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NEW PERMANENT OBSERVER OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE PRESENTS LETTER OF NOMINATION TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA
27 September 2017
Presentation of Credentials
Dragana Filipović, the new Permanent Observer of the Council of Europe to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her letter of nomination to Michael Møller, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.
Prior to her appointment to Geneva, Ms. Filipović served as Head of the Office of the Council of Europe in Azerbaijan since 2014. A career diplomat, she served as Permanent Representative of Serbia to the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, France, from 2009 to 2013…
3 years 10 months ago
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD REVIEWS THE REPORT OF CYPRUS ON CHILDREN IN ARMED CONFLICT
26 September 2017
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the initial report of Cyprus under the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict.Christos Malikkides, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Defence of Cyprus, in the introduction of the report said that Cyprus had ratified the Optional Protocol in 2010 when it had also entered a reservation with regard to the declaration by Turkey. In the context of a continued illegal military occupation…
3 years 10 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUES ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN UKRAINE AND IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
26 September 2017
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council this afternoon opened its technical assistance and capacity building agenda item and held an interactive dialogue on the High Commissioner’s oral update on the situation of human rights in Ukraine. It also started an enhanced interactive dialogue on the situation of human rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Kate Gilmore, United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, presented an oral update on the nineteenth quarterly report of the High Commissioner on the…
3 years 10 months ago
Economic Perspective Crédit Suisse Conference
26 September 2017
| Michael Møller
Speech
26 septembre 2017Conférence Perspective Crédit Suisse Économie
Discours de M. Michael Møller
Secrétaire général adjoint
Directeur général de l’Office des Nations Unies à Genève
« Perspectives Crédit Suisse Économie : Quelles perspectives pour la Suisse, l’Europe et le Royaume-Uni en 2018 ? »
Mardi 26 septembre 2017, à 18:15
Salle des Assemblées, Palais des Nations
Madame Carnazzi ;
Monsieur Besnard ;
Mesdames et Messieurs :
C’est un grand plaisir pour moi de vous accueillir ce soir au Palais des Nations. Depuis plus de 80 ans, les murs qui vous entourent abritent l’esprit…
3 years 10 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS GENERAL DEBATE ON RACISM, RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, XENOPHOBIA AND RELATED INTOLERANCE
26 September 2017
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council at its midday meeting held a general debate on racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance.
Speakers expressed concern at what they termed a world-wide rise in racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance. They called for compliance with and implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action, which was singled out as the international community’s best bulwark against the threats presented by racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and…
3 years 10 months ago
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
26 September 2017
Bi-Weekly Briefing
Michele Zaccheo, Chief, of the Radio and Television Section, United Nations Information Service, United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the Human Rights Council, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Health Organization and the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.Human Rights Council update
Rolando Gomez, for the Human Rights Council, said that on the morning of 26 September 2017, the Human Rights Council had opened with its continued general debate on item 8 – follow-…
3 years 10 months ago
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS REVIEWS THE REPORT OF RUSSIA
26 September 2017
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today concluded its consideration of the sixth periodic report of Russia on its implementation of the provisions of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
Alexey Cherkasov, Deputy Minister of Labour and Social Protection of the Russian Federation, introduced the report by underlining that any form of restriction of rights on social, racial, national, linguistic or religious grounds was prohibited, and went on to outline the progress in the realization of economic,…
3 years 10 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH THE WORKING GROUP OF EXPERTS ON PEOPLE OF AFRICAN DESCENT
26 September 2017
Meeting Summaries
Concludes General Debate on the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action
The Human Rights Council this morning held a clustered interactive dialogue with the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent. It also concluded its general debate on the follow-up to and implementation of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action.
Presenting the Working Group’s report, Sabelo Gumedze, Chairperson of the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent, stressed that the Working Group advocated prioritizing…
3 years 10 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS GENERAL DEBATE ON FOLLOW-UP TO AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE VIENNA DECLARATION AND PROGRAMME OF ACTION
25 September 2017
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council in its midday meeting held a general debate on follow-up to and implementation of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action.
In the general debate, speakers underlined that the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action bore testimony to the power of international law in preserving human rights. These instruments recalled the interdependent nature of human rights and strongly reaffirmed the importance of ensuring the universality, objectivity and non-selectivity of the…
3 years 10 months ago
Photo exhibition “Feel How Gender Shapes Migration”
25 September 2017
| Michael Møller
Speech
25 septembre 2017Expo photos “Feel How Gender Shapes Migration”
Remarks by Mr. Michael Møller
United Nations Under-Secretary-General
Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva
Photo exhibition “Feel How Gender Shapes Migration”
Monday, 25 September 2017, at 12:30 p.m.
Communal Space, E Building, 1st floor, Palais des Nations
Ambassador Muylle,
Ms. Finnerty,
Director-General [Swing],
Excellencies,
Ladies and Gentlemen:
A warm welcome to today’s opening of the photo exhibition “Feel How Gender Shapes Migration”. We are grateful to the International…
