2 years ago
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION REVIEWS THE REPORT OF EL SALVADOR
08 August 2019
Meeting Summaries
La pauvreté frappe ces populations de façon disproportionnée, souligne le rapporteur du Comité chargé de l’examen de ce rapport
The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined eighteenth and nineteenth periodic report of El Salvador on measures taken to implement the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.
Erick Erwing López Doradea, Director General of Territorial Networks, Ministry of Culture of El Salvador, reaffirmed the…
2 years ago
Statement Attributable to the Senior Humanitarian Adviser to the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria on the Humanitarian Situation in Syria
08 August 2019
Statements and Speeches
Thursday in the International Syria Support Group’s (ISSG) Humanitarian Task Force meeting, Member States were urged to use their influence to support the reduction of violence in northwest Syria, and to increase their support for critical humanitarian needs in Syria.
It is deeply regrettable that the cessation of hostilities that had been announced collapsed Monday and that a new wave of violence is again threatening the lives of millions of civilians who live in the Idlib area, more than…
2 years ago
COMMITTEE ON RACIAL DISCRIMINATION EXAMINES REPORT OF POLAND
07 August 2019
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined twenty-second to twenty-fourth report of Poland on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.
Presenting the report, Miroslav Broilo, Chagé d’Affaires ad interim, Permanent Mission of Poland to the United Nations Office at Geneva, said that Poland had undertaken several initiatives to enhance legal guarantees for equal treatment and to counter hate crime. The Act on Non-discrimination…
2 years ago
Security Council Briefing on detainees and missing persons in Syria by the Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Ms. Rosemary A. Dicarlo
07 August 2019
Statements and Speeches
Arabic version
Madame President,
Members of the Security Council,
Thank you for the opportunity to brief this Council on the crucial issue of detainees, abductees and missing persons in Syria.
In June this year, this Council unanimously adopted resolution 2474 on “Missing persons in armed conflict”. The resolution establishes a clear link between solving the issue of missing
persons and resolving conflicts. In conversations with us, Many Syrians see resolution 2474
as a glimmer of hope.…
2 years ago
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE CONSIDERS FOLLOW-UP TO CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS, INDIVIDUAL COMMUNICATIONS, AND REPRISALS
06 August 2019
Meeting Summaries
The Committee against Torture this afternoon discussed follow-up to concluding observations, individual communications, and reprisals under the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.
Abdelwahab Hani, Rapporteur on follow-up to concluding observations under article 19 of the Convention, said that during the inter-sessional period, the Committee had sent follow-up letters to Bulgaria, Italy, Lebanon, Mauritius, Republic of Korea, Timor Leste, Turkmenistan, and Ireland, while…
2 years ago
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HEARS STATEMENTS ON THE ENDING OF THE INTERMEDIATE-RANGE NUCLEAR FORCES TREATY
06 August 2019
Meeting Summaries
Also Hears Statements on the Situation in the Korean Peninsula
The Conference on Disarmament this morning heard statements concerning the withdrawal of the United States from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty and on the situation in the Korean Peninsula. In an informal setting, the Conference discussed the President’s draft decision on the possible elements for a programme of work.
President of the Conference on Disarmament, Ambassador Duong Chi Dung of Viet Nam, presenting the revised “Draft decision on the possible…
2 years ago
POINT DE PRESSE DU SERVICE DE L'INFORMATION (en anglais)
06 August 2019
Bi-Weekly Briefing
Alessandra Vellucci, Director, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the World Food Programme, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the International Organization for Migration, and the United Nations Refugee Agency. Central African RepublicHervé Verhoosel, for the World Food Programme (WFP), introduced Ozaguin, a famous singer and songwriter from the Central African Republic, whom he had known for a long time. His songs spoke about…
2 years ago
NINETY-NINTH SESSION OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION OPENS IN GENEVA
05 August 2019
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this morning opened its ninety-ninth session, during which it will review anti-discrimination efforts by Poland, El Salvador, Mexico, State of Palestine, Iceland, Mongolia and Czechia. The Committee heard an address by Ibrahim Salama, Chief of the Human Rights Treaties Branch of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and adopted the programme of work and revised agenda for the session.
In his opening statement, Mr. Salama said that the Committee continued to face great…
2 years ago
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
02 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 World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations’ Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria (OSE).Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications
Rhéal LeBlanc, for the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, said United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres had appointed Melissa Fleming of the United States as the next Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications…
2 years ago
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE EXAMINES THE SITUATION IN BANGLADESH
31 July 2019
Meeting Summaries
The Committee against Torture today concluded its consideration of the initial report of Bangladesh on its efforts to implement the provisions of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.
Introducing the report, Anisul Huq, Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs of Bangladesh, said that his country had had a long history of suppression before it had gained its independence in 1971. The country remained committed to the promotion of human rights and the prevention of any violent, cruel or degrading punishment and…
