2 years 10 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DISCUSSES THE SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN YEMEN AND LIBYA UNDER ITS AGENDA ITEM ON TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND CAPACITY BUILDING
26 September 2018
Meeting Summaries
Hears Presentation of Report of the High Commissioner on Findings of the Group of Eminent Experts on Yemen, and Oral Update on the Situation of Human Rights in Libya
The Human Rights Council this morning held an interactive dialogue on the human rights situation in Yemen, after hearing the presentation of the High Commissioner’s report on Yemen which contained the findings of the Group of Eminent Experts on Yemen. It also held an interactive dialogue on the situation of human rights in…
2 years 10 months ago
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF FRANCE PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA
26 September 2018
Presentation of Credentials
François Rivasseau, the new Permanent Representative of France 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. Rivasseau was Special Envoy for Space and Head of the Security Policy and Space Policy at the European External Action Service, where he served since 2015. Mr. Rivasseau had served as Deputy Chief of Mission in the Delegation of the European Union in the…
2 years 10 months ago
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS REVIEWS REPORT OF GERMANY
25 September 2018
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today examined the sixth periodic report of Germany on measures taken to implement the provisions of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
Presenting the report of Germany, Björn Böhning, Permanent State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, noted that since Germany’s last review in 2011, much had changed, both in Europe and globally, “and not always for the better”. Often, there were no quick and easy solutions, he said, and sometimes there were severe…
2 years 10 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS GENERAL DEBATE ON RACISM, RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, XENOPHOBIA AND RELATED INTOLERANCE
25 September 2018
Meeting Summaries
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Presents Oral Update on the Implementation of the Programme of Activities within the Framework of the International Decade for People of African Descent
The Human Rights Council in its midday meeting held a general debate on racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related forms of intolerance, after hearing an oral update by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on the implementation of the programme of activities within the framework of the International…
2 years 10 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DISCUSSES THE HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN UKRAINE AND IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
25 September 2018
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council this afternoon held an interactive dialogue on the situation of human rights in Ukraine and an enhanced interactive dialogue on the situation of human rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Presenting the High Commissioner’s oral update on Ukraine, Kate Gilmore, United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, said that in the highly charged political context in Ukraine, the main concern remained the protection of all victims and the prevention and mitigation of all abuses. The…
2 years 10 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH THE WORKING GROUP OF EXPERTS ON PEOPLE OF AFRICAN DESCENT
25 September 2018
Meeting Summaries
Concludes General Debate on the Follow-up to and Implementation of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action
The Human Rights Council this morning held an interactive dialogue with the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent. It also concluded its general debate on the follow-up to and implementation of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action.
Michal Balcerzak, Chairperson of the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent, spoke of the recurring incidents of xenophobic mob attacks against…
2 years 10 months ago
Exhibition - “ASEAN: Resilient and Innovative”
25 September 2018
| Michael Møller
Speech
25 septembre 2018Exposition “ASEAN: Resilient and Innovative”
Remarks by Mr. Michael Møller
United Nations Under-Secretary-General
Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva
Exhibition - “ASEAN: Resilient and Innovative”
Tuesday, 25 September 2018, 12.45
Exhibition Gallery, E Building, Palais des Nations
Excellencies,
Ladies and gentlemen:
A warm welcome to today’s opening of the exhibition “ASEAN: Resilient and Innovative”. We are grateful to the Permanent Missions of the ASEAN Member States for bringing this exhibition to the Palais. I would like to…
2 years 10 months ago
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
25 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…
2 years 10 months ago
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD EXAMINES REPORTS OF NIGER
25 September 2018
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Rights of the Child concluded today its consideration of the combined third to fifth periodic reports of Niger on measures taken to implement the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and its initial report on the implementation of the obligations under the Optional Protocol on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography.
Introducing the report, El Back Zeinabou Tari Bako, Minister for the Advancement of Women and Child Protection of Niger, highlighted the significant progress the country had made on numerous fronts…
2 years 10 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH THE COMMISSION OF INQUIRY ON THE OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY
24 September 2018
Meeting Summaries
Holds General Debate on the Human Rights Situation in Palestine and Other Occupied Arab Territories, and Begins General Debate on the Follow-up to and Implementation of the Vienna Declaration
The Human Rights Council in a midday meeting held an interactive dialogue with the Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, followed by a general debate on the human rights situation in Palestine and other occupied Arab territories. The Council then began a general debate on the follow-up to and implementation…
