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Transcript of press remarks by Staffan de Mistura, UN Special Envoy for Syria Geneva, 27 April 2016
27 April 2016
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SdM: Again, my apologies for the delay. Sit, if you want to sit instead of standing. No, please. I and the colleagues here will allow that. Please, please. Let me say a few words, and since you have been waiting for so long, I will be also giving a chance for questions beyond the usual three and four, because you deserve my respect for you…
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AUSTRALIA VIOLATED RIGHTS OF DEAF PEOPLE OVER JURY SERVICE – UNITED NATIONS EXPERTS
26 April 2016
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GENEVA (26 April 2016) – The rights of two deaf people in Australia were violated when they were called up for jury service but then told they could not have the support they needed, in the form of sign language interpretation and real-time captioning, to participate in the proceedings, United Nations experts have…
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REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
26 April 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 World Food Programme, the World Health Organization and the World Meteorological Organization. UN Secretary-General
Mr. Fawzi announced that the Secretary-General was in Vienna from 26 to 29 April, to…
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BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION MEETING TO PREPARE FOR 2016 REVIEW CONFERENCE
25 April 2016
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States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) will meet in Geneva, Switzerland from 26 to 27 April 2016 for the Preparatory Committee of the Eighth Review Conference. In an innovation from previous review cycles, they will resume their work from 8 to 12 August. The Review Conference itself will take place in…
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NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF KYRGYZSTAN PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA
25 April 2016
Presentation of Credentials
Daniiar Mukashev, the new Permanent Representative of Kyrgyzstan 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. Mukashev had been serving as Director of the…
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REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
22 April 2016
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Ahmad Fawzi, Director a.i. of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by Spokespersons for the United Nations Refugee Agency, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, International Organization for Migration, United Nations Development Programme, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, United Nations Children’s…
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COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF MIGRANT WORKERS CLOSES TWENTY-FOURTH SESSION
22 April 2016
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The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families today concluded its twenty-fourth session after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of Mauritania, Lesotho, Senegal and Turkey.
The concluding observations and recommendations on the reports…
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Verbatim transcript of press stakeout by UN Special Envoy for Syria, Mr.Staffan de Mistura
22 April 2016
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Good evening. Monday I think I told you that today I was going to make a pause in the moment and come out from the meetings and come here and talk to you about what we have come up with, in terms of taking stock and what are the next steps of this round of negotiations, the Intra-Syrian Talks.
So that is what I am planning to do, and focusing on that…
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NEW PERMANENT OBSERVER OF THE HOLY SEE PRESENTS LETTER OF NOMINATION TO THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
21 April 2016
Presentation of Credentials
Archbishop Ivan Jurkovic, the new Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his letter of nomination to Michael Møller, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.
Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Jurkovic had been serving as Apostolic Nuncio to the Russian…
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RELEASE AZIMJAN ASKAROV AND QUASH HIS CONVICTION, UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERTS URGE KYRGYZSTAN
21 April 2016
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GENEVA (21 April 2016) – United Nations experts have called on Kyrgyzstan to immediately release jailed political activist and journalist Azimjan Askarov, after finding that he had been arbitrarily detained, held in inhumane conditions, tortured and mistreated, and prevented from adequately preparing his trial defence.
The United Nations Human…
