2 years 10 months ago
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF GERMANY PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA
20 September 2018
Presentation of Credentials
Michael Ungern-Sternberg, the new Permanent Representative of Germany 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. Ungern-Sternberg had been serving as Germany’s Ambassador in Jakarta, Indonesia since 2016. He was Germany’s Ambassador in Tehran, Iran from 2013 to 2016. From 2009 to 2013, he served as Director General for the United Nations Department at the…
2 years 11 months ago
“World Peace Art Exhibition 2018”
19 September 2018
| Michael Møller
Speech
19 septembre 2018Exposition "World Peace Art 2018"
Remarks by Mr. Michael Møller
United Nations Under-Secretary-General
Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva
“World Peace Art Exhibition 2018”
Organised by the Permanent Mission of Japan
Wednesday, 19 September 2018 at 2:00 p.m.
Salle des Pas Perdus, A Building, 3rd floor, Palais des Nations
Ambassador Ihara [Japan],
Mr. Kushida [Representative of the artists]
Excellencies,
Ladies and gentlemen,
It gives me great pleasure to be with you today to mark the 100th Anniversary of the end of the First World War. Thank you…
2 years 11 months ago
Piano Recital by Joanne Camilleri
19 September 2018
| Michael Møller
Speech
19 septembre 2018Récital de piano par Joanne Camilleri
Remarks by Mr. Michael Møller
United Nations Under-Secretary-General
Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva
Piano Recital by Joanne Camilleri
Wednesday, 19 September 2018, 18.30 - 20.00
Assembly Hall, Palais des Nations
Excellencies,
Ladies and gentlemen:
It is a pleasure to join you for what promises to be a wonderful evening.
We are grateful to Ambassador Terribile and the Permanent Mission of Malta for enriching our cultural landscape at UN Geneva with this concert.
And let me of course say thank you to Joanne…
2 years 11 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH ITS ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND DISCUSSES THE SECRETARY-GENERAL’S REPORT ON REPRISALS
19 September 2018
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council during a midday meeting held separate interactive dialogues with Katharina Pabel, Chairperson of the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee, and with Andrew Gilmour, Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, who presented the Secretary-General’s report on cooperation with the United Nations, its representatives and mechanisms in the field of human rights.
Katharina Pabel, Chairperson of the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee, presented the annual report of the Advisory…
2 years 11 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS CLUSTERED INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE ON THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
19 September 2018
Meeting Summaries
Hears Address by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary
The Human Rights Council this afternoon held a clustered interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples and with the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The Council heard a statement by the Board of Trustees of the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Populations. It was also addressed by Péter Szijjártó, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary.
Mr. Szijjártó said United Nations officials seemed to…
2 years 11 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS ANNUAL PANEL DISCUSSION ON THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
19 September 2018
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council this morning held its annual half-day panel discussion on the rights of indigenous peoples, focusing on the participation and inclusion of indigenous peoples in the development and implementation of strategies and projects in the context of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Kate Gilmore, Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, said that the Sustainable Development Goals were an acknowledgment that development without people as its core beneficiaries was not development, merely economy, and that development that…
2 years 11 months ago
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD REVIEWS REPORT OF EL SALVADOR
19 September 2018
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the combined fifth to sixth periodic report of El Salvador on how it implements the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Introducing the report, Zaira Navas, Executive Director of the National Council for Children and Adolescents of El Salvador, in the introduction of the report, stressed that boys, girls and adolescents were prioritized as key populations in the national development plan 2014-2019, and then outlined the efforts to strengthen the country’s legal and…
2 years 11 months ago
WIPO/IFPMA Press Conference
19 September 2018
Press Conference Announcement
Francis Gurry, WIPO Director General Thomas Cueni, IFPMA Director General
Title
WIPO/IFPMA Press Conference
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Launch of Pat-INFORMED, a new partnership between WIPO and the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations (IFPMA) to promote the accessibility of patent information for health agencies tasked with…
2 years 11 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH THE INDEPENDENT INTERNATIONAL FACT-FINDING MISSION ON MYANMAR
18 September 2018
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council this morning held an interactive dialogue with the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar after hearing an oral update by the Mission’s Chair Marzuki Darusman.
Mr. Darusman reminded that the attacks launched on August 2017 against the Rohingya people in Rakhine state had led to a mass exodus of three-quarters of a million people to Bangladesh and deaths of at least 10,000 people. At the core of every incident was the extreme brutality of the Myanmar military, known as the Tatmadaw…
2 years 11 months ago
Briefing to the UN Security Council by the Special Envoy of the UN Secretary-General for Syria, Mr. Staffan de Mistura
18 September 2018
Press Release
1. Thank you, Ambassador Jeffrey. Welcome! I am delighted to see you here in view of your new important role, which in my opinion has already shown a further engagement of your country in this conflict environment. So, thank you for chairing this meeting and for being here.
Mr. President,
2. Let me start with yesterday’s developments on Idlib. They are important. As you know, Idlib has been a major source of concern for all of us - everyone in this chamber and beyond. Yesterday, Russian President Putin and Turkish…
