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REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE

6 years 8 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE 14 August 2018 UN Geneva Press Briefing Michele Zaccheo, for the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by spokespersons for the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Children’s Fund and the World Health Organization. Internally Displaced Persons in Libya William Spindler, for the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR),…

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

6 years 8 months ago Breadcrumb Home NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF IRAN PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA 14 August 2018 Presentation of Credentials Esmaeil Baghaei Hamaneh, the new Permanent Representative of Iran 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. Baghaei Hamaneh had been serving as the Director-General…

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADVISORY COMMITTEE CONCLUDES ITS TWENTY-FIRST SESSION

6 years 8 months ago Breadcrumb Home HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADVISORY COMMITTEE CONCLUDES ITS TWENTY-FIRST SESSION 10 August 2018 Press Release GENEVA (10 August 2018) - The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee today concluded its twenty-first session, which was held at the Palais des Nations in Geneva from 6 to 10 August 2018 At the opening of the session, Eduardo Eguiguren, Vice-President of the Human Rights Council, addressed the Advisory Committee. In his address, the Vice-President updated the Committee…

COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE CONCLUDES SIXTY-FOURTH SESSION

6 years 8 months ago Breadcrumb Home COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE CONCLUDES SIXTY-FOURTH SESSION 10 August 2018 Press Release Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on Reports of Mauritania, Russian Federation, Seychelles, and Chile The Committee against Torture this morning concluded its sixty-fourth session after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of Mauritania, Russian Federation, Seychelles, and Chile on the…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE

6 years 8 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE 10 August 2018 UN Geneva Press Briefing Michele Zaccheo, Chief of the Radio and Television Section of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing, which was attended by spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations High…

Transcript of Press Stakeout by Senior Adviser to the UN Special Envoy for Syria, Jan Egeland

6 years 8 months ago Breadcrumb Home Transcript of Press Stakeout by Senior Adviser to the UN Special Envoy for Syria, Jan Egeland 09 August 2018 Statements and Speeches JE: I think it was very clear today at the humanitarian task force that we are entering a new chapter in this very long, very bloody, very cruel, very bitter war in Syria. Hopefully we are seeing the beginning of the end to the big war. There are signs that we may now have access to people we were fighting to get access to for a very long…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE

6 years 8 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE 07 August 2018 UN Geneva Press Briefing Michele Zaccheo, Chief of the Radio and Television Section of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing, which was attended by spokespersons for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Associations, the World Health Organization, the World Meteorological Organization, the International Organization for Migration, and the United Nations High…

BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION MEETINGS OF EXPERTS TO CONVENE IN GENEVA FROM 7 TO 16 AUGUST 2018

6 years 8 months ago Breadcrumb Home BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION MEETINGS OF EXPERTS TO CONVENE IN GENEVA FROM 7 TO 16 AUGUST 2018 07 August 2018 Press Release The 2018 Meetings of Experts to the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) begin today at the United Nations Office at Geneva and will conclude on 16 August. This is the first set of such meetings in the new 2018-2020 intersessional process. In December 2017, the BWC Meeting of States Parties agreed on…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE

6 years 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE 03 August 2018 UN Geneva Press Briefing Michele Zaccheo, Chief of the Radio and Television Section, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by spokespersons for the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the International Organization for Migration and the United Nations Refugee…

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

6 years 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF ITALY PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA 02 August 2018 Presentation of Credentials Gian Lorenzo Cornado, the new Permanent Representative of Italy 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. Cornado had been serving as Chief of Staff to the…