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Statement of the International Syria Support Group

8 years 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home Statement of the International Syria Support Group 17 May 2016 Press Release Meeting in Vienna on May 17, 2016, as the International Syria Support Group (ISSG), the Arab League, Australia, Canada, China, Egypt, the European Union, France, Germany, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Lebanon, The Netherlands, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, Oman, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, the United Nations, and the…

Joint press stakeout by UN Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura with US Secretary of State John Kerry and Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov

8 years 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home Joint press stakeout by UN Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura with US Secretary of State John Kerry and Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov 17 May 2016 Press Conferences SECRETARY KERRY: Well, good afternoon, everybody, and let me begin by thanking the Government of Austria again. They have very generously facilitated this latest meeting of the International Syria Support Group and they’ve facilitated two rounds before this. I want to express my appreciation…

COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE CONCLUDES FIFTY-SEVENTH SESSION

8 years 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE CONCLUDES FIFTY-SEVENTH SESSION 13 May 2016 Press Release The Committee against Torture this morning concluded its fifty-seventh session after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of France, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, the Philippines and Israel on their implementation of the provisions of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE

8 years 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE 13 May 2016 UN Geneva Press Briefing Ahmad Fawzi, Director, a.i., United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by spokespersons of the World Meteorological Organization, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Health Organization, and the International…

COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONCLUDES EIGHTY-NINTH SESSION

8 years 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONCLUDES EIGHTY-NINTH SESSION 13 May 2016 Press Release The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its eighty-ninth session after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of Spain, Oman, Rwanda, Georgia, Azerbaijan and Namibia on their implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the…

Near Verbatim Transcript - Opening remarks by UN Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura - Stakeout by UN Senior Adviser, Jan Egeland

8 years 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home Near Verbatim Transcript - Opening remarks by UN Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura - Stakeout by UN Senior Adviser, Jan Egeland 12 May 2016 Press Conferences SdeM: Good morning everybody. We have just terminated a long but intense and useful meeting from the Humanitarian taskforce, so I will leave the floor actually to my colleague and friend, Jan Egeland. The only thing I wanted you to know is that please do not ask any questions regarding the political aspect…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE

8 years 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE 10 May 2016 UN Geneva Press Briefing Ahmad Fawzi, Director, a.i., United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by spokespersons of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the International Organization for Migration, the World Health Organization, and the United Nations Refugee Agency.UN Secretary-General and UNOG Director-General Mr. Fawzi said that on 9 May, the Secretary-…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE

8 years 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE 06 May 2016 UN Geneva Press Briefing Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief, Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by spokespersons of the World Health Organization, the United Nations Refugee Agency and the United Nations Children’s Fund. UN Secretary-General Mr. LeBlanc said that on 5 May, the Secretary-General had opened the 2016 Climate Action Summit in…

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF SUDAN PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA

8 years 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF SUDAN PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA 06 May 2016 Presentation of Credentials Mustafa Osman Ismail Elamin, the new Permanent Representative of Sudan to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Michael Møller, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Elamin had been Minister of Investment from 2012 to…

Transcript of Stakeout by Jan Egeland, Special Advisor to the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria

9 years ago Breadcrumb Home Transcript of Stakeout by Jan Egeland, Special Advisor to the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria 04 May 2016 Press Conferences The horrific fighting and bombardment in recent days, especially in and around Aleppo, is creating new areas with endless suffering and no access for humanitarians. So, the diplomats sitting in the ISSG are faced with the following dilemma. They seem to be having new possible besieged areas on our watch. We are having hundreds of relief workers…