEAN countries
Excellencies
Ladies and Gentlemen:
It is a privilege to mark ASEAN Day with all of you, and I thank Ambassador Wai for the kind invitation to be part of this tribute…
6 years 11 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS PANEL DISCUSSION ON HISTORY TEACHING AND MEMORIALISATION PROCESSES
09 September 2014
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council this morning held a panel discussion on history teaching and memorialisation processes with a view to contributing to the sharing of good practices in this area.
Baudelaire Ndong Ella, President of the Human Rights Council, said that the aim of the panel was to identify the best way of understanding and commemorating the past, and to learn from the mistakes.
Flavia Pansieri, Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, opening the discussion, said that while a sense of shared history was a precious, vital part of…
6 years 11 months ago
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HOLDS PUBLIC PLENARY
09 September 2014
Meeting Summaries
The Conference on Disarmament today held a general discussion which included references to progress on its draft annual report and the agenda item on the prevention of an arms race in outer space.
Ambassador Mazlan Muhammad of Malaysia, President of the Conference on Disarmament, spoke about the status of the draft report of the Conference on Disarmament to the United Nations General Assembly, which would be completed this week.
In the general discussion States spoke about finalizing the annual report of the Conference on Disarmament to the General Assembly, as well as ways of ensuring…
