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COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN REVIEWS THE SITUATION OF WOMEN IN MYANMAR
07 July 2016
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the combined fourth and fifth periodic reports of Myanmar on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.
Maung Wai, Permanent Representative of Myanmar to the United Nations Office at Geneva, introducing the report, said that regardless of the increase in women’s political representation in Parliament, from 4 per cent in 2012 to 13 per cent today, women were not free from challenges…
5 years 1 month ago
WHO Press Conference
07 July 2016
Press Conference Announcement
Dr. Bruce Aylward, Executive Director a.i., Outbreaks and Health Emergencies, WHO
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HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONTINUES TO DISCUSS DRAFT GENERAL COMMENT ON THE RIGHT TO LIFE
05 July 2016
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Committee this morning continued to discuss a draft General Comment on Article 6 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, on the right to life.
At the beginning of the meeting, Committee Rapporteur on the draft General Comment, Yuval Shany, said that they would continue to collect comments on paragraph 14 and further paragraphs today. A number of comments had already been made and they would be considered.
Paragraph 14 highlights the incompatibility with the right to life of weapons of mass destruction, such as…
5 years 1 month ago
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
05 July 2016
Bi-Weekly Briefing
Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section, chaired the briefing attended by spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Economic Forum, the World Health Organization, and the United Nations Refugee Agency.Iraq
Rupert Colville, for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), said that, as the death toll after the last suicide bomb in Baghdad continued to climb to well above 150, High Commissioner Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein deplored the terrible loss of innocent lives. The High Commissioner warned that, in addition to…
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COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONSIDERS THE REPORTS OF THE PHILIPPINES
05 July 2016
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today reviewed the combined seventh and eighth periodic reports of the Philippines on how it implemented the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.
Introducing the report, Cecilia Rebong, Permanent Representative of the Philippines to the United Nations Office at Geneva, said that a particular milestone in women’s empowerment was the enactment of the Magna Carta of Women in 2009, which applied the provisions of the…
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Press conference by the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate
05 July 2016
Press Conference Announcement
- Current global terrorism threat and counter-terrorism efforts of the United Nations. - The role of the Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee and its Executive Directorate. - Concrete actions required from Member States to effectively fight terrorism while respecting international human rights law, international refugee law, and international humanitarian law.Mr. Jean-Paul Laborde, Assistant Secretary General and Executive Director of the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED)
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COMMISSION OF INQUIRY ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN ERITREA WELCOMES STRONG RESOLUTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN ERITREA
04 July 2016
Press Release
Geneva (4 July 2016) – The Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in Eritrea welcomes resolution 32/24, which passed without a vote on Friday, 1 July during the thirty-second session of the Human Rights Council.
Resolution 32/24 commends the Commission for completing its work in a transparent, impartial and consultative manner, while regretting the lack of cooperation by the Government of Eritrea, including the denial of access to the country by the Commission.
Mike Smith, Chairperson of the Commission, said: “The Commission welcomes this…
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COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN OPENS SIXTY-FOURTH SESSION
04 July 2016
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this morning opened its sixty-fourth session, hearing a statement from Kate Gilmore, Deputy United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, and adopting its agenda and programme of work for the session.
In her opening statement, Ms. Gilmore said that the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development framed the vision for the work over the next decade and a half. It was unprecedented because of the promise not to leave anyone behind, which was also a promise to address marginalization and…
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HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE DISCUSSES FOLLOW-UP TO VIEWS, FOLLOW-UP TO CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS AND METHODS OF WORK
04 July 2016
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Committee this morning discussed an update by the Rapporteur on Follow-Up to Views as well a progress report by the Rapporteur on Follow-up to Concluding Observations. The Committee also addressed its methods of work.
Victor Manuel Rodriguez-Rescia, Committee Member and Rapporteur on Follow-Up to Views, presented updates to the progress report on follow-up to views. The latest considered cases included Russia and Spain. For Russia, no response had been given and thus no assessment was warranted. On Spain,…
5 years 1 month ago
CEDAW DISCUSSES SITUATION OF WOMEN IN THE PHILIPPINES, MYANMAR AND FRANCE WITH CIVIL SOCIETY REPRESENTATIVES
04 July 2016
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this afternoon met separately with representatives of non-governmental organizations, with national human rights institutions and then with other organizations to hear information on the situation of women in the Philippines, Myanmar and France, whose reports will be considered during the first week of the session.
Representatives of non-governmental organizations in the Philippines delivered oral reports in which they noted that the Magna Carta for Women had been…
