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Press stakeout by the Office of the UN Special Envoy for Syria
11 August 2016
Press Conference Announcement
The Office of the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria informs you that the International Syria Support Group's Humanitarian Access Task Force will convene tomorrow, at 10.30 a.m. at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. The press stakeout will be webcast live on webtv.un.org.
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Far° - Performing Arts Festival
10 August 2016
| Michael Møller
Speech
10 août 2016Far° - Festival des Arts Vivants
Allocution de M. Michael Møller
Secrétaire général adjoint de l'Organisation des Nations Unies
Directeur général de l’Office des Nations Unies à Genève
Cérémonie d’Ouverture de la 32e édition du far°
Mercredi 10 août 2016
Nyon, Canton de Vaud, Suisse
Conseillère d’État du Canton de Vaud,
Représentant du Conseil régional du district de Nyon,
Municipale de la Ville de Nyon,
Président de la fondation far°,
Directrice du far°,
Mesdames et messieurs,
C’est un grand plaisir pour moi d’être avec vous aujourd’hui pour l’ouverture de la 32e édition du…
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COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE DISCUSSES FOLLOW-UP TO CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS AND TO REPRISALS
10 August 2016
Meeting Summaries
The Committee against Torture this morning discussed follow-up to concluding observations and to reprisals.
Presenting the report on follow-up to Article 19 on concluding observations, Committee Expert and Rapporteur Abdelwahab Hani said that only about 10 per cent were completely satisfactory. The effective and total implementation of recommendations was quite weak overall; what was often found was partial implementation of the recommendations (in 60 per cent of cases), while in some 30 per cent of cases there was no implementation whatsoever of the…
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COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS THE REPORT OF SOUTH AFRICA
10 August 2016
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined fourth to eighth periodic report of South Africa on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.
Introducing the report, John Jeffery, Deputy Minister, Department of Justice and Constitutional Development of South Africa, said that dismantling the edifice of apartheid involved much more than the repeal of apartheid legislation and its replacement with legislation…
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NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF SWITZERLAND PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA
10 August 2016
Presentation of Credentials
Valentin Zellweger, the new Permanent Representative of Switzerland 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 assuming his position in Geneva, Mr. Zellweger held the position of Deputy Director and then Director of the International Public Law Directorate at the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs since 2007. Between 2003 and 2007, Mr. Zellweger served as the Chief of Cabinet of the…
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REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
09 August 2016
Bi-Weekly Briefing
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing attended by spokespersons for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Health Organization and the International Organization for Migration.Syria: Dire Situation in Aleppo
Jessy Chahine, for the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria, informed that today the Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura would be briefing the Security Council on the situation in Aleppo, in a closed session. There…
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COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION REVIEWS THE REPORT OF PARAGUAY
09 August 2016
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined fourth to sixth periodic report of Paraguay on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.
Introducing the report, Héctor Cárdenas, Minister and Executive Secretary for Social Action of Paraguay, said that Paraguay was a multi-cultural and multi-ethnic country in which the existence of indigenous peoples was recognized and discrimination was prohibited. As a result of…
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NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF LITHUANIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA
08 August 2016
Presentation of Credentials
Andrius Krivas, the new Permanent Representative of Lithuania 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. Krivas served as the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania since 2013. From 2010 and 2013, he served as Minister Counsellor at the Permanent Representation of Lithuania to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), and between 2008 to…
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COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION DISCUSSES SITUATION IN PARAGUAY, SOUTH AFRICA AND UKRAINE WITH NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
08 August 2016
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this morning heard from civil society representatives about the situation of racial discrimination in Paraguay, South Africa and Ukraine, ahead of the Committee’s review of the reports of these countries this week.
Lebanon will also have its report considered by the Committee this week, but there were no non-governmental organizations present to talk about the situation there.
A civil society organization from Paraguay spoke about…
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BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION PREPARATORY MEETING RE-OPENS IN GENEVA
08 August 2016
Meeting Summaries
States Parties Reconvene to Prepare for the Forthcoming Eighth Review Conference of the Biological Weapons Convention
States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) resumed the Preparatory Committee of the Eighth Review Conference in Geneva today. The Preparatory Committee began its work from 26 to 27 April and now resumes for a further five days. The Review Conference itself will take place in Geneva from 7 to 25 November.
The Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on…
