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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONCLUDES THIRTY-NINTH SESSION AFTER ADOPTING 23 RESOLUTIONS AND A PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT
28 September 2018
Press Release
Decides to Establish an Ongoing Independent Mechanism on the Most Serious International Crimes and Violations of International Law Committed in Myanmar since 2011; Adopts the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas; Extends Mandates on Yemen, Burundi, Myanmar, Central African Republic, Sudan, and Somalia
The Human Rights Council this afternoon concluded its thirty-ninth regular session, during which it welcomed the new United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle…
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Exhibition "Children Human Rights Defenders”
28 September 2018
| Michael Møller
Speech
28 septembre 2018Exposition “Children Human Rights Defenders”
Remarks by Mr. Michael Møller
United Nations Under-Secretary-General
Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva
“Children Human Rights Defenders” - Exhibition
Friday, 28 September 2018 at 1:30 p.m.
Mezzanine, E Building, 2nd Floor - Door 40
Ambassador Brattskar,
Ms. Schulter,
Ms. Otani,
Excellencies,
Ladies and gentlemen,
And especially, all the young people in the room,
It is a privilege to be among you today, as we celebrate the young and brave children defending human rights all over the…
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COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS EXAMINES REPORT OF ARGENTINA
28 September 2018
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today reviewed the fourth periodic report of Argentina on its efforts to implement the provisions of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in the country.
Claudio Avruj, Minister for Human Rights and Cultural Pluralism of Argentina, presenting the report, said that a paradigm shift had occurred in December 2015, as Argentina returned to an open dialogue with the world and put an end to more than a decade of populist policies. “The only way to build our future is to put our…
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NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF PANAMA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA
28 September 2018
Presentation of Credentials
Aida Maria Clement Guinard, the new Permanent Representative of Panama to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Michael Møller, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.
Prior to her appointment to Geneva, Ms. Clement Guinard served as Consul General of Panama in Hamburg, Germany, between 2014 and 2018.
She previously worked in the banking sector, as Vice President of Operations at Towerbank International Inc. in Panama (2005 – 2014). She spent 10 years…
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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS FIVE RESOLUTIONS, INCLUDING ON BURUNDI, SYRIA, AND ON THE RIGHTS OF PEASANTS
28 September 2018
Meeting Summaries
Extends the Mandate of the Commission of Inquiry on Burundi, Voices Deep Concern about Sexual Violence in Syria, and Adopts the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas
The Human Rights Council this morning adopted five resolutions in which it extended the mandate of the Commission of Inquiry on Burundi for a year, expressed deep concern about sexual and gender-based violence in Syria, and adopted the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working…
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REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
28 September 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 United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the International Organization for Migration, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe and the World Trade Organization.New displacement in DRC
Babar Baloch, for the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), read the following…
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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS EIGHT RESOLUTIONS, EXTENDS MANDATES ON YEMEN, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC, SUDAN AND SOMALIA, AND CLOSES ITS THIRTY-NINTH SESSION
28 September 2018
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted eight texts in which it extended the mandates of the Group of Eminent Experts on Yemen, of the Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in the Central African Republic, of the Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Sudan, and of the Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Somalia.
Other resolutions concerned technical assistance for Yemen; asking the High Commissioner for Human Rights to update…
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COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD HOLDS A DAY OF GENERAL DISCUSSION ON PROTECTING AND EMPOWERING CHILDREN AS HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS
28 September 2018
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Rights of the Child today held a Day of General Discussion on the theme of “Protecting and Empowering Children as Human Rights Defenders”, in which 50 children human rights defenders, members of the Children’s Advisory Team, from all over the world participated.
Opening the Day of General Discussion, Renate Winter, Committee Chairperson, was very pleased that this was the Committee’s first ever meeting in which the children participated. Recalling that human rights defenders were…
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Ceremony in the honour of former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan
27 September 2018
| Michael Møller
Speech
27 septembre 2018Hommage à Kofi Annan, ancien Secrétaire général
Remarks by Mr. Michael Møller
United Nations Under-Secretary-General
Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva
Ceremony in the honour of former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan
Thursday, 27 September 2018, 10.00
Assembly Hall, Palais des Nations
Dear Nane, Anna, Kojo, Nina and family,
Très chers amis et collègues,
Excellences,
Mesdames et messieurs,
Nous sommes ici réunis aujourd’hui pour rendre hommage à Kofi Annan, pour partager nos souvenirs, ses souvenirs, et par-dessus…
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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS 10 RESOLUTIONS AND ONE PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT
27 September 2018
Meeting Summaries
Establishes Mechanism to Collect Evidence of Crimes Committed in Myanmar, Extends Mandate of the Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar, Calls on Venezuela to Accept Humanitarian Assistance, and Requests a Comprehensive Report on the Human Rights Situation in Venezuela
The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted 10 resolutions and one Presidential statement, including texts that established an independent mechanism to collect evidence of most serious international crimes committed in Myanmar; extended the mandate of the independent international fact-finding…
