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REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
09 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 United Nations Children’s Fund, International Organization for Migration, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, World Health Organization, World Food Programme, the Human Rights Council and the Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions.
Ebola
Tarik Jašareviæ, for the World Health Organization (WHO), said that updated figures would likely be available today.
Dr. Sylvie Briand, Director of the Department…
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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH EXPERTS ON SAFE DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION AND ON HAZARDOUS WASTES
09 September 2014
Meeting Summaries
Hears from Commissioner for Human Rights in Mauritania, Concludes Dialogue on Human Rights of Older Persons and on Contemporary Forms of Slavery
The Human Rights Council this afternoon held a clustered interactive dialogue with Catarina de Albuquerque, Special Rapporteur on the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation, and Baskut Tuncak, Special Rapporteur on the implications for human rights of the environmentally sound management and disposal of hazardous substances and wastes.
The Council also…
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WMO Press Conference
09 September 2014
Press Conference Announcement
Release of WMO annual Greenhouse Gas Bulletin. Michel Jarraud, WMO Secretary General Oksana Tarasova, Chief WMO Atmospheric Environment Research Division
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WMO Press Conference
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ITC Press Conference
09 September 2014
Press Conference Announcement
The urgent need to create trade and employment opportunities by increasing the competitiveness of SMEs will be at the core of the discussions between global thinkers, business leaders and practitioners at the 14th World Export Development Forum (WEDF), to be held in Kigali, Rwanda, from 16-17 September 2014. For the first time ever ITC, which celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, will bring its flagship event to Africa. Hosts: The Government of Rwanda through the Rwanda Development Board (RDB). The global forum will be dedicated to business-led development. WEDF will bring together over 400…
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WHO Press Conference
09 September 2014
Press Conference Announcement
Update on the humanitarian health situation in conflict-affected areas of Ukraine, plus the ongoing challenges, needs and actions of the World Health Organization and partners. Dr Dorit Nitzan, World Health Organization Representative and Head of Country Office, Ukraine.
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WHO Press Conference
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NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF PRINCIPALITY OF LIECHTENSTEIN PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO ACTING DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
09 September 2014
Presentation of Credentials
The new Permanent Representative of the Principality of Liechtenstein to the United Nations Office at Geneva, Peter Matt, 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. Matt had been serving as Counsellor and Deputy Permanent Representative at the Permanent Mission of the Principality of Liechtenstein in Geneva since 2013. From 2009 to 2012, he was Deputy Head of the Embassy of the Principality of…
6 years 11 months ago
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF AUSTRALIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO ACTING DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
09 September 2014
Presentation of Credentials
The new Permanent Representative of Australia to the United Nations Office at Geneva, John Paton Quinn, 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. Quinn had been serving as Assistant Secretary for Strategic Issues and Intelligence in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade for much of the period since late 2008, dealing with a range of regional and global security and politico-military issues. He chaired the…
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Award of the Prix de la Fondation pour Genève to the President of the Swiss Confederation
08 September 2014
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Speech
8 septembre 2014Award of the Prix de la Fondation pour Genève to the President of the Swiss Confederation
Remarks by Mr. Michael Møller
United Nations Under-Secretary-General
Acting Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva
Award of the Prix de la Fondation pour Genève to the
President of the Swiss Confederation
Palais des Nations, Assembly Hall
Monday, 8 September 2014 at 18:00
Monsieur le Président de la Confédération Suisse
Madame Burkhalter
Monsieur le Président de la Fondation pour Genève
Monsieur le Président…
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NEW HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ADDRESSES OPENING OF THE TWENTY-SEVENTH SESSION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
08 September 2014
Meeting Summaries
Council Holds General Debate on the Annual Report of the High Commissioner and Reports of the Office of the High Commissioner and the Secretary-General
The Human Rights Council this morning opened its twenty-seventh regular session, hearing an update from the new United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, on the activities of his Office and latest developments in human rights, followed by a general debate.
Baudelaire Ndong Ella, President of the Human Rights Council, welcomed Zeid Ra’ad Al…
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COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH EXPERTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS OF OLDER PERSONS AND ON CONTEMPORARY FORMS OF SLAVERY
08 September 2014
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council this afternoon held a clustered interactive dialogue with the Independent Expert on the enjoyment of all human rights by older persons, Rosa Kornfeld-Matte, and with the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, Urmila Bhoola.
Ms. Kornfeld-Matte said that the aging of the population took place in all countries. Older persons were not a homogenous group but a social construct on how persons interacted with society. The voice of older persons had to be heard during the elaboration of…
