5 years ago
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE CONSIDERS REPORT OF MONGOLIA
03 August 2016
Meeting Summaries
The Committee against Torture this afternoon concluded its consideration of the second periodic report of Mongolia on the measures taken to implement the provisions of the Convention against Torture.
Introducing the report, Ganbat Erdenebat, Deputy General Prosecutor and Senior Advisor for State Legislation of Mongolia, said that Mongolia had revised its Criminal Code, which now defined the crime of torture in full compliance with Article 1 of the Convention. The new Criminal Code also imposed criminal responsibility to any accomplice involved in committing the crime of torture.…
5 years ago
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION OPENS NINETIETH SESSION
02 August 2016
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today opened its ninetieth session, hearing an address by Orest Nowosad, Chief, Groups in Focus Section, Human Rights Council and Treaty Mechanisms Division of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. The Committee also adopted its agenda for the session, during which it will review anti-discrimination efforts undertaken by Greece, United Kingdom, Paraguay, South Africa, Lebanon, Ukraine, Sri Lanka and Pakistan.
Mr. Nowosad, in his opening remarks, recalled the historic changes following the…
5 years ago
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT BEGINS THIRD AND FINAL SEGMENT OF THE 2016 SESSION
02 August 2016
Meeting Summaries
The Conference on Disarmament this morning opened the third and final segment of its 2016 session.
Ambassador Piotr Stachańczyk of Poland, President of the Conference, informed that an informal plenary meeting, seminar-style, would take place on Tuesday, 9 August, with the participation of two outside experts, and all States were encouraged to partake.
South Africa stated that arguments in favour of the retention of nuclear weapons only served as an encouragement for proliferation and undermined the nuclear non-proliferation regime. China referred to the June…
5 years ago
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
02 August 2016
Bi-Weekly Briefing
Michele Zaccheo, Chief, Radio and Television Section, United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing attended by spokespersons for the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health Organization and the International Organization for Migration.UN Secretary-General
Looking ahead, Mr. Zaccheo said that there would be a number of high-level UN officials at the opening of the Rio Olympics on 5 August, and that United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon would be in Rio de Janeiro on 4 August, where he would meet with the…
5 years ago
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
29 July 2016
Bi-Weekly Briefing
Michele Zaccheo, Chief, Radio and Television Section, United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing attended by spokespersons for the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Health Organization, the International Organization for Migration and the International Committee of the Red Cross.UN Secretary-General
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon had met on 28 July with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan, and the readout of the meeting was available. There would be a…
5 years ago
Verbatim transcript of stakeout by Mr. Staffan de Mistura, United Nations Special Envoy for Syria
29 July 2016
Press Conferences
Thank you for being available for this further discussion. I must say I owe to you some additional points because all of you asked for some comments on what, at that time, was breaking news, at the humanitarian taskforce. I did not answer your questions then because I said we were going to study the Russian initiative. So now I have some comments that I would like to share with you.
In addition to what, I hope, you took note of, it was a very carefully worded and important statement, by what my colleague, Stephen O’…
5 years ago
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE CONSIDERS REPORT OF BURUNDI
29 July 2016
Meeting Summaries
The Committee against Torture this afternoon concluded its consideration of the special report of Burundi on the measures taken to implement the provisions of the Convention against Torture.
Jens Modvig, Chairperson of the Committee, explained that, during the Committee’s 2015 session and due to the worrying developments in Burundi, the Committee had asked for a special report which would answer a series of pressing questions.
Presenting the report, Aimée Laurentine Kanyana, Minister of Justice, informed that the Constitution of Burundi read that nobody should be subjected to torture or…
5 years ago
Press stakeout by the Office of the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria
29 July 2016
Press Conference Announcement
The briefing will be webcast live on webtv.un.org.
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Press stakeout by the Office of the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria
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The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, Mr. Staffan de Mistura, will speak to the press today, to provide some updates and clarifications on the current…
5 years ago
STATEMENT FROM UNOG DIRECTOR-GENERAL MICHAEL MØLLER ON THE PASSING OF VETERAN JOURNALIST GORDON MARTIN
28 July 2016
Press Conferences
UNOG Director-General Michael Møller has learned with great sadness of the passing on Tuesday of veteran journalist Gordon Martin, the doyen of the international press corps in Geneva and a distinguished former president of the ACANU (Association des Correspondents Auprès des Nations Unies).
The United Nations in Geneva benefited greatly from his knowledgeable reporting on world affairs. Gordon Martin’s career in global journalism spanned six decades, from 1955 to 2014, and included a quarter century of reporting from the Palais des…
5 years ago
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE CONSIDERS REPORT OF HONDURAS
28 July 2016
Meeting Summaries
The Committee against Torture this afternoon concluded its consideration of the second periodic report of Honduras on the measures taken to implement the provisions of the Convention against Torture.
Karla Eugenia Cueva Aguilar, Undersecretary of State for Human Rights and Justice of Honduras, presenting the report, stated that Honduras had faced a dramatic situation in recent years, with an onslaught of violence due to the transnational crime activities in the region. The country was still facing challenges fighting poverty and restoring security to its people.…
