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Press Stakeout by the Office of the UN Special Envoy for Syria
28 September 2017
Press Conference Announcement
The press stakeout will be webcast live on webtv.un.org. (Please note that the live stream may not be accessible on all mobile devices.)
Title
Press Stakeout by the Office of the UN Special Envoy for Syria
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Press stakeout by Jan Egeland, Special Advisor to the UN Special Envoy for Syria, following…
3 years 10 months ago
UNCTAD Press Conference
28 September 2017
Press Conference Announcement
Mukhisa Kituyi, UNCTAD Secretary-General Shamika Sirimanne, UNCTAD, Director, Division on Technology and Logistics
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UNCTAD Press Conference
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Publication of the Information Economy Report 2017: Digitalization, Trade and Development (embargoed until 2 October at 5 p.m. GMT)
Organizations…
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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUES ON THE SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN SOMALIA AND IN LIBYA
27 September 2017
Meeting Summaries
Hears Address by the President of the Central African Republic
The Human Rights Council during its midday meeting held an interactive dialogue with the Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Somalia and an interactive dialogue on the oral update of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on the situation of human rights in Libya. The President of the Central African Republic also addressed the Council.
Faustin-Archange Touadéra, President of the Central African Republic, said that for several decades, the Central…
3 years 10 months ago
Briefing to the Security Council by Mr. Staffan de Mistura, United Nations Special Envoy for Syria
27 September 2017
Press Release
Mr. President,
1. Let me update you first on the latest developments, and then turn to the way ahead on the political track and the implementation of Security Council resolution 2254.
2. First, what’s happening on the ground. The Amman discussions and the meetings which have taken place very effectively in Astana have created four zones of de-escalation – in the south, in Eastern Ghouta, north of Homs, and in Idlib province. We also now have two other so-called de-confliction zones which have been brokered by the Russian Federation in Ifreen…
3 years 10 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DISCUSSES SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN CAMBODIA
27 September 2017
Meeting Summaries
Concludes Enhanced Interactive Dialogue on the Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Human Rights Council this morning held an interactive dialogue with Rhona Smith, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia, and concluded its enhanced interactive dialogue on the situation of human rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Presenting her report, Ms. Smith said that despite the orderly conduct of the local level commune election on 4 June 2017, the general situation leading up to and after the election was alarming in a country which…
3 years 10 months ago
“Working Together Globally to Combat Diabetes” by the International Association of Lions Clubs
27 September 2017
| Michael Møller
Speech
27 septembre 2017“Working Together Globally to Combat Diabetes” by the International Association of Lions Clubs
Opening Remarks by Mr. Michael Møller
United Nations Under-Secretary-General
Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva
“Working Together Globally to Combat Diabetes” by the International Association of Lions Clubs
Palais des Nations, Room XVII
Wednesday 27 September, 11:00
Dr. Grimaldi,
Dr. Aggrawal,
Mrs. Yngvadottir,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
It is my great pleasure to welcome you today to the Palais…
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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUES ON THE SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN SUDAN AND IN THE CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
27 September 2017
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council this afternoon held an interactive dialogue with Aristide Nononsi, Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Sudan. It also started an interactive dialogue with Marie-Therese Keita-Bocoum, Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in the Central African Republic.
Presenting his report, Mr. Nononsi acknowledged some positive steps taken by the Government of Sudan during the period under review such as the release of a number of human rights defenders through…
3 years 10 months ago
UNHCR Press Conference
27 September 2017
Press Conference Announcement
Filippo Grandi, UN High Commissioner for Refugees
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UNHCR Press Conference
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Rohingya Refugee emergency in Bangladesh one month on, High Commissioner’s visit to Bangladesh (23-25 September 2017)
Organizations
UNHCR
3 years 10 months ago
Press Conference requested by the Permanent Mission of the Central African Republic
27 September 2017
Press Conference Announcement
The press conference will be webcast live on webtv.un.org.H.E. Professor Faustin Archange Touadera, President of the Central African Republic
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Press Conference requested by the Permanent Mission of the Central African Republic
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ftp://MVE-PWSU:vo4KeQnm@unis-ftp.unog.ch/PCCAR20170927.mp3
Crisis in the Central African Republic…
3 years 10 months ago
WHO Press Conference
27 September 2017
Press Conference Announcement
WHO Department of Reproductive Health and Research and HRP and the Guttmacher Institute will publish new global, regional and sub-regional estimates on abortions by safety level between 2010-2014 in The Lancet. For the first time, the estimates include sub-classifications of unsafe abortion, of ‘less safe’ and ‘least safe’. The distinction allows for a more nuanced understanding of the different circumstances of abortions among women who are unable to access safe abortions.Dr. Bela Ganatra, Scientist, WHO Department of Reproductive Health and Research Dr. Gilda Sedgh, Principal Research Scientist,…
