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REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
13 February 2015
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Yvette Morris, Chief of the Radio and Television Section at the UN Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the Spokespersons for the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Health Organization, the World Trade Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme, the International Organization for Migration and the…
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COMMITTEE ON ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES CONCLUDES EIGHTH SESSION
13 February 2015
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The Committee on Enforced Disappearances closed its eighth session today, after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of Mexico, Armenia and Serbia, on their implementation of the provisions of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance. It also agreed…
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NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF KENYA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO ACTING DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
12 February 2015
Presentation of Credentials
Stephen Ndungu Karau, the new Permanent Representative of Kenya to the United Nations Office at Geneva, 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. Ndungu Karau was the African President of the Collaborative Arrangement for…
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10 February 2015
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the UN Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the Spokespersons for the World Food Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organization, and the International Organization for Migration.
Boat tragedy in Lampedusa
Adrian Edwards, for the…
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06 February 2015
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the UN Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the Spokespersons for World Food Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Meteorological Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund and the International…
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CHILDREN’S RIGHTS IN 12 COUNTRIES - UN COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF THE CHILD PUBLISHES CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS
04 February 2015
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The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child has published its concluding observations on the States it examined during its sixty-eighth session from 12 to 30 January: Cambodia, Dominican Republic, Turkmenistan, Sweden, Mauritius, Gambia, Tanzania, Jamaica, Uruguay, Colombia, Iraq and…
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PRESS STATEMENT ON THE RESIGNATION OF THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE COMMISSION OF INQUIRY ON THE 2014 GAZA CONFLICT
03 February 2015
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Geneva, 3 February 2015 -- The President of the Human Rights Council, Ambassador Joachim Ruecker (Germany), received a letter from Professor William Schabas last night in which Professor Schabas indicates that he is resigning as chair and member of the Commission of Inquiry on the Gaza…
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03 February 2015
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for the International Organization for Migration, the Office for the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Human Rights Council, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Food Programme and…
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PRESS STATEMENT ON APPOINTMENT OF NEW CHAIR OF COMMISSION OF INQUIRY ON THE 2014 GAZA CONFLICT
03 February 2015
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Geneva, 3 February 2015 -- Following today’s announcement on the resignation of Professor William Schabas as Chair of the Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza conflict, the President of the Human Rights Council, Ambassador Joachim Ruecker (Germany), has decided to appoint current Commission member…
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30 January 2015
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the UN Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the Spokespersons for the World Food Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Human Rights Council, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the United Nations Economic…
