5 years 10 months ago
Stakeout: Human Rights Council / Independent Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic
21 September 2015
Press Conference Announcement
Mr. Paulo Pinheiro, Chairperson, Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic Ms. Carla del Ponte, Member of the Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic Ms. Karen Abuzayd, Member of the Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic Mr. Vitit Muntarbhorn, Member of the Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic
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Stakeout: Human Rights Council / Independent Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic…
5 years 10 months ago
ITU Press Conference
21 September 2015
Press Conference Announcement
Doreen Bogdan, Chief, Strategic Planning & Membership, and Phillippa Biggs, Senior Policy Advisory and author of this year’s report. The launch will provide an informal opportunity to chat to Phillippa about this year’s key findings ahead of the report going live on ITU’s website at 12 noon.
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Launch of the 2015 edition of…
5 years 10 months ago
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF NIGER PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA
21 September 2015
Presentation of Credentials
Fatima Sidikou, the new Permanent Representative of Niger 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. Sidikou had been serving as First Counsellor at the Embassy of Niger in Washington, United States since 2012; she also served there from 2002 to 2005, first as First Counsellor and then as Chargée d’Affaires. She was Niger’s Deputy Permanent Delegate to the United Nations…
5 years 11 months ago
Bi-Annual Civil Society Briefing
18 September 2015
| Michael Møller
Speech
18 septembre 2015Bi-Annual Civil Society Briefing
Opening remarks by Mr. Michael Møller
United Nations Under-Secretary-General
Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva
Bi-Annual Civil Society BriefingPalais des Nations, Room VIII
Friday, 18 September 2015 at 11:00 a.m.
Chers collègues et amis :
Je suis ravi de vous accueillir aujourd'hui au Palais des Nations. Je suis très sensible à notre échange périodique sur la façon dont l'ONUG et la société civile peuvent et doivent continuer à coopérer ensemble pour la promotion des droits et du bien-être. La date de la réunion d'…
5 years 11 months ago
SPAIN VIOLATED THE RIGHTS OF A WOMAN WHOSE HOUSE RISKS BEING AUCTIONED – UN COMMITTEE
18 September 2015
Press Release
GENEVA (Issued as received) – Today, the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights made public a decision* (Views) in which it found that Spain violated the right to housing of an individual identified as Ms. I.D.G., whose house was subjected to a special mortgage enforcement procedure due to her failure to submit several mortgage repayments to a bank.
This decision is the first Views adopted by the Committee in an individual case submitted under the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, which…
5 years 11 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONTINUES GENERAL DEBATE ON THE PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF ALL HUMAN RIGHTS
18 September 2015
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council this morning continued its general debate on the promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development.
The general debate started on 17 September and a summary can be read here.
During the debate, speakers expressed frustration over continuing divergences relating to the right to development, and demanded that all States make efforts to support the work of the Intergovernmental Working Group on the Right to Development towards the…
5 years 11 months ago
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
18 September 2015
Bi-Weekly Briefing
Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief, Press and External Relations at the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by spokespersons for the International Organization for Migration, Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, United Nations Children’s Fund, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, United Nations Human Rights Council, United Nations Refugee Agency, World Health Organization and World Trade Organization. Geneva Activities
Monday, 21 September, was the International Day of Peace and the Secretary-General’s message was…
5 years 11 months ago
COMMITTEE ON ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES CONCLUDES NINTH SESSION
18 September 2015
Press Release
The Committee on Enforced Disappearances closed its ninth session this afternoon after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of Iraq and Montenegro on their implementation of the provisions of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance.
The concluding observations and recommendations for Iraq and Montenegro are available on the Committee’s webpage for this session, where the session report, statements and other documents related to the ninth session can also be found.
In the course of its ninth…
5 years 11 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONCLUDES GENERAL DEBATE ON THE PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF ALL HUMAN RIGHTS
18 September 2015
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council this afternoon concluded its general debate on the promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development.
In the general debate, speakers raised their concerns about the worsening incidences of violence against women, the resumed executions of death penalties in some countries, the plight of indigenous peoples in some countries, the global refugee crisis, arbitrary detention, freedom of opinion and expression, and freedom of…
5 years 11 months ago
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT CONCLUDES 2015 SESSION
18 September 2015
Meeting Summaries
Adopts Annual Report to the United Nations General Assembly
The Conference on Disarmament this afternoon adopted its annual report to the United Nations General Assembly and concluded its 2015 session today.
Ambassador Dell Higgie of New Zealand, President of the Conference on Disarmament, thanked all delegations for the constructive spirit in the preparation of the report. The Conference proceeded to adopt the report, paragraph by paragraph. The report will be uploaded here. The Group of 21 had submitted a working paper, which would be added to the report under paragraph 59 and…
