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REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE

7 years 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE 05 December 2017 UN Geneva Press Briefing Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the International Organization for Migration, the World Health Organization, the World Intellectual Property Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund and the United Nations…

COUNCIL CONCLUDES TWENTY-SEVENTH SPECIAL SESSION ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION OF THE ROHINGYA MUSLIMS AND OTHER MINORITIES IN MYANMAR

7 years 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home COUNCIL CONCLUDES TWENTY-SEVENTH SPECIAL SESSION ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION OF THE ROHINGYA MUSLIMS AND OTHER MINORITIES IN MYANMAR 05 December 2017 Press Release The Human Rights Council this afternoon concluded its special session on the human rights situation of the minority Rohingya Muslims and other minorities in the Rakhine state of Myanmar. In a resolution, the Council condemned the alleged systematic and gross…

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ELECTS VOJISLAV ŠUC OF SLOVENIA AS ITS PRESIDENT FOR 2018

7 years 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ELECTS VOJISLAV ŠUC OF SLOVENIA AS ITS PRESIDENT FOR 2018 04 December 2017 Press Release Geneva, 4 December 2017 (Issued as received) -- The Human Rights Council this afternoon elected Ambassador Vojislav Šuc, Permanent Representative of Slovenia to the United Nations Office at Geneva, to serve as its President for a one-year term beginning on 1 January 2018. The Council also appointed Ambassador Antje…

Statement on behalf of the UN Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura

7 years 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home Statement on behalf of the UN Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura 01 December 2017 Statements and Speeches In light of media reports of material purportedly on the table in the intra-Syrian talks, the Special Envoy has decided to clarify where things currently stand by releasing the attached 12 Living Intra-Syrian Essential Principles paper dated 30 November 2017. This paper was distributed by the Special Envoy to the delegations in parallel meetings yesterday. The…

BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION MEETING OF STATES PARTIES TO CONVENE IN GENEVA FROM 4 TO 8 DECEMBER 2017

7 years 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION MEETING OF STATES PARTIES TO CONVENE IN GENEVA FROM 4 TO 8 DECEMBER 2017 01 December 2017 Press Release The 2017 Meeting of States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) will be held at the United Nations Office at Geneva from 4 to 8 December 2017. This is the first such meeting in the new 2017-2020 intersessional process that was mandated by the Eighth BWC Review Conference…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE

7 years 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE 01 December 2017 UN Geneva Press Briefing Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, the World Health Organization, the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Conference on…

Transcript of Press Stakeout by UN Special Envoy for Syria, Mr. Staffan de Mistura

7 years 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home Transcript of Press Stakeout by UN Special Envoy for Syria, Mr. Staffan de Mistura 30 November 2017 Press Conferences SdeM: Thank you very much. I will take questions of course, that is why I will just give you a little bit of a summary here. This round of talks in Geneva is number 8, and we are planning to have it lasting up to the 15th of December. As you remember the intention was to actually have them for two to three days and then it was likely that the Government…

Statement on behalf of the UN Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura

7 years 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home Statement on behalf of the UN Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura 29 November 2017 Statements and Speeches Arabic version Special Envoy de Mistura recalls his previous requests that delegations participating in the intra-Syrian talks refrain from statements aimed at delegitimising other invitees.Having however noted unhelpful statements in recent days, he urges the cessation of such statements. The Special Envoy reminds the Syrian delegations who are in Geneva of…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE

7 years 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE 28 November 2017 UN Geneva Press Briefing Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the World Food Programme, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health Organization, the World Meteorological Organization, the International Organization for Migration and the Joint United Nations Programme…

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL TO HOLD A SPECIAL SESSION ON THE SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS OF THE ROHINGYA AND OTHER MINORITIES IN RAKHINE STATE IN MYANMAR ON 5 DECEMBER 2017

7 years 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL TO HOLD A SPECIAL SESSION ON THE SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS OF THE ROHINGYA AND OTHER MINORITIES IN RAKHINE STATE IN MYANMAR ON 5 DECEMBER 2017 28 November 2017 Press Release The Human Rights Council will hold a special session on "the human rights situation of the minority Rohingya Muslim population and other minorities in the Rakhine State of Myanmar" on Tuesday, 5 December starting at 10 a.m. in Room…