3 years 9 months ago
OCHA/UNHCR/IOM Press Conference
23 October 2017
Press Conference Announcement
Live webcast: http://webtv.un.org/live/ Mark Lowcock, Emergency Relief Coordinator, OCHA Filippo Grandi, High Commissioner, UNHCR William Lacy Swing, Director General, IOM
Title
OCHA/UNHCR/IOM Press Conference
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Pledging conference in response to the influx of refugees from Myanmar’s Rakhine state to Bangladesh…
3 years 9 months ago
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
20 October 2017
Bi-Weekly 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 (IOM), said that on 19 October 2017, nearly 7,000 Rohingya refugees who had been stranded in dire conditions in no-man’s land at Anjuman Para on the Bangladeshi side of the border had been moved by the…
3 years 9 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE EXAMINES THE REPORT OF JORDAN
20 October 2017
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Committee this morning completed its consideration of the fifth periodic report of Jordan on its implementation of the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
Presenting the report, Saja Majali, Permanent Representative of Jordan to the United Nations Office at Geneva, said that since the presentation of its fourth periodic report, many changes had taken place in the region which had had serious ramifications for Jordan. In spite of the conflicts and wars around it and the influx of refugees, the Government stressed its resolve to…
3 years 10 months ago
Remarks by the UN Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura before meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov
19 October 2017
Statements and Speeches
SE: Thank you, thank you very much. Well, I confirm this is a very good and timely moment for having this type of consultations - because we are clearly moving from the period of de-escalation into almost - and we hope forever - defeating terrorism, as defined by the UN.
Now it is the moment for the political process, to pick it up, and actually find a way to make it sustainable for the future of Syria.
I am very much interested in your [the Russian Federation's] position at the moment - because you obviously…
3 years 10 months ago
Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on Syria
19 October 2017
Statements and Speeches
The Secretary-General continues to follow closely the situation in Raqqa, Syria. He recalls the obligation of all parties to the conflictto protect civilians and abide by international humanitarian and human rights law. He also urges the parties to facilitate humanitarian access in order to allow aid to reach those in need without delay.The latest developments in Syria point once again to the urgent need to reinvigorate the political process. The Secretary-General has directed his Special Envoy, Staffan de Mistura, to intensify his efforts, in consultation…
3 years 10 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE EXAMINES THE REPORT OF AUSTRALIA
19 October 2017
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Committee this morning completed its consideration of the sixth periodic report of Australia on its implementation of the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
Presenting the report, John Quinn, Permanent Representative of Australia to the United Nations Office at Geneva, noted that Australia took its human rights obligations with the utmost seriousness, and that the Government was conscious of the further expectations and responsibilities placed on it as a member of the Human Rights Council. The Government was committed to…
3 years 10 months ago
UNICEF Press Conference
19 October 2017
Press Conference Announcement
EMBARGO until 00:01 GMT 20 October 2017Simon Ingram, Report author, UNICEF Senior Communication Advisor
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UNICEF Press Conference
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Pre-embargo launch of UNICEF Child Alert report on the plight of Rohingya refugee children in southern Bangladesh
Organizations
UNICEF…
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HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE EXAMINES THE REPORT OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
18 October 2017
Press Release
The Human Rights Committee this morning completed its consideration of the sixth periodic report of the Dominican Republic on its implementation of the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
Presenting the report, Rhadys Abreu De Polanco, Director General for Human Rights at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Dominican Republic, said that the constitutional reform of 26 January 2010 had expressly entrenched civil and political rights in the constitutional text and Dominican courts applied the provisions of the Covenant in their…
3 years 10 months ago
Remarks by the UN Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, following a meeting with the Defense Minister of the Russian Federation
18 October 2017
Statements and Speeches
Arabic version
Question: Mr. de Mistura, are you satisfied with the outcome of the meeting?
Special Envoy: This meeting, like every meeting I have been having with His Excellency Minister Shoigu, has been very useful.
This was a very important and timely opportunity to discuss how to move from the de-escalation areas phase into a renewed political process leading to a sustainable political solution, in line with 2254.
Thank you very much.
(Moscow, 18 October 2017…
3 years 10 months ago
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
17 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 Children’s Fund, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health Organization, the World Food Programme and the World Meteorological Organization.Bangladesh
Joel Millman, for the International Organization for Migration (IOM), said that the Director-General of IOM was currently in Bangladesh, where he had visited camps and…
