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CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT ADOPTS ITS ANNUAL REPORT TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
03 September 2019
Press Release
The Conference on Disarmament this morning adopted its 2019 annual report to the General Assembly
Ambassador Taonga Mushayavanhu of Zimbabwe, President of the Conference on Disarmament, said that it was an honour to be presiding over their last plenary meeting of the 2019 session of the Conference on Disarmament. The annual report that they had just adopted represented a delicate compromise. The consensual spirit that characterised the negotiation of the annual report was instructive. He appealed to members of the Conference not to spoil this conducive…
1 year 11 months ago
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
03 September 2019
Bi-Weekly Briefing
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the representatives of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food Programme, the World Meteorological Organization, the International Organization for Migration, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. Hurricane Dorian
Alessandra Vellucci, for the United…
1 year 11 months ago
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF MALAYSIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA
03 September 2019
Presentation of Credentials
Ahmad Faisal bin Muhamad, the new Permanent Representative of Malaysia 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. Muhamad had been serving as Director-General of the Department of Policy Planning and Coordination at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Malaysia since October 2018. He served as Deputy Secretary-General (special tasks) at the Ministry from June…
1 year 11 months ago
COMMITTEE ON PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES REVIEWS INDIA’S INITIAL REPORT, ASKS ABOUT VIOLENCE AGAINST PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES IN INSTITUTIONS
03 September 2019
Meeting Summaries
Situation of Ethnic and Religious Minorities with Disabilities, and Efforts to Increase the Number of Children with Disabilities in Inclusive and Mainstream Education also Raised
The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities this morning concluded its consideration of the initial report of India on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, with Committee Experts raising various issues, including violence against persons with…
1 year 11 months ago
COMMITTEE ON MIGRANT WORKERS RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT EXPEDITED EXPULSIONS IN DIALOGUE WITH ARGENTINA
03 September 2019
Meeting Summaries
The application of decree 70/2017, which allowed the expedited expulsion of migrants, could lead to violations of migrant rights in Argentina, as well as adversely impact families, causing significant psychological harm to children. These were amongst the concerns voiced by Experts of the Committee on Migrant Workers in a dialogue with Argentina on its second periodic report.
Committee Experts said that national decree 70/2017 generated contradictions with the Convention and pointed out that other treaty bodies had requested its repeal.…
1 year 11 months ago
DEPUTY HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS SAYS THE RESPONSE TO 30,000 MIGRANT DEATHS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN “SHAME US ALL”
02 September 2019
Press Release
Committee on the Rights of Migrant Workers Opens its Session, Hears Non-Governmental Organization Flag Discriminatory Discourse by High-Level Authorities in Argentina as well as Family Separations
The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families this morning opened its thirty-first session, hearing an address by the United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights and from a non-governmental organization that spoke about the situation of migrant workers in…
1 year 11 months ago
EXPERTS OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES STRESS IN DIALOGUE WITH ECUADOR THAT SEGREGATION IN EDUCATION DOES NOT WORK
30 August 2019
Meeting Summaries
Committee also Raises Questions Regarding the Independence and Participation of Civil Society
The need for inclusive education, notably for persons with intellectual disabilities, was among the issues discussed by Experts of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities as it considered the combined second and third periodic report of Ecuador on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
Experts asked about persons…
1 year 11 months ago
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
30 August 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 the spokespersons for the World Health Organization, International Organization for Migration, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs & Education Cannot Wait, Gavi (the Vaccine Alliance), and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres was in Japan yesterday, 29 August, where he had participated in the 7th Tokyo International Conference…
1 year 11 months ago
UNCTAD Press conference (under embargo)
29 August 2019
Press Conference Announcement
Mukhisa Kituyi, UNCTAD Secretary-General Shamika Sirimanne, Director, Division on Technology and Logistics , UNCTAD
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UNCTAD Press conference (under embargo)
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Publication of the Digital Economy Report 2019 – Value Creation and Capture: Implications for Developing Countries (embargoed until 4 September 2019 at 5 p.m. GMT)…
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COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES STRESSES THE NEEDS TO ADDRESS THE SITUATION OF WOMEN, GIRLS AND ETHNIC MINORITIES IN DIALOGUE WITH MYANMAR
29 August 2019
Meeting Summaries
The situation of women, girls and ethnic minorities was among issues highlighted by Experts of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities as it considered the initial report of Myanmar on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
Despite the progress achieved, Committee Experts expressed concern about the multiple and intersectional discrimination against women, girls and ethnic minority groups in…
