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HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE ADOPTS TWO ADDITIONAL PARAGRAPHS OF A DRAFT GENERAL COMMENT ON THE RIGHT TO LIFE
19 October 2018
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Committee today continued the second reading of its draft General Comment no. 36 on article 6 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights on the right to life. The Committee adopted paragraphs 65 and 66, and began discussing paragraph 67 of the fifth part of the draft General Comment on the relationship of article 6 with other articles of the Covenant and other legal regimes.
Yuval Shany, Committee Chairperson and Rapporteur for the draft General Comment, introduced the revised paragraph 65 on…
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REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
19 October 2018
Bi-Weekly Briefing
Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief, Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by spokespersons for the United Nations Refugee Agency, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the International Telecommunication Union, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and the United Nations Children’s Fund.Indonesian airlift
Charlie Yaxley, for the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), read the following statement:
“Earlier this morning, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency delivered 435…
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Transcript of Press Stakeout by UN Senior Advisor, Jan Egeland
18 October 2018
Press Conferences
JE: I have done this work of leading the Humanitarian Task Force for nearly three years, there has been too many setbacks, we have failed more often than we have achieved what we wanted, but there have been also some positive developments and we have two now that I would like to mention:
First, Idlib. We have now had five weeks without any air raid, I can’t remember such a period for the last three years in Idlib. It is a calm through this very sensitive complex difficult area full of three million civilians, it is a welcome calm. We also have access in all areas, virtually…
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Press Conference IPU
18 October 2018
Press Conference Announcement
Gabriela Cuevas, IPU President Martin Chungong, Secretary General
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Press Conference IPU
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Closing Press Conference of the 139th Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly
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United Nations Office at Geneva
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100th Anniversary of Czechoslovakia
17 October 2018
| Michael Møller
Speech
17 octobre 2018100e anniversaire de la Tchécoslovaquie
Remarks by Mr. Michael Møller
United Nations Under-Secretary-General
Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva
100th Anniversary of Czechoslovakia
Wednesday, 17 October 2018 at 6:00 p.m.
Czech and Slovak Room, Palais des Nations
Delivered on behalf of the Director-General by Mr. Clemens Adams, Director of the Division of Administration, United Nations Office at Geneva
Ambassador Kara,
Ambassador Podhorsky,
Excellencies,
Ladies and gentlemen,
I am pleased to be here with you to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of…
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High-Level Exchange of the First Committee of the 73rd General Assembly
17 October 2018
| Michael Møller
Speech
17 octobre 2018High-Level Exchange of the First Committee of the 73rd General Assembly
Remarks by Mr. Michael Møller
United Nations Under-Secretary-General
Secretary-General of the Conference on Disarmament
“High-Level Exchange of the First Committee of the 73rd General Assembly”
Wednesday, 17 October 2018, 15:00
New York
Chairperson,
Excellencies,
Distinguished Delegates,
Ladies and gentleman:
I greatly value the opportunity to be with you at a pivotal moment for this important decision making forum for international security and disarmament.…
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“The AGFUND International Prize for Pioneering Human Development Projects”
17 October 2018
| Michael Møller
Speech
17 octobre 2018“The AGFUND International Prize for Pioneering Human Development Projects”
Message from Mr. Michael Møller
United Nations Under-Secretary General
Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva
“The AGFUND International Prize for Pioneering Human Development Projects”Palais des Nations, Assembly Hall
Wednesday, 17 October 2018, 17h00Delivered on behalf of the Director-General by Mr. Clemens Adams, Director of the Division of Administration, United Nations Office at Geneva
Your Royal Highness Prince Talal Bin Abdul Aziz Al…
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Transcript of Press Stakeout by UN Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura
17 October 2018
Press Conferences
SdeM: Hello everybody. It has been a long meeting so forgive me. We will have only two questions, why? Because you will have plenty of opportunity asking me very deep questions at my last briefing in November, so today, I want to focus on what we have just said. So, let me repeat some bottom lines, because I think these are the ones we will like to make particularly public.
Point number one - you heard it probably, but I am repeating it - the Idlib MoU is terribly important, and it does provide - apart from an issue about security, and we hope a sustainable…
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HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE REVIEWS THE SITUATION OF CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS IN BULGARIA
17 October 2018
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Committee today concluded its consideration of the fourth periodic report of Bulgaria on measures taken to implement the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
Introducing the report, Yuri Sterk, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria, outlined the improvements in the legal system since the country’s previous review in 2011, noting in particular the setting up in 2013 of the National Coordination Mechanism on Human Rights to improve coordination among public authorities involved in the…
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UNCTAD Press Conference
17 October 2018
Press Conference Announcement
Pamela Coke-Hamilton – UNCTAD – Director – Division on International Trade in Goods and Services, and Commodities Olivier Wege – UNCTAD – Economist - Commodity Research and Analysis Section, Division on International Trade
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UNCTAD Press Conference
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The New Global Commodity Markets Landscape and Focus on Coffee in East Africa (Commodities at a…
