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COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE CONCLUDES ITS CONSIDERATION OF THE REPORT OF POLAND

5 years 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE CONCLUDES ITS CONSIDERATION OF THE REPORT OF POLAND 24 July 2019 Meeting Summaries The Committee against Torture this afternoon concluded its consideration of the seventh periodic report of Poland on the efforts made by the State party to implement the provisions of the Convention against Torture. Introducing the report, Lukasz Piebiak, Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Justice of Poland…

UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION PAYS OUT US$270 MILLION

5 years 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION PAYS OUT US$270 MILLION 23 July 2019 Press Release The United Nations Compensation Commission today made available $270 million to the Government of the State of Kuwait towards the Commission’s remaining claim with an outstanding award balance. The United Nations Compensation Commission was established in 1991 in accordance with Security Council resolutions 687 (1991) and 692 (1991) to process claims and pay compensation for…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE

5 years 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE 23 July 2019 UN Geneva Press Briefing Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the International Organization for Migration (IOM), and the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR).Heatwave Clare Nullis, for the World Meteorological Organization (WMO…

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CARRIES ON WITH THE FIRST READING OF ITS DRAFT GENERAL COMMENT ON THE RIGHT OF PEACEFUL ASSEMBLY

5 years 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CARRIES ON WITH THE FIRST READING OF ITS DRAFT GENERAL COMMENT ON THE RIGHT OF PEACEFUL ASSEMBLY 23 July 2019 Press Release The Human Rights Committee this morning carried on with the first reading of its draft General Comment number 37 on article 21 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights on the right of peaceful assembly. Christof Heyns, Committee Rapporteur for the draft General Comment, said that last week, they had gone…

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE DISCUSSES FOLLOW-UP TO CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS

5 years 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE DISCUSSES FOLLOW-UP TO CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS 22 July 2019 Meeting Summaries The Human Rights Committee this afternoon discussed and adopted a progress report by the Special Rapporteur on follow-up to concluding observations. Vasilka Sancin, Committee Expert and Special Rapporteur on follow-up to concluding observations a.i., presented the Committee’s assessments of Argentina, Ecuador, Burkina Faso, Namibia and Turkmenistan. After further…

COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE OPENS ITS SIXTY-SEVENTH SESSION

5 years 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE OPENS ITS SIXTY-SEVENTH SESSION 22 July 2019 Meeting Summaries The Committee against Torture this morning opened its sixty-seventh session, hearing a statement by Antti Korkeakivi, Chief of the Anti-Torture, Coordination and Funds Section, Human Rights Treaties Branch, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and Representative of the Secretary-General. The Committee also adopted…

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF NAURU PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO THE ACTING DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA

5 years 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF NAURU PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO THE ACTING DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA 22 July 2019 Presentation of Credentials Chitra Jeremiah, the new Permanent Representative of Nauru to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Olga Algayerová, the Acting Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to her appointment to Geneva, Ms. Jeremiah held various diplomatic and consular…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE

5 years 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE 19 July 2019 UN Geneva Press Briefing Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was attended by spokespersons for the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria (OSE), the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the World Food Programme (WFP), the International Organization of…

COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONCLUDES ITS SEVENTY-THIRD SESSION

5 years 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONCLUDES ITS SEVENTY-THIRD SESSION 19 July 2019 Press Release Adopts Concluding Observations on the Reports of Qatar, Mozambique, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Austria, Cabo Verde and Guyana The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women concluded today its seventy-third session, during which it reviewed the reports of…

Statement attributable to the Senior Humanitarian Adviser to the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Najat Rochdi on the humanitarian situation across Syria

5 years 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home Statement attributable to the Senior Humanitarian Adviser to the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Najat Rochdi on the humanitarian situation across Syria 19 July 2019 Statements and Speeches During the International Syria Support Group’s (ISSG) Humanitarian Task Force meeting Thursday, Senior Humanitarian Adviser Najat Rochdi renewed her call to member states to support the UN’s immediate humanitarian priorities. Rochdi highlighted that humanitarian needs are vast…