2 years 10 months ago
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
09 October 2018
Bi-Weekly Briefing
Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the World Food Programme, the International Organization for Migration, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights the United Nations Refugee Agency and the Inter-Parliamentary Union.World Post DayRhéal LeBlanc, for the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, said that 9 October was World Post Day, on which occasion the Secretary-General had issued a message, stating that the 2018 observance…
2 years 10 months ago
UNCTAD Press Conference
09 October 2018
Press Conference Announcement
James Zhan – UNCTAD – Director – Division on Investment and Enterprise
Title
UNCTAD Press Conference
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Presentation of the World Investment Forum: Investing in Sustainable Development 22- 26 October - Palais des Nations
Organizations
UNCTAD
2 years 10 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE OPENS ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FOURTH SESSION IN GENEVA
08 October 2018
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Committee this morning opened its one hundred and twenty-fourth session, hearing a statement by Ibrahim Salama, Chief of the Human Rights Treaties Branch, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.
In his opening statement, Mr. Salama noted that the new High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, in her first address to the Human Rights Council at its thirty-ninth session, had recognized the centrality of the Committee’s work and stressed that the Covenants, together with other core human rights treaties and the…
2 years 10 months ago
Centenary of Poland - Regaining Independence Concert
08 October 2018
| Michael Møller
Speech
8 octobre 2018Concert organisé à l'occasion du centenaire de l'indépendance de la Pologne
Remarks by Mr. Michael Møller
United Nations Under-Secretary-General
Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva
Centenary of Poland
Regaining Independence Concert
Monday, 8 October 2018 at 7 p.m.
Assembly Hall, Palais des Nations
Mr. President,
Ambassador Czech,
Excellences,
Ladies and gentlemen,
It is a great pleasure and privilege to open this event marking the Centenary of Poland regaining independence. I thank all of you for joining us here this evening. Allow me…
2 years 10 months ago
WMO Press Conference
08 October 2018
Press Conference Announcement
WMO Secretary-General Petteri Taalas
Title
WMO Press Conference
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IPCC will release its report on climate change after its session in the Republic of Korea on 8 October. WMO, as a co-sponsor of the IPCC, is participating in the session and will hold a press conference to give Geneva-based journalists insight into this important new report. Note that the…
2 years 10 months ago
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD CLOSES SEVENTY-NINTH SESSION
05 October 2018
Press Release
Adopts Concluding Observations on the Reports of Mauritania, El Salvador, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Niger, Benin, and Saudi Arabia
The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its seventy-ninth session, after adopting concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of Mauritania, El Salvador, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Niger, Benin, and Saudi Arabia, which it reviewed during the session.
Renate Winter, Committee Chairperson, in her concluding remarks, summarized the Committee’s activities during the session, which was held from 17…
2 years 10 months ago
Roundtable on “SDGs implementation among OIC Member States”, organized by the Organization of Islamic Cooperation
05 October 2018
| Michael Møller
Speech
5 octobre 2018Table ronde organisée par la l'Organisation de la coopération islamique :"“SDGs implementation among OIC Member States”
Closing Remarks by Mr. Michael Møller
United Nations Under-Secretary-General
Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva
Roundtable on “SDGs implementation among OIC Member States”
Organized by the Organization of Islamic Cooperation
Friday, 5 October 2018 at 5:30 p.m.
Room XXIII, Palais des Nations
[Remarks delivered by Mr. David Chikvaidze, UNOG]
Excellencies,…
2 years 10 months ago
“Global Digital Governance: What Role for Geneva?”; UNIGE – UNOG Conversations with Academia
05 October 2018
| Michael Møller
Speech
5 octobre 2018Conversation UNIGE-UNOG avec le secteur académique: “Global Digital Governance: What Role for Geneva?”
Remarks by Mr. Michael Møller
United Nations Under-Secretary-General
Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva
“Global Digital Governance:
What Role for Geneva?”
UNIGE – UNOG Conversations with Academia
Friday, 5 October 2018 at 12:30 p.m.
Cinema Room, Palais des Nations
Excellencies,
Ladies and gentlemen,
Dear friends and colleagues,
It is my pleasure to welcome you today to the Palais des Nations to…
2 years 10 months ago
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
05 October 2018
Bi-Weekly Briefing
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, and, later, Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the Universal Postal Union, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the International Organization for Migration, the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Health Organization…
2 years 10 months ago
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS HOLDS MEETING WITH STATES
05 October 2018
Meeting Summaries
Il est notamment rappelé que, contrairement à ce qui se fait pour les autres organes conventionnels, les membres de ce Comité sont élus par l’ECOSOC
The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights this afternoon held a meeting with States, exchanging views on the simplified reporting procedure, the 2020 review of treaty body mechanisms, and the election of Committee members. Maria Virginia Bras Gomes, Committee Chairperson, updated States on the Committee’s work during the current session, mainly about the simplified reporting procedure, which she said…
