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UN Environement Press Conference - Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
13 August 2019
Press Conference Announcement
Ivonne Higuero, CITES Secretary-General David Morgan, Chief, Governing Bodies and Meeting Services Haruko Okusu, Chief, Knowledge Management and Outreach Services Tom De Meulenaer, Chief, Scientific Services Juan Carlos Vasquez, Chief, Legal Affairs & Compliance Ben Janse van Rensburg, Chief, Enforcement Support
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REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
13 August 2019
Bi-Weekly 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 Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), the World Food Programme (WFP), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organization (WHO).UN Environment/CITES CoP18
Michael Williams said that CITES CoP18, the Conference of the Parties to the…
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CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HOLDS A BRIEF PLENARY MEETING, FOLLOWED BY INFORMAL CONSULTATIONS ON A PROGRAMME OF WORK
13 August 2019
Meeting Summaries
Also Hears Statements on the Situation in the Korean Peninsula
The Conference on Disarmament this afternoon held a brief plenary meeting, following which it held consultations in an informal setting on document CD/WP.622 entitled “Draft decision on possible elements of a programme of work” and discussed the working paper “Back to Basics - the Programme of Work” presented by the Netherlands.
In the public plenary, the President of the Conference on Disarmament, Ambassador Duong Chi Dung of Viet Nam, informed that António…
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UN Human Rights - Committee against Torture
09 August 2019
Press Conference Announcement
Jens Modvig (Chairperson) Felice Gaer (Vice-Chairperson) Sébastien Touze Ana Racu Diego Rodríguez-Pinzó
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Committee Against Torture -- Concluding observations on Bangladesh, Greece, Poland, and Togo
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REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
09 August 2019
Bi-Weekly Briefing
Alessandra Vellucci, Director, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the representatives of the World Food Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency, and the International Committee of the Red Cross. Seventieth anniversary of the Geneva Conventions
Helen Durham, Director of International Law and Policy at the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), recalled that on 12 August 1949 the four Geneva Conventions had entered into force. Following the horrors of the Second World War, the international community in only four months,…
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COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION REVIEWS MEXICO’S REPORT
09 August 2019
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its review of the combined eighteenth to twenty-first periodic report of Mexico on measures taken to implement the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.
Introducing the report, Martha Delgado Peralta, Under-Secretary for Multilateral Affairs and Human Rights of Mexico, condemned the despicable expression of racial hatred in El Paso, Texas which had led to the death of 22 persons, including eight Mexican nationals. Turning to…
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COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE CONCLUDES SIXTY-SEVENTH SESSION
09 August 2019
Press Release
Adopts Concluding Observations on the Reports of Bangladesh, Greece, Poland, and Togo
The Committee against Torture this morning closed its sixty-seventh session after adopting concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of Bangladesh, Greece, Poland, and Togo, on the implementation of the provisions of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.
The Committee’s concluding observations and recommendations on the reviewed countries will be available on the session’s webpage.
Jens Modvig, Committee Chairperson, in his…
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CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT DISCUSSES PREVENTION OF NUCLEAR WAR
08 August 2019
Meeting Summaries
The Conference on Disarmament this morning held a substantive discussion on the issue of prevention of nuclear war, including all related matters.
President of the Conference on Disarmament, Ambassador Duong Chi Dung of Viet Nam, welcomed the participants in the panel discussion on the prevention of nuclear war.
Omar Zniber, Permanent Representative of Morocco to the United Nations Office at Geneva, stressed that in a nuclear war, there would be no winners. In a multipolar world, the possession of nuclear weapons or any other weapons of mass destruction was not a security…
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NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF SINGAPORE PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA
08 August 2019
Presentation of Credentials
Umej Singh Bhatia, the new Permanent Representative of Singapore 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. Bhatia had been serving as the Director-General for the Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Singapore from January 2017 to May 2019. He was Singapore’s first resident Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates…
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NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF PANAMA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA
08 August 2019
Presentation of Credentials
Juan Alberto Castillero Correa, the new Permanent Representative of Panama 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. Castillero Correa worked as a lawyer, practicing public and private international law in relation to treaties and contracts, corporate law, maritime law, air law, privatization, and tenders. He had served as Permanent Representative of Panama to the…
