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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONCLUDES THIRTY-NINTH SESSION AFTER ADOPTING 23 RESOLUTIONS AND A PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT

6 years 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONCLUDES THIRTY-NINTH SESSION AFTER ADOPTING 23 RESOLUTIONS AND A PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT 28 September 2018 Press Release Decides to Establish an Ongoing Independent Mechanism on the Most Serious International Crimes and Violations of International Law Committed in Myanmar since 2011; Adopts the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas; Extends…

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

6 years 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF PANAMA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA 28 September 2018 Presentation of Credentials Aida Maria Clement Guinard, the new Permanent Representative of Panama to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Michael Møller, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to her appointment to Geneva, Ms. Clement Guinard served as Consul General of…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE

6 years 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE 28 September 2018 UN Geneva Press Briefing Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by spokespersons for the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the International Organization for Migration, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Conference on Trade and…

Remarks by UN Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, at the EU-Hosted High Level Event on Syria

6 years 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home Remarks by UN Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, at the EU-Hosted High Level Event on Syria 27 September 2018 Statements and Speeches SdeM: Thank you, thank you, Federica for organizing this, for hosting this event, and for the words you just said. This is a very timely meeting, and an important one. The UN and the EU have had an exemplary cooperation since the very beginning of my mandate, and even before, and I welcome very much your intention to be persistent…

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

6 years 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF FRANCE PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA 26 September 2018 Presentation of Credentials François Rivasseau, the new Permanent Representative of France 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. Rivasseau was Special Envoy for Space and Head of the…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE

6 years 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE 25 September 2018 UN Geneva Press Briefing Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by spokespersons for the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the International Organization for Migration, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Conference on Trade and…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE

6 years 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE 21 September 2018 UN Geneva Press Briefing Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the Human Rights Council, the United Nations Children’s Fund and the World Health Organization. Update on the Human Rights Council Rolando Gomez, for the Human Rights Council, said that 23 draft resolutions had been received, of which 8…

COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES CONCLUDES TWENTIETH SESSION

6 years 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES CONCLUDES TWENTIETH SESSION 21 September 2018 Press Release Adopts General Comment N°7 on the participation of persons with disabilities in the implementation and monitoring of the Convention, and the Concluding Observations and Recommendations on Reports of Seven States The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities this afternoon concluded its twentieth…

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

6 years 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home Transcript of Press Stakeout by Jan Egeland, Senior Adviser to the UN Special Envoy for Syria 20 September 2018 Press Conferences JE: Thank you. The main issue at the Humanitarian Task Force today was naturally the very important agreement reached between the President of Russia and the President of Turkey. We were informed of the details of the agreement. We were also informed that many details are being worked out and that the two countries, Russia and Turkey, will be…

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

6 years 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF GERMANY PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA 20 September 2018 Presentation of Credentials Michael Ungern-Sternberg, the new Permanent Representative of Germany 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. Ungern-Sternberg had been serving as Germany’s…