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“Where will we go?” Conversation and exhibition on the humanitarian implications of climate change
11 October 2018
| Michael Møller
Speech
11 octobre 2018"Where will we go ?" - Exposition et conversation autour du thème des conséquences humanitaires du changement climatique
Remarks by Mr. Michael Møller
United Nations Under-Secretary-General
Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva
“Where will we go?”
Conversation and exhibition on the
humanitarian implications of climate change
Organized by the Permanent Mission of the Netherlands
Serpent Bar, Palais des Nations
Thursday, 11 October at 17:00
Ambassador van Daalen,
Excellencies,
Mr van Lohuizen…
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HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE DISCUSSES ITS METHODS OF WORK
11 October 2018
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Committee this afternoon discussed its methods of work, focusing on possible elements for a common aligned procedure for follow-up on concluding observations, decisions and views for all human rights treaty bodies, as proposed by the treaty body chairs during their last annual meeting held in New York from 29 May to 1 June.
At the beginning of the meeting, Yuval Shany, Committee Chairperson, said that this afternoon the Committee was scheduled to consider Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in the absence of the report. Exceptionally, it had accepted the State party’s…
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HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE EXAMINES GUINEA’S EFFORTS TO IMPLEMENT CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS
11 October 2018
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Committee this morning concluded the review of the fifth periodic report of Guinea on measures taken to implement the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
Introducing the report, Khalifa Gassama Diaby, Minister of National Unity and Citizenship of Guinea, reaffirmed the commitment of Guinea to continue to build a State based on the universal principles of human rights and to ensure the respect for human dignity. This was a difficult task and Guinea was well aware of the significant structural…
2 years 10 months ago
WHO FCTC Press Conference
11 October 2018
Press Conference Announcement
Dr. Vera Luiza da Costa e Silva, Head of the Convention Secretariat
Title
WHO FCTC Press Conference
Listen to the audio
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MOP1 closing press conference
Organizations
WHO
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OHCHR Press Conference
11 October 2018
Press Conference Announcement
Ms. Renate Winter, Chairperson of the Committee Mr. Bernard Gastaud, Rapporteur Mr. Clarence Nelson, Vice-chair of the Committee Mr. Luis Pedernera, member of the Committee
Title
OHCHR Press Conference
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Committee on the Rights of the Child -- concluding observations on Benin, El Salvador, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Mauritania, Niger, and…
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Seniors and Milennials Dialogue for the SDGs
10 October 2018
| Michael Møller
Speech
10 octobre 2018Dialogue Seniors et Millennials en Marche pour les Objectifs de Développement Durable
Allocution de M. Michael Møller
Secrétaire général adjoint des Nations Unies
Directeur général de l’Office des Nations Unies à Genève
Dialogue Seniors et Millennials en Marche pour
les Objectifs de Développement Durable
Mercredi 10 octobre 2018, 15h00
Salle XXIII, Palais des Nations
[Prononcé au nom du Directeur général par Mme Corinne Momal-Vanian, Directrice de la Division des Services de conférence, Office des Nations Unies à Genève]
Excellences,
Colleagues,
Ladies and…
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HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE REVIEWS THE SITUATION OF CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS IN SUDAN
10 October 2018
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Committee today concluded its consideration of the fifth periodic report of Sudan on the implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
Introducing the report, Mahmoud Abaker Dugdug, State Minister of Justice of Sudan, said that since the ratification of the Covenant in 1986, the country had adopted a series of laws to bolster the promotion and protection of human rights, including the laws on access to information, trafficking in persons, and persons with disabilities. The law on elections had increased the…
2 years 10 months ago
UNISDR Press Conference
10 October 2018
Press Conference Announcement
Economic losses from disasters have been increasing over recent years, with USD2.9 trillion worth of damage registered between 1998 and 2017. Extreme weather events fueled by climate change, account for a growing percentage of these losses. In the build-up to International Day for Disaster Reduction on October 13, UNISDR and partner CRED (the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters) release new findings and explain the relevance of economic loss to disaster risk management.Debarati Guha, Professor, Institute of Health and Society (IRSS), Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL). Ricardo Mena…
2 years 10 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONSIDERS THE REPORT OF BELARUS
09 October 2018
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Committee this morning concluded its review of the fifth periodic report of Belarus on its implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
Presenting the report, Yuri Ambrazevich, Permanent Representative of Belarus to the United Nations Office at Geneva, at the outset, reiterated the commitment of Belarus to international human rights treaties regardless of the delay in submitting its report, and said that the promotion and protection of all human rights and the right to development allowed Belarus to confidently move forward in…
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COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS HOLDS DAY OF GENERAL DISCUSSION ON THE RIGHT TO ENJOY THE BENEFITS OF SCIENTIFIC PROGRESS
09 October 2018
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today held a day of general discussion on a draft general comment on article 15 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights on the right to enjoy the benefits of scientific progress and its applications, and other provisions of article 15 on the relationship between science and economic, social and cultural rights.
In her opening remarks, Maria Virginia Bras Gomes, Committee Chairperson, noted that so far in its dialogues…
