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COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS CONSIDERS THE REPORT OF CABO VERDE
04 October 2018
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today concluded its review of the initial report of Cabo Verde on its efforts to implement the provisions of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
Introducing the report, Janine Tatiana Santos Lelis, Minister of Justice and Labour of Cabo Verde, said that Cabo Verde considered that human dignity was an absolute value, and the national Constitution contained provisions that guaranteed fundamental freedoms and access to justice for all. The Government was committed to…
2 years 10 months ago
Spanish Language Day
04 October 2018
| Michael Møller
Speech
4 octobre 2018Journée de la langue espagnole
Mensaje del Sr. Michael Møller
Secretario General Adjunto de las Naciones Unidas
Director General de la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas en Ginebra
“Día de la Lengua Española”
Jueves, 4 de octubre de 2017 a las 18:30 horas
Sala XX, edificio E, 3er piso, Palacio de las Naciones
[El discurso pronunciado por la Sra. Corinne Momal-Vanian.]
Excelencias,
Señoras y señores,
Colegas y amigos,
Bienvenidos a esta celebración de la diversidad de la lengua española.
El Director General, lamentablemente, no puede estar hoy con nosotros, pero les envía sus saludos…
2 years 10 months ago
Press Conference at the request of the Permanent Mission of the United States of America
04 October 2018
Press Conference Announcement
Ambassador Robert Wood, U.S. Permanent Representative to the Conference on Disarmament Note: Cameras should be in place by 9:45 a.m.
Title
Press Conference at the request of the Permanent Mission of the United States of America
Listen to the audio
ftp://MVE-PWSU:vo4KeQnm@unis-ftp.unog.ch/PCWOOD20181004.mp3
A Preview of the UNGA First Committee.…
2 years 10 months ago
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS CONSIDERS THE REPORT OF SOUTH AFRICA
03 October 2018
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today concluded its review of the initial report of South Africa on its efforts to implement the provisions of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
Introducing the report, John Jeffery, Deputy Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development of South Africa, said that the Covenant was a major source of influence for the inclusion of economic, social and cultural rights in the national Constitution. The value of the Covenant was that it helped the Government to…
2 years 10 months ago
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
02 October 2018
Bi-Weekly 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 Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health Organization, the International Organization for Migration, the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction and the United Nations Children’s Fund.
Indonesia
Jens Laerke, for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), made the…
2 years 10 months ago
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS CONSIDERS THE REPORT OF TURKMENISTAN
02 October 2018
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today concluded its review of the second periodic report of Turkmenistan on its efforts to implement the provisions of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in the country.
Introducing the report, Vepa Hajiyev, Deputy Foreign Minister of Turkmenistan, noted that Turkmenistan had recently made significant progress in the achievement of economic, social and cultural rights, undertaking constitutional and legal reforms, and acceding to several international conventions. The…
2 years 10 months ago
Eighth Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP8) to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC)
01 October 2018
| Michael Møller
Speech
1 octobre 2018Huitième session de la Conférence des Parties (COP8) à la Convention-cadre de l’OMS pour la lutte antitabac (OMS FCTC)
Remarks by Mr. Michael Møller
United Nations Under-Secretary-General
Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva
Eighth Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 8)
to the WHO Framework Convention on
Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC)Monday, 1 October 2018 at 10:00 a.m.,
CICG
Madam President,
Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
Dr. da Costa e Silva,
Excellencies,
Ladies…
2 years 10 months ago
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD CONSIDERS SAUDI ARABIA’S IMPLEMENTATION OF THE OPTIONAL PROTOCOLS ON THE SALE OF CHILDREN AND ON CHILDREN IN ARMED CONFLICT
01 October 2018
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Rights of the Child today examined the measures Saudi Arabia takes to implement its obligations under the Optional Protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, and on the involvement of children in armed conflict.
Introducing the reports, Bandar Alaiban, President of the Saudi Human Rights Commission, said that, following the accession to the Optional Protocol on the sale of children…
2 years 10 months ago
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS MEETS WITH CIVIL SOCIETY REPRESENTATIVES FROM TURKMENISTAN, CABO VERDE AND SOUTH AFRICA
01 October 2018
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights this morning heard from civil society organizations on the implementation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in Turkmenistan, Cabo Verde, and South Africa, whose reports the Committee will review this week.
Civil society organizations from Turkmenistan highlighted the problems of access to basic foodstuffs and suspension of benefits for the most vulnerable groups due to the very harsh economic and financial…
2 years 10 months ago
UNCTAD Press Conference
01 October 2018
Press Conference Announcement
Shamika Sirimanne - UNCTAD - Director - Division on Technology and Logistics Jan Hoffmann - UNCTAD - Chief, Trade Facilitation Section - Division on Technology and Logistics
Title
UNCTAD Press Conference
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ftp://MVE-PWSU:vo4KeQnm@unis-ftp.unog.ch/PCUNCTAD20181001.mp3
Presentation of the Review of Maritime Transport 2018.
Organizations…
