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ILO Press Conference
08 October 2015
Press Conference Announcement
(Under embargo until THURSDAY, 8 OCTOBER at 8 p.m. GMT - 10 p.m. Geneva time)Azita Berar-Awad, Director of the ILO’s Employment Department Sara Elder, lead author of the report
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Launch of the ILO's "Global Employment Trends for Youth 2015".
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NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF GABON PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA
08 October 2015
Presentation of Credentials
Marianne Odette Bibalou Bounda, the new Permanent Representative of Gabon to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Michael Møller, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.
Prior to her appointment to Geneva, Ms. Bibalou Bounda, who will also concurrently be Gabon’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Office at Vienna, had been serving as Deputy Permanent Representative of Gabon to the United Nations in New York since 2009, including as Chargé d’Affaires a.i…
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Geneva International Discussions: Press Communiqué of the Co-Chairs
07 October 2015
Press Release
The participants have just concluded the thirty-third round of the Geneva International Discussions. The deliberations were constructive and substantive. The Co-Chairs were encouraged to see frank and open exchanges taking place despite persistent diverging views.
In Working Group I, the participants discussed security-related issues and assessed the overall situation on the ground as relatively calm and stable. The participants continued to exchange views on the non-use of force, threat perceptions, as well as freedom of movement. Experts met again to work on a draft…
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REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
06 October 2015
Bi-Weekly Briefing
Ahmad Fawzi, Director a.i., United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by the spokespersons for the Office for the Coordination for Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the International Organization for Migration, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Development Programme, the International Labour Organization, and the United Nations Refugee Agency.Geneva ActivitiesThe Secretary-General had met last Thursday, 1 October, with H.E. Mr. Sergey V. Lavrov, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation…
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COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS CONSIDERS REPORT OF GREECE
06 October 2015
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today concluded its consideration of the second periodic report of Greece on its implementation of the provisions of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
Presenting the report, Ourania Antonopoulou, Alternate Minister of Labour of Greece, stated that the response to the economic crisis had not been purely national but included international actors. The Greek Gross Domestic Product had lost one quarter of its value, which was almost…
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WHO Press Conference
06 October 2015
Press Conference Announcement
The World Health Organization (WHO) and Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) are launching global standards to help countries to improve the quality of adolescent health care. Adolescents often miss out on essential health information and care because services do not meet their needs. Not only are they vulnerable to particular health problems (the top three causes of death among adolescents are road traffic injuries, HIV/AIDS, and suicide), but adolescence is a critical point in developing behaviours that will shape health in years to come. At this briefing, experts from WHO and UNAIDS…
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NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF PAKISTAN PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA
06 October 2015
Presentation of Credentials
Tehmina Janjua, the new Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Michael Møller, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.
Prior to her appointment to Geneva, Ms. Janjua had been serving as Ambassador of Pakistan to Italy since 2011. She served with the Permanent Mission of Pakistan to the United Nations Office at Geneva from 1996 to 2000 and from 2005 to 2009. She also served with the Permanent Mission of Pakistan to the United…
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NEW PERMANENT OBSERVER OF THE LEAGUE OF ARAB STATES PRESENTS LETTER OF NOMINATION TO THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
05 October 2015
Presentation of Credentials
Sameh Aboulenein, the new Permanent Observer of the League of Arab States to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his letter of nomination to Michael Møller, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.
Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Aboulenein was Assistant Foreign Minister of Egypt for Disarmament, International Security and Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy. Before that, he served as the Deputy Assistant Foreign Minister. Mr. Aboul-Enein also held the position of the Minister…
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Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Sergey V. Lavrov, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation
05 October 2015
Statements and Speeches
The Secretary-General met today with H.E. Mr. Sergey V. Lavrov, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. The Secretary-General and the Foreign Minister discussed the latest developments in Syria, including the campaign against ISIL and other terrorist groups, agreeing that any air strikes should be carried out with strict observance of international humanitarian and international human rights law.
The Secretary-General reiterated his previous statements that all feasible precautions must…
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Press Conference by the Geneva Swiss Club
05 October 2015
Press Conference Announcement
Mr. Michael Møller, Director General, United Nations Office at Geneva Amb. Alexandre Fasel, Permanent Representative of Switzerland to the United Nations and other international organizations in Geneva Mr. François Longchamps, President du Conseil d'Etat of the Republic and Canton of Geneva Ms Esther Alder, Mayor of the City of Geneva Mr. Ivan Pictet, President of the Fondation pour Genève Mr. Michelangelo Pistoletto, Italian artist, author of sculpture "The Rebirth"
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