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CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT DISCUSSES NEW TYPES OF WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION, A COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAMME OF DISARMAMENT, AND TRANSPARENCY IN ARMAMENTS

5 years 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT DISCUSSES NEW TYPES OF WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION, A COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAMME OF DISARMAMENT, AND TRANSPARENCY IN ARMAMENTS 12 June 2019 Meeting Summaries The Conference on Disarmament today discussed items 5, 6 and 7 of its agenda concerning new types of weapons of mass destruction and new systems of such weapons, a comprehensive programme of disarmament, and transparency in armaments. The…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE

5 years 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE 11 June 2019 UN Geneva Press Briefing Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokesperson for the World Health Organization.Update on the International Labour Conference Alessandra Vellucci, for the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, confirmed, on behalf of ILO, that Theresa May, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom,…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE

5 years 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE 07 June 2019 UN Geneva Press 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 of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the…

Statement attributable to Ms. Najat Rochdi, Senior Humanitarian Adviser to the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria on the situations in Idlib, Al Hol and Rukban

5 years 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Statement attributable to Ms. Najat Rochdi, Senior Humanitarian Adviser to the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria on the situations in Idlib, Al Hol and Rukban 07 June 2019 Statements and Speeches Arabic version During Thursday’s Humanitarian Task Force meeting, we heard firsthand reporting from our UN colleagues based in the region about the increasingly horrific brutality in recent weeks by all parties involved in the de-escalation area in northwestern Syria, which…

CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT DISCUSSES DRAFT PROGRAMME OF WORK PRESENTED BY VENEZUELAN (BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF) PRESIDENCY

5 years 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT DISCUSSES DRAFT PROGRAMME OF WORK PRESENTED BY VENEZUELAN (BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF) PRESIDENCY 06 June 2019 Meeting Summaries The Conference on Disarmament this morning discussed the draft programme of work presented by the President of the Conference, Ambassador Jorge Valero of Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of). Mr. Valero said the draft programme of work prepared by the Venezuelan presidency had…

CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT DISCUSSES AGENDA ITEMS DEALING WITH NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT

5 years 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT DISCUSSES AGENDA ITEMS DEALING WITH NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT 04 June 2019 Meeting Summaries The Conference on Disarmament this morning heard public presentations on items 1, 2 and 4 of the agenda, dealing with nuclear disarmament, followed by an informal discussion. The President of the Conference on Disarmament, Ambassador Jorge Valero of Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), said two panellists would…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE

5 years 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE 04 June 2019 UN Geneva Press Briefing Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Meteorological Organization, the World Health Organization and the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria.World…

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

5 years 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF ZAMBIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA 03 June 2019 Presentation of Credentials Martha Lungu Mwitumwa, the new Permanent Representative of Zambia 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. Mwitumwa had been serving as the Director for State…

POINT DE PRESSE DU SERVICE DE L'INFORMATION (en anglais)

5 years 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home POINT DE PRESSE DU SERVICE DE L'INFORMATION (en anglais) 31 May 2019 UN Geneva Press Briefing Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief, Press and External Relations of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the World Food Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization of Migration, the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria, and the World Meteorological Organization. Rhéal…

COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD CONCLUDES EIGHTY-FIRST SESSION

5 years 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD CONCLUDES EIGHTY-FIRST SESSION 31 May 2019 Press Release Adopts Concluding Observations on Reports of Botswana, Cabo Verde, Côte d’Ivoire, Malta, Singapore, Sri Lanka and Tonga The Committee on the Rights of the Child this afternoon concluded its eighty-first session after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of Botswana, Cabo Verde, Côte d’Ivoire,…