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Press Conference UNFPA
17 October 2018
Press Conference Announcement
Ms. Monica Ferro, Director, UNFPA Geneva
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Press Conference UNFPA
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Launch State of World Population Report 2018 - The Power of Choice: Reproductive Rights and the Demographic Transition The embargoed report and related materials are now available to journalists who request access.
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HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONSIDERS THE INITIAL REPORT OF BELIZE
16 October 2018
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Committee this morning concluded its review of the initial report of Belize on measures taken to implement the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
Introducing the report, Lois Young, Permanent Representative of Belize to the United Nations, explained that the State party was late in submitting its initial report due to inadequate technical, financial and human resources. The country’s adherence to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights in 1996 had been an important formality as the essence of the Covenant…
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REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
16 October 2018
Bi-Weekly Briefing
Rhéal LeBlanc, for the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, the World Health Organization and the International Labour Organization.
Saudi journalist Mr. Khashoggi
Rupert Colville, for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), gave the following statement:
“Two weeks after the…
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Press Conference GCC
16 October 2018
Press Conference Announcement
H.E. Mr. Adel Essa AlMahri - Ambassador, Permanent Observer of the Gulf Cooperation Council in Geneva Mr. Nasser Al Kahtani/ AGFUND - Executive Director Mr. Abdullatif AlDwaihi /AGFUND-Communications Director The 2017 prize winners : *Dr.Mastaqur Chowdhuri - Vice chairman of Brac - Bangladesh *Mr.Yogendra Mandal - Executive Director of Jeevan Bikas Samaj *Dr.Sunitha Krishnan - Founder of Prajwala - India *Ms.Marie Lichten Berg - Director of international partnerships Planet Aid
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UNCTAD Press Conference
15 October 2018
Press Conference Announcement
James Zhan – UNCTAD – Director – Division on Investment and Enterprise
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UNCTAD Press Conference
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Presentation of the latest Global Investment Trends Monitor
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COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS CONCLUDES ITS SIXTY-FOURTH SESSION
12 October 2018
Press Release
Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on Reports of Germany, Mali, Argentina, Turkmenistan, South Africa and Cabo Verde
The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights this afternoon closed its sixty-fourth session after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of Germany, Mali, Argentina, Turkmenistan, South Africa and Cabo Verde.
The Committee’s concluding observations and recommendations will be available on the Committee’s webpage on Monday, 15 October in the afternoon.
In her concluding remarks, Maria…
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HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONTINUES DISCUSSION ON THE DRAFT GENERAL COMMENT ON THE RIGHT TO LIFE
12 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 56-64, and it began discussing paragraph 65 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, presented the changes made to paragraph 56 on the overlap…
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NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF SIERRA LEONE PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA
12 October 2018
Presentation of Credentials
Lansana Gberie, the new Permanent Representative of Sierra Leone 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. Gberie had been serving as a Political Economy and Security Sector Reform Expert at the United Nations Development Programme project on Liberia Public Expenditure Review of the Justice and Security Sector from November 2017 to March 2018, and as a…
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REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
12 October 2018
Bi-Weekly Briefing
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, United Nations Refugee Agency, United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme and the World Health Organization.SyriaAlessandra Vellucci, for the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, said that, the previous day, the Special Envoy on Syria, Staffan de Mistura, had chaired a meeting of the International Syria Support Group’s…
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Press communiqué of the Co-Chairs of the Geneva International Discussions
11 October 2018
Press Release
The 45th round of the Geneva International Discussions (GID) took place on 10 October 2018.
On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the GID, the Co--‐Chairs acknowledge the participants’ continued commitment to this unique mechanism, which allows them to meet and to address important issues and concerns in order to reach tangible results.
Throughout the years, the GID have contributed to improved stability and accountability on the ground. A key achievement has been the establishment of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanisms (IPRMs) and the related…
