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Media Statement from the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria
12 April 2016
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Media Statement from the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria
The Special Envoy for Syria, Mr. Staffan de Mistura, has just briefed the Security Council by Videoconference from the last leg of his trip, on the implementation of Security Council resolution 2268.
Mr. de Mistura arrived in Tehran yesterday evening and met with Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs in…
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NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF MALAWI PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA
11 April 2016
Presentation of Credentials
Robert Dufter Salama, the new Permanent Representative of Malawi to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Michael Møller, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.Mr. Salama is an export trade and investment promotion specialist who worked at the Malawi Export…
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Verbatim transcript of stakeout by UN Special Envoy for Syria following his meeting with Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem
11 April 2016
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Good afternoon everyone. I just ended some talks and discussions with His Excellency the Foreign Minister (Walid) Muallem and his team. The purpose was to discuss the preparation of the Geneva talks. The Geneva talks which we are planning to start, as you know, on the 13th of April, upon my return from this regional…
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Transcript of press conference by United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura
08 April 2016
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Staffan de Mistura (SdM): The main reason for meeting you today is actually to give you a little bit the overall scenario in what direction we are going, because you have the right to know how this will proceed and what is happening.
Since you have been so much involved already in the past, let me just do a little bit of a sum up of the context, and…
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Transcript of press encounter with Jan Egeland, Special Advisor to the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, after a meeting of the Humanitarian Access Task Force
08 April 2016
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Jan Egeland (JE): We had our eighth meeting of the Task Force on Humanitarian Access. We have been working for nearly two months and April was supposed to be our best month. It’s not looking so. So far I am disappointed and disheartened at what we achieved over the last week. We…
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Opening Remarks by Mr. Michael Møller United Nations Under-Secretary-General,
Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva at the Geneva Conference on
“Preventing Violent Extremism – The Way Forward”
07 April 2016
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It is a pleasure to welcome you all to the Geneva Conference on ‘Preventing Violent Extremism – The Way Forward’. I sincerely thank our co-host, the Swiss Government, for its support and cooperation in making this important event…
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NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF CHINA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA
06 April 2016
Presentation of Credentials
Ma Zhaoxu, the new Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Michael Møller, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.
Between 2013 and 2016, Mr. Ma served as the Ambassador of China to Australia, and from 2011 to 2013, he was…
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REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
05 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 Health Organization, the United Nations Refugee Agency, and the International Organization for Migration. UN Secretary-General
Mr. Fawzi announced that the Secretary-General would be in Geneva on 8…
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REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
01 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 United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Mine Action Service, the World Trade Organization, and the World Health Organization. UN Secretary-General
Mr. Fawzi announced that the Secretary-General was in…
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COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES EXAMINES REPORT OF CHILE
01 April 2016
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The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today concluded the examination of the initial report of Chile on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
Presenting the report, Heidi Berner Herrera, Under-Secretary for Social Assessment at the Ministry…
