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NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF ICELAND PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA

7 years 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF ICELAND PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA 01 November 2017 Presentation of Credentials Harald Aspelund, the new Permanent Representative of Iceland 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. Aspelund served as Director General for…

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF MEXICO PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA

7 years 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF MEXICO PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA 01 November 2017 Presentation of Credentials María del Socorro Flores Liera, the new Permanent Representative of Mexico to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Michael Møller, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to her appointment to Geneva, Ms. Flores Liera was Undersecretary for…

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW WORKING GROUP TO HOLD TWENTY-EIGHTH SESSION IN GENEVA FROM 6 TO 17 NOVEMBER 2017

7 years 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW WORKING GROUP TO HOLD TWENTY-EIGHTH SESSION IN GENEVA FROM 6 TO 17 NOVEMBER 2017 01 November 2017 Press Release Working Group to Review the Human Rights Records in 14 States The twenty-eighth session of the Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group will be held in Geneva from 6 to 17 November during which the next group of 14 States are scheduled…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE

7 years 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE 31 October 2017 UN Geneva Press Briefing Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by the spokespersons for the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, the World Health Organization and the International Labour Organization.Refugees from Cameroon arriving in Nigeria Babar Baloch, for the United Nations Refugee…

EXPERTS OF THE INDEPENDENT INTERNATIONAL FACT FINDING MISSION ON MYANMAR CONCLUDE VISIT TO BANGLADESH

7 years 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home EXPERTS OF THE INDEPENDENT INTERNATIONAL FACT FINDING MISSION ON MYANMAR CONCLUDE VISIT TO BANGLADESH 27 October 2017 Press Release Dhaka / Bangladesh, 27 October 2017 (Issued as received) – Three United Nations human rights experts concluded their first fact finding mission in Bangladesh today “deeply disturbed” by accounts of killings, torture, rape, arson and aerial attacks reportedly perpetrated against the…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE

7 years 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE 27 October 2017 UN Geneva Press Briefing Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by the spokespersons for the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Health Organization, the World Food Programme and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human…

Briefing to the Security Council by Staffan de Mistura, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria

7 years 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home Briefing to the Security Council by Staffan de Mistura, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria 26 October 2017 Press Release Monsieur le président [François Delattre, France], dear friends, ambassadors, Let me update you on developments and lay out some of the plans that we have for the next round of the intra-Syrian talks in Geneva, and then brief you on some of the other potential initiatives. We are seeing very significant developments in the fight against UN…

Press Release from the Office of the United Nations Representative to the Geneva International Discussions

7 years 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home Press Release from the Office of the United Nations Representative to the Geneva International Discussions 25 October 2017 Press Release 50th meeting of Gali Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism Russian version On 25 October 2017, the 50th meeting of the joint Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) was held in Gali town under the chairmanship of the United Nations with the participation of Georgian, Russian, Abkhaz and EUMM (European Union Monitoring…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE

7 years 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE 24 October 2017 UN Geneva Press Briefing Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief, Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by the spokespersons for the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization, the International Labour Organization, the United Nations Environment Programme…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE

7 years 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE 20 October 2017 UN Geneva Press Briefing Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief, Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by the spokespersons for the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Health Organization and the World Trade Organization.Bangladesh Joel Millman, for the International Organization for Migration (…