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COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION OPENS ONE HUNDRED AND FIRST SESSION ONLINE
05 August 2020
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this afternoon opened its one hundred and first session online, hearing a statement from Simon Walker, Chief of the Civil, Political, Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Section at the Office of the United Nations High…
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ILO virtual Press Conference
04 August 2020
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UNDER EMBARGO UNTIL TUESDAY, 4 AUGUST at 1.00 p.m. GMT (3 p.m. GENEVA TIME)First universal ratification of an ILO Convention
Guy Ryder, ILO Director-General ILO.
Corinne Vargha, Director, ILO International Labour Standards Department
Vera Paquete-Perdigao, Director of the ILO’s Governance Department…
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REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE
04 August 2020
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the virtual briefing, attended by the spokespersons of the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Labour Organization, and the World Health Organization.
World Breastfeeding Week
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UNHCR hybrid Press Conference
29 July 2020
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Launch of the report: “’On this journey, no one cares if you live or die’: Abuse, protection, and justice along routes between East and West Africa and Africa’s Mediterranean coast”
Vincent Cochetel, UNHCR Special Envoy for the Central Mediterranean (Room III)
Ayala Erin Bonfiglio, Regional Coordinator for Mixed Migration Centre North Africa (online)
Prof. Maya Sahli-Fadel, African Union…
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REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE
28 July 2020
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the virtual briefing, attended by the spokespersons of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Meteorological Organization, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development…
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NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF BRUNEI DARUSSALAM PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA
28 July 2020
Presentation of Credentials
Dk Mazlizah Pg Hj Mahalee, the new Permanent Representative of Brunei Darussalam to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.
Prior to her…
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UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION PAYS OUT US$210 MILLION
28 July 2020
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The United Nations Compensation Commission today made available $210 million to the Government of the State of Kuwait towards the Commission’s remaining claim with an outstanding award balance.
The United Nations Compensation Commission was established in 1991 in accordance with Security Council resolutions 687 (1991) and 692 (1991) to process claims and pay compensation for losses…
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HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CLOSES ITS ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-NINTH SESSION, ITS FIRST EVER HELD ONLINE
24 July 2020
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Adopts General Comment on the Right of Peaceful Assembly
The Human Rights Committee this afternoon closed its one hundred and twenty-ninth session, it first ever held online. During the session, the Committee notably adopted its General Comment on article 21 (right of peaceful assembly) of the International…
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REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE
24 July 2020
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Syria
Alessandra Vellucci, for the UN Information Service (UNIS), informed that the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Geir O. Pedersen, in briefing to the Security Council yesterday, had said that his office had now firmed up plans to convene the third session of the Syrian-led and Syrian-owned Constitutional Committee. Earlier…
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REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE
21 July 2020
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the World Health Organization (WHO), the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the International Organization for Migration (IOM), and the World Trade Organization (WTO).
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