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COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD EXAMINES REPORTS OF BRAZIL
22 September 2015
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the combined second to fourth periodic report of Brazil on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, as well as Brazil’s first report under the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict.
Presenting the report, Regina Maria Cordeiro Dunlop, Ambassador and the Permanent Representative of Brazil to the United Nations Office at Geneva, said that the new Federal Constitution as well as the…
5 years 10 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS GENERAL DEBATE ON HUMAN RIGHTS BODIES AND MECHANISMS
22 September 2015
Meeting Summaries
Concludes Interactive Dialogue with Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
The Human Rights Council this afternoon held an interactive dialogue with its Advisory Committee, heard from the Intergovernmental Working Group on a draft United Nations declaration on the rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas, and then held a general debate on human rights bodies and mechanisms. At the beginning of the meeting, the Council concluded its clustered interactive dialogue with…
5 years 10 months ago
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF BELARUS PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA
22 September 2015
Presentation of Credentials
Yury Ambrazevich, the new Permanent Representative of Belarus to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Michael Møller, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.
Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Ambrazevich had been serving as Director General for Multilateral Diplomacy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus since 2012, and concurrently serving as Secretary General of the National Commission of Belarus for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and…
5 years 10 months ago
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
22 September 2015
Presentation of Credentials
Zenon Mukongo Ngay, the new Permanent Representative of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Michael Møller, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.
Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Mukongo Ngay had been serving at the Permanent Mission of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the United Nations in New York since 1998 in charge of legal affairs.
Mr. Mukongo Ngay worked as an Assistant at the University of Lubumbashi…
5 years 10 months ago
International Day of Peace: Pianists for Peace concert
21 September 2015
| Michael Møller
Speech
21 septembre 2015International Day of Peace: Pianists for Peace concert
Remarks by Mr. Michael Møller
United Nations Under-Secretary-General
Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva
International Day of Peace: Pianists for Peace concert
Monday 21 September 2015 at 6.30 p.m.
Palais des Nations, Assembly Hall
Excellencies,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Dear friends:
A warm welcome to tonight’s concert “Pianists for Peace” and a special thank you to the Permanent Mission of Venezuela for its patronage of this event.
Since 1981, the International Day of…
5 years 10 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH THE COMMISSION OF INQUIRY ON SYRIA
21 September 2015
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council this morning held an interactive dialogue with the Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic after hearing the Commission’s Chairperson, Paulo Pinheiro, present the Commission’s report.
At the beginning of the meeting, Joachim Rücker, President of the Human Rights Council, said that the Council had held a closed meeting on the Complaint Procedure last Friday and that the Working Group on Situations had not referred any case to the Council for action at this session.
Presenting the Commission of Inquiry’s report, Mr.…
5 years 10 months ago
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS OPENS 56TH SESSION
21 September 2015
Meeting Summaries
Hears from non-governmental organizations from Burundi, Greece and Italy
The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights opened its fifty-sixth session this morning and adopted its agenda. It heard from Mr. Ibrahim Salama, Director of the Human Rights Treaties Division of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, who updated the Committee on three recent developments, namely the Post-2015 Development Goals, the preparations of the fiftieth anniversary of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International…
5 years 10 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS PANEL DISCUSSION ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN THE DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA
21 September 2015
Meeting Summaries
High Commissioner for Human Rights Provides Oral Update on the Role of his Office, including on the Field-based Structure in Seoul
The Human Rights Council during its midday meeting held a panel discussion on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, with a focus on the issues of international abductions, enforced disappearances and detentions for political reasons. The High Commissioner for Human Rights provided an oral update on the role and achievements of his Office, including on…
5 years 10 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL STARTS GENERAL DEBATE ON HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATIONS REQUIRING ITS ATTENTION
21 September 2015
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council this afternoon started its general debate on human rights situations that require the Council’s attention, during which speakers raised allegations of human rights violations in countries and regions around the world and reiterated the Council’s responsibility to address all situations of concern.
During the general debate, delegations raised concerns relating to specific country situations. They voiced concerns over restrictions on freedom of expression in a number of countries, and condemned attacks against…
5 years 10 months ago
Press Stakeout requested by the Permanent Mission of Japan
21 September 2015
Press Conference Announcement
Mr. Takuya YOKOTA, Vice Secretary-General, Association of Families of Victims Kidnapped by North Korea (Panelist of the side event organized by ICNK) Mr. Koichiro IIZUKA, Vice Secretary-General, Association of Families of Victims Kidnapped by North Korea (Panelist of the HRC Panel Discussion) Mr. Shoichiro ISHIKAWA, Vice-Minister, Secretariat for the Headquarters for the Abduction issue, the Government of Japan (Head of Delegation of the Government of Japan to the HRC panel discussion)
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