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Statement attributable to the Special Envoy for Syria Geir O. Pedersen
23 September 2019
Statements and Speeches
Arabic version
I was last in Damascus in July for consultations with the Government of Syria.
Since then, I have had several rounds of consultations with the opposition Syrian Negotiations Commission.
Today, I had another very positive meeting with Syrian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Walid Muallem discussing the remaining issues leading to the formation of the Constitutional Committee.
I have also been in contact with the leader of the Syrian Negotiations Commission Nasser Hariri today and had very positive discussions with him.
I will now be…
1 year 10 months ago
UNCTAD Press conference (under embargo)
20 September 2019
Press Conference Announcement
Embargoed until 25 September at 5:00 p.m. GMTRichard Kozul-Wright, Director, Division on Globalization and Development Strategies, UNCTAD
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UNCTAD Press conference (under embargo)
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Presentation of the Trade and Development Report 2019: Financing a Global Green New Deal…
1 year 10 months ago
EXPERTS OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD NOTE GOOD LAWS IN PORTUGAL BUT RAISE QUESTIONS ABOUT THEIR EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION
20 September 2019
Meeting Summaries
Experts also Express Concerns about Austerity Measures and Child Poverty
The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the combined fifth and sixth periodic report of Portugal on how it implements the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Committee Experts said Portugal had to make additional efforts to ensure the effective implementation of a host of good laws pertaining to children’s rights. They notably requested information on policies tackling…
1 year 10 months ago
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES CLOSES ITS TWENTY-SECOND SESSION
20 September 2019
Press Release
Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on the Reports of Albania, Myanmar, Ecuador, India, Greece, Kuwait, Iraq, El Salvador and Australia
The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today closed its twenty-second session after adopting concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of Albania, Myanmar, Ecuador, India, Greece, Kuwait, Iraq, El Salvador and Australia, which were considered during the session.
The concluding observations and recommendations will be available on the session’s webpage on Tuesday, 24…
1 year 10 months ago
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
20 September 2019
Bi-Weekly Briefing
Michele Zaccheo, Chief of the Radio and Television Section, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by spokespersons for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Meteorological Organization, the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Refugee Agency and the World Health Organization.Violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Marta Hurtado, for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), read the following statement:
“We are alarmed by the…
1 year 11 months ago
WHO/UNICEF Press conference (under embargo)
19 September 2019
Press Conference Announcement
Under strict embargo until 11:00 a.m. Geneva time, Thursday 19 September 2019 WHO and UNICEF are holding a press conference on the launch of new estimates for child and maternal mortality. This press briefing will provide detailed information and discussion on these updated numbers and will include an analysis on which countries and regions have made progress, and what is needed to save more lives.Dr Peter Salama, Executive Director, Universal health coverage/ life course, WHO Dr Stefan Peterson, Chief of Health, UNICEF
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1 year 11 months ago
EXPERTS OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD DISCUSS THE PROTECTION OF RIGHTS IN SCHOOLS WITH THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA
19 September 2019
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the combined fifth and sixth periodic report of the Republic of Korea on how it implements the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Several issues related to education were flagged, with Committee Experts expressing concerns about excessive academic stress, the use of corporal punishment, migrant children’s access to schools, sexual harassment of girls in schools, and the use of closed-circuit cameras.
Committee…
1 year 11 months ago
OHCHR Press Conference
17 September 2019
Press Conference Announcement
Yanghee Lee, UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar Marzuki Darusman, Chair of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar Radhika Coomaraswamy, Member of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar Chris Sidoti, Member of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar
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OHCHR Press Conference
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1 year 11 months ago
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
17 September 2019
Bi-Weekly Briefing
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the Human Rights Council, the World Food Programme, the Universal Postal Union, the World Meteorological Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and the World Health Organization; the briefing also hosted the President of the Swiss Associations of Student Organizations for Sustainability.United Nations Youth Climate Summit
Alessandra Vellucci, for the…
1 year 11 months ago
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF CZECH REPUBLIC PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA
16 September 2019
Presentation of Credentials
Petr Gajdušek, the new Permanent Representative of the Czech Republic to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.
Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Gajdušek had been serving as the representative of the Government for international organizations and as Director of the United Nations Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic since 2017. From 2015 to 2017, he…
