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25 July 2017
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Michele Zaccheo, Chief of the Radio and Television Section, United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing attended by the spokespersons for the United Nations Children’s Fund, International Organization for Migration, and the World Health Organization.Global
Michele Zaccheo, Chief of the Radio and Television Section, United Nations Information Service, called attention to a…
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21 July 2017
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Alessandra Vellucci, Director, United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing attended by the spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organization, the International Organization for Migration, and the United Nations Refugee Agency.Pakistan
William Spindler, for the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), introduced a new member…
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COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONCLUDES SIXTY-SEVENTH SESSION
21 July 2017
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Adopts Concluding Observations on the Reports of Italy, Thailand, Romania, Costa Rica, Montenegro, Barbados, Niger and Nigeria
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this afternoon concluded its sixty-seventh session after adopting its concluding observations and…
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18 July 2017
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Alessandra Vellucci, Director, United Nations Information Service, United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by the spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the…
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NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF SLOVAKIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA
17 July 2017
Presentation of Credentials
Juraj Podhorsky, the new Permanent Representative of Slovakia 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. Podhorsky was the Director of the Office of the Minister, Ministry…
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COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN EXAMINES THE REPORTS OF NIGERIA
14 July 2017
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The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the combined seventh and eight periodic reports of Nigeria on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.Introducing the report, Aisha Jummai…
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Transcript of press conference at close of 7th round of intra-Syrian talks by UN Special Envoy for Syria
14 July 2017
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Transcript of press conference at close of 7th round of intra-Syrian talks by UN Special Envoy for Syria
NOTE TO CORRESPONDENTS Transcript of press conference by the UN Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, at the end of the 7th round of intra-Syrian talks Geneva – 14 July 2017
SdM: Good evening and again, sorry for this hour, but…
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HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONTINUES TO DISCUSS DRAFT GENERAL COMMENT ON THE RIGHT TO LIFE
14 July 2017
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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. Committee Experts examined the last four paragraphs of the fourth part of the General Comment concerning the application of the death penalty, and the first seven paragraphs of the…
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14 July 2017
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Alessandra Vellucci, Director, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by the spokespersons and representatives for the World Health Organisation, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency, and the International Organization for Migration.Syria
Ms. Vellucci said that, on this last day of the round of talks…
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COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN EXAMINES THE REPORTS OF NIGER
13 July 2017
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The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the combined third and fourth periodic reports of Niger on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.
Introducing the reports, El Back Zeinabou Tari…
