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REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
26 February 2016
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Ahmad Fawzi, Director a.i. of the 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 Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention Secretariat, and the World Food Programme. UN Secretary-…
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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADVISORY COMMITTEE CONCLUDES SIXTEENTH SESSION
26 February 2016
Press Release
The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee today concluded its sixteenth session, which was held at the Palais des Nations in Geneva from 22 to 26 February 2016.
The Advisory Committee, a body of 18 independent experts serving as a think-tank to the United Nations Human Rights Council, took action on the three thematic issues that it had been considering: unaccompanied…
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Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on Syria
26 February 2016
Press Release
The Secretary-General welcomes the unanimous adoption of resolution 2268 by the Security Council, which endorsed the Joint Statement of the United States and the Russian Federation, as Co-Chairs of the ISSG, on the Cessation of Hostilities in Syria, and the demand that it begins at 00:00 Damascus time on 27 February.
The full implementation of this resolution -…
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Transcript of the Press Conference by UN Special Envoy for Syria
Staffan de Mistura, Geneva 26 February 2016
26 February 2016
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SdeM: Today, there’s been quite a lot of discussions and events taking place here in Geneva related to what happened just now. And by midday today, there were 97 armed groups plus the Government, all the major regional and international stakeholders, who indicated in time – by, as you remember, midday, which was the time for…
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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS ITS THIRTY-FIRST REGULAR SESSION
FROM 29 FEBRUARY TO 24 MARCH 2016
24 February 2016
Press Release
The United Nations Human Rights Council will hold its thirty-first regular session from 29 February to 24 March in the Human Rights and Alliance of Civilizations Room at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein will address the opening…
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23 February 2016
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Ahmad Fawzi, Director a.i. of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by spokespersons of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, 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 and…
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Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General
on cessation of hostilities agreement in Syria
22 February 2016
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A NATIONWIDE CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES IN SYRIA
The Secretary-General welcomes the agreement announced today by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, as co-chairs of the International Syria Support Group (ISSG) Ceasefire Taskforce formed in Munich, on the terms of a nationwide…
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19 February 2016
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Michele Zaccheo, Chief of the Radio and TV Section at the UN Information Service, chaired the briefing attended by spokespersons for the United Nations Children’s Fund, United Nations Mine Action Service, World Food Programme, United Nations Refugee Agency, World Health Organization and World Trade Organization. Syria
Mr. Zaccheo said that the Special Envoy was on his way back to…
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Office of the Special Envoy for Syria Press Release
18 February 2016
Press Release
Arabic version
The second meeting of the Task Force on Humanitarian Access in Syria will take place tomorrow at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. The meeting will be co-chaired by the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, Mr. Staffan de Mistura, and Mr. Jan Egeland, Senior Advisor to the Special Envoy, and will be attended by representatives of the ISSG members. The purpose of this second…
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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADVISORY COMMITTEE HOLDS SIXTEENTH SESSION FROM 22 TO 26 FEBRUARY IN GENEVA
18 February 2016
Press Release
The sixteenth session of the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee will take place from 22 to 26 February 2016 in Room XX at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.
During the session the Committee, will continue its discussions on thematic studies requested by the Council, including on activities of vulture funds and their impact on human rights (…
