6 years 11 months ago
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HEARS STATEMENTS BY 10 STATES AND ITS PRESIDENT
26 August 2014
Meeting Summaries
Bangladesh, Switzerland, Egypt, Mexico, Cuba, Kyrgyzstan, Indonesia, Russia, United States and Pakistan Take the Floor
The Conference on Disarmament today heard statements by 10 States and its President, including on its draft annual report to the General Assembly, farewell speeches, general addresses and statements concerning Ukraine.
Ambassador Mazlan Muhammad of Malaysia, President of the Conference, said the Secretariat had circulated the draft copy of the Conference’s annual report to all delegations on 21 August, and requested that any comments on the draft…
6 years 11 months ago
UNOG AND UNITED ARAB EMIRATES SIGN AGREEMENT ON RENOVATION OF CONFERENCE ROOM XVII OF THE PALAIS DES NATIONS
26 August 2014
Press Conferences
Michael Møller, Acting Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, and Obaid Salem Saeed Al Zaabi, Permanent Representative of the United Arab Emirates to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today signed a memorandum of understanding according to which the United Arab Emirates will undertake the financing of the full refurbishment and renovation of Conference Room XVII of the Palais des Nations.
"I would like to highlight the importance for a Member State to step up as the United Arab Emirates did to pledge to…
6 years 11 months ago
WHO Press Conference
26 August 2014
Press Conference Announcement
WHO press conference on E-Cigarettes – WHO Report prepared for the Conference of the Parties (COP6) to the WHO/FCTC Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in Moscow 13-18 October, 2014. Armando Peruga, Programme Manager, Tobacco Free Initiative, WHO Douglas Bettcher, Director, Prevention of Non-communicable Diseases, WHO
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6 years 11 months ago
2014 UNITED NATIONS PROGRAMME OF FELLOWSHIPS ON DISARMAMENT STARTS IN GENEVA
25 August 2014
Meeting Summaries
The 2014 United Nations Programme of Fellowships on Disarmament starts today at the United Nations Office at Geneva with the participation of young diplomats from 25 Member States of the United Nations. The programme will last for a period of nine weeks.
Diplomats from the following 25 Member States will be participating in the 2014 Disarmament Fellowship Programme: Algeria, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, China, Dominican Republic, Egypt, El Salvador, Fiji, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Guyana, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Madagascar, Montenegro, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria,…
6 years 11 months ago
STATEMENT BY THE UNITED NATIONS COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION ON THE SITUATION IN IRAQ
25 August 2014
Meeting Summaries
CERD Calls on Human Rights Council to Convene a Special Session on the Human Rights Situation in Iraq
GENEVA (25 August 2014) - The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD), currently meeting in Geneva, has issued a statement requesting that the Human Rights Council convene a special session on the human rights situation in Iraq, and urging the United Nations Secretary-General to submit to the Security Council the suggestion that a United Nations peace force be set up as temporary emergency…
6 years 11 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL PRESIDENT APPOINTS JUSTICE MARY MCGOWAN DAVIS TO SERVE AS ADDITIONAL MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION OF INQUIRY RELATED TO MILITARY OPERATIONS IN THE GAZA STRIP
25 August 2014
Meeting Summaries
Geneva, 25 August 2014 -- The President of the United Nations Human Rights Council, Ambassador Baudelaire Ndong Ella (Gabon), today announced the appointment of Mary McGowan Davis as an additional member of the Commission of Inquiry charged with investigating human rights violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, in particular the occupied Gaza Strip, in the context of the military operations conducted since 13 June 2014. Justice McGowan Davis will join…
6 years 11 months ago
OHCHR Press Conference - People with albinism
25 August 2014
Press Conference Announcement
People with albinism. Ms Londono will refer to the main human rights challenges persons with albinism face. She will reflect on her recent visit to Tanzania, the situation of children with albinism in host centres and recent attacks against this vulnerable group. <r> Alicia Londono, Human Rights Officer
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6 years 11 months ago
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
22 August 2014
Bi-Weekly Briefing
Alessandra Vellucci, Chief of the Press and Public Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Human Rights Council, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Health Organization and the World Economic Forum.
Syria
Rolando Gomez of the Human Rights Council said a press conference with the Syrian Commission of Inquiry, headed by Paolo Pinheiro, would be in Geneva on Wednesday, 27 August, to launch their latest report, which covered the…
6 years 11 months ago
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF ESTONIA
22 August 2014
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today completed its consideration of the combined tenth and eleventh periodic report of Estonia on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.
Presenting the report, Anne-Ly Reimaa, Under-Secretary on Cultural Diversity, Ministry of Culture of Estonia, informed the Committee about positive changes resulting from the implementation of the Estonian Integration Strategy 2008 to 2013, including the figure that today 70 per cent of…
6 years 11 months ago
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF JAPAN
21 August 2014
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today completed its consideration of the combined seventh to ninth periodic report of Japan on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.
Presenting the report, Akira Kono, Ambassador to the United Nations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said Japan was actively working on measures to establish a comprehensive policy to ensure the respect of the human rights of the Ainu people, focusing on the Symbolic Space for Ethnic Harmony.…
