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REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE
27 October 2020
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by spokespersons of the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the World Meteorological…
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UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION PAYS OUT $ 230 MILLION
27 October 2020
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Governing Council of the United Nations Compensation Commission to Hold its Eighty-seventh Session on 28 October
The United Nations Compensation Commission today made available $ 230 million to the Government of the State of Kuwait towards the Commission’s remaining claim with an outstanding award balance.
With this payment, the…
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COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN OPENS SEVENTY-SEVENTH ONLINE SESSION
26 October 2020
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this morning opened its seventy-seventh online session. It heard a statement by Mahamane Cissé-Gouro, Chief of the Human Rights Treaties Branch, Human Rights Council and Treaty Mechanisms Division, Office of the United…
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United Nations turns 75; world honours the organization by going blue
24 October 2020
The Palais des Nations and the Jet d'eau in Geneva, as well as the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, were among more than 250 emblematic buildings and monuments in Europe that were lit up in blue this Saturday, 24 October to mark the 75th anniversary of the United Nations (UN).
From the Torre de Belém in Lisbon, the Grand Place in Brussels or the Peace Palace in The Hague,…
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REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE
23 October 2020
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), and the World Health Organization (WHO).
Libya…
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The United Nations prepares to blow out 75 candles
22 October 2020
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In Geneva, the Palais des Nations and the Jet d’eau will be lit up in UN blue on the evening of 24 October
Geneva, 22 October 2020 – The Palais des Nations and the Jet d'eau in Geneva, as well as the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, will be among more than 180 emblematic buildings and monuments in Europe to be illuminated in blue on the evening of Saturday, 24…
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REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE
20 October 2020
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the World Food Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the International Labour Organization, the World Health Organization, United Nations Economic…
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COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS CONCLUDES VIRTUAL SIXTY-EIGHTH SESSION
16 October 2020
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The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights this afternoon concluded its virtual sixty-eighth session.
In his concluding remarks, Renato Zerbini Ribeiro Leão, Committee Chairperson, noting that this had been a busy session and the first one held virtually, said the consideration of…
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16 October 2020
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the World Food Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the…
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NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF ALGERIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA
15 October 2020
Presentation of Credentials
Lazhar Soualem, the new Permanent Representative of Algeria 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.…
