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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL RESUMES ITS FORTY-THIRD SESSION AND HOLDS A GENERAL DEBATE ON HUMAN RIGHTS BODIES AND MECHANISMS
15 June 2020
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Council Decides to Hold an Urgent Debate on the Current Racially Inspired Human Rights Violations, Systemic Racism, Police Brutality and the Violence against Peaceful Protests on 17 June
The Human Rights Council this morning resumed its forty-third session, which was…
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12 June 2020
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the virtual briefing, attended by spokespersons for the World Food Programme, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, and the Human Rights Council, the United Nation’s Children Fund, Office of the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, and the…
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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL TO HOLD ITS RESUMED FORTY-THIRD REGULAR SESSION FROM 15 TO 19 JUNE 2020
12 June 2020
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The United Nations Human Rights Council will hold its resumed forty-third regular session, which was suspended on 13 March because of COVID-19, from 15 to 19 June at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.
The session will open around 11 a.m. on Monday, 15 June under the presidency of Ambassador Elisabeth…
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Geneva’s landmark Jet d’eau running again after 83-day shut down
11 June 2020
Facing global challenges like COVID-19 can only be taken on through multilateral cooperation, stresses UN Geneva Director-General.
Tatiana Valovaya, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, today said the world can only face global challenges through multilateral cooperation. She spoke at a ceremony where Geneva’s landmark Jet d’eau was switched on again, 83 days…
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09 June 2020
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), chaired the virtual briefing, attended by the spokespersons for the World Food Programme (WFP), the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), the International Labour Organization (ILO), the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), and the Human Rights…
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05 June 2020
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the virtual briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons and representatives for the World Food Programme, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health Organization, the International Organization for Migration, the World…
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05 June 2020
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the virtual briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons and representatives for the World Food Programme, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health Organization, the International Organization for Migration, the World…
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02 June 2020
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the virtual briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons and representatives for the World Food Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Environment Programme, the World Health Organization, and the United Nations…
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29 May 2020
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of Press and External Relations at the United Nations Information Service, chaired the virtual briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the World Food Programme, the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Health Organization, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Office of the…
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26 May 2020
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), chaired the virtual briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the World Food Programme, the World Meteorological Organization, the International Labour Organization and the United Nations Refugee Agency.
The topics addressed were: COVID-19 and the situation in Yemen.COVID-19 and urban refugees in…
