3 years 9 months ago
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
27 October 2017
Bi-Weekly 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 Rights.Bangladesh
Joel Millman, for the International Organization for Migration (IOM), said that a total of 817,000 Rohingya refugees were now living in the southernmost district of Bangladesh. That figure…
3 years 9 months ago
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN REVIEWS THE REPORT OF NAURU
27 October 2017
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the combined initial and second periodic reports of Nauru on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.
Introducing the report, Charmaine Scotty, Minister for Home Affairs of Nauru, said that Nauru had made progressive steps to bridge the gap between the genders, and had focused on areas that still fostered a culture of discrimination. The island had made tremendous progress in combating…
3 years 9 months ago
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 Rohingya community in Myanmar.
More than 600,000 Rohingya, a Muslim minority in Myanmar, have fled to Bangladesh since 25 August, when Myanmar forces began the so-called “clearance operations” following alleged armed attacks on security posts. More than half…
3 years 9 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE RESUMES DISCUSSION ON DRAFT GENERAL COMMENT ON THE RIGHT TO LIFE
27 October 2017
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Committee this morning resumed its discussion on the draft General Comment No. 36 on Article 6 on the right to life of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. The first reading of the draft General Comment had been adopted at the Committee’s one hundred and twentieth session in July 2017.
The Committee began the second reading of the draft General Comment, after it had discussed the comments received by States, organisations and individuals. Committee Rapporteur for the draft General Comment, Yuval Shany,…
3 years 9 months ago
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN REVIEWS THE SITUATION OF WOMEN IN PARAGUAY
26 October 2017
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the seventh periodic report of Paraguay on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.
Ana Maria Baiardi, Minister of Women’s Affairs of Paraguay, said in the introduction of the report, that Article 1 of the Convention had been incorporated into the law on rural women and that the Convention had also inspired the drafting of the law No. 5777/16 for the integral protection of…
3 years 9 months ago
“Global Constructive Journalism Conference”
26 October 2017
| Michael Møller
Speech
26 octobre 2017Conférence “Global Constructive Journalism”
Speech by Mr. Michael Møller
United Nations Under-Secretary General
Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva
“Global Constructive Journalism Conference”
Aarhus University
1 Nordre Ringgade – Aarhus 8000 Denmark
Thursday, 26 October 2017, at 10h15
Excellencies,
Ladies and gentlemen,
It’s a pleasure to be here with you today for the opening of the Global Constructive Journalism Conference. A warm thank you to Ulrik Haagerup for his invitation. You may be wondering why I am speaking to you today. The short…
3 years 9 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE EXAMINES ROMANIA’S EFFORTS TO IMPLEMENT CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS
26 October 2017
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Committee this morning completed the consideration of the fifth periodic report of Romania on its efforts to implement the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
Presenting the report, Catrinel Brumar, Government Agent for the European Court of Human Rights at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, outlined some important achievements at the institutional level, such as the creation of the National Council for Combating Discrimination in 2010, the 20th anniversary of the Ombudsman’s Office, the…
3 years 9 months ago
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-proscribed terrorists in Syria. Raqqa has been liberated by the US-led coalition; Mayadeen by the Syrian government and its allies; and action continues to eliminate the remaining Daesh pockets in Deir…
3 years 9 months ago
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN REVIEWS THE REPORT OF SINGAPORE
25 October 2017
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the fifth periodic report of Singapore on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.
Introducing the report, Muhammad Faishal Bin Ibrahim Khan Surattee, Senior Parliamentary Secretary for the Ministry of Social and Family Development and for the Ministry of Education of Singapore, said that the lives of women in Singapore had improved tremendously over the years: the latest United…
3 years 9 months ago
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 Mission) representatives. It was held in a businesslike and rather constructive atmosphere. The overall security situation on the ground since the September 2017 meeting was assessed as calm and stable.…
