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NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF GUATEMALA PRESENTS
CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA
02 March 2016
Presentation of Credentials
Carla Maria Rodriguez Mancia, the new Permanent Representative of Guatemala to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Michael Møller, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.
Prior to her appointment to Geneva, Ms. Rodriguez Mancia had been serving as Guatemala’s…
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Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Sergey Lavrov, Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation
01 March 2016
Statements and Speeches
The Secretary-General met Foreign Minister Lavrov this morning, and thanked him for his significant role in achieving recent progress on Syria. They agreed on the importance of urgently moving forward simultaneously on implementing the cessation of hostilities agreement, providing vital humanitarian assistance to…
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CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT CONTINUES HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT; HEARS FROM FINLAND, NORWAY, RUSSIAN FEDERATION, GREECE AND CUBA
01 March 2016
Press Release
The Conference on Disarmament continued its High-Level Segment this morning, hearing statements by the Minister of Foreign Trade and Development of Finland, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Norway, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, the Vice…
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REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
01 March 2016
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief, Press and External Relations at the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by spokespersons of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Health Organization, and the International Organization for Migration. UN Secretary-General
Mr. LeBlanc said that the Secretary-…
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Office of the Special Envoy for Syria Press Statement - Resumption of Intra-Syrian talks
01 March 2016
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Geneva (01 March 2016)- The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, Mr. Staffan de Mistura, today announced that intra-Syrian peace talks will resume in the afternoon of 9 March 2016.
The 7th of March 2016 was initially set as the target date for the resumption of peace talks. In order to allow adequate time to address logistical and practical matters, the…
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THE SECRETARY-GENERAL REMARKS TO THE MEDIA WITH MAESTRO DANIEL BARENBOIM
29 February 2016
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Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen.
It is a pleasure for me to welcome today United Nations Messenger of Peace Daniel Barenboim and members of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra.
For the past nine years, Maestro Barenboim has used his extraordinary talent and commitment to promote peace and tolerance, the core values of our Organization, as a United Nations Messenger…
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SECRETARY-GENERAL DESIGNATES THE WEST-EASTERN DIVAN ORCHESTRA AS UNITED NATIONS GLOBAL ADVOCATE FOR CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING
29 February 2016
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United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today designated the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra as a United Nations Global Advocate for Cultural Understanding. The designation took place at an event at the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG), attended by the Secretary-General and by the world-renowned conductor and…
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NEAR VERBATIM TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS STAKEOUT BY
UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY-GENERAL BAN KI-MOON AND
MAESTRO DANIEL BARENBOIM
29 February 2016
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Secretary-General:
Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen, and Maestro Barenboim.
It is a pleasure for me to welcome today United Nations Messenger of Peace, Maestro Daniel Barenboim and members of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra.
For the past nine years, Maestro Barenboim has used his extraordinary talent and…
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THE SECRETARY-GENERAL REMARKS TO HIGH-LEVEL PANEL DISCUSSION AT THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
29 February 2016
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“THE 2030 AGENDA FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND HUMAN RIGHTS”
Monsieur le Président du Conseil des droits de l’homme [M. Choi Kyong-lim],
Monsieur le Président de l’Assemblée générale [M. Mogens Lykketoft],
Monsieur le Haut-commissaire des Nations Unies aux droits de l’homme
[Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein],
Mesdames et Messieurs les représentants,…
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Staffan De Mistura, Special Envoy for Syria - Briefing to the Security Council pursuant to Resolution 2254(2015)
27 February 2016
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Mr. President, Members of the Security Council,
1. On behalf of the Secretary-General, I welcome the adoption – I hope soon, of a resolution, which will address the issue we worked on for long. We have come a long way since the first meeting of the International Syria Support Group in Vienna on 30 October 2015. Much has also…
