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MAKE RACISTS FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE IN IRELAND, INCLUDING POLITICIANS AND ROGUE POLICE OFFICERS, EXPERTS OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION SAY IN DIALOGUE WITH IRELAND

5 years 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home MAKE RACISTS FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE IN IRELAND, INCLUDING POLITICIANS AND ROGUE POLICE OFFICERS, EXPERTS OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION SAY IN DIALOGUE WITH IRELAND 03 December 2019 Meeting Summaries Ireland should use all legislative and non-legislative means to create a world in which ethnic categorizing and vestiges of colonialism would be relegated to the past where they belonged, said…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE

5 years 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE 03 December 2019 UN Geneva Press Briefing Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by spokespersons for the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Health Organization, the World Meteorological Organization, the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and the World Food Programme.Attacks on…

UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA COMMEMORATES INTERNATIONAL DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE

5 years 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA COMMEMORATES INTERNATIONAL DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE 29 November 2019 Press Release The International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People was commemorated today at a Special Meeting held at the United Nations Office at Geneva. Tatiana Valovaya, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the meeting and read out the message of António Guterres, the United Nations Secretary-General, who…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE

5 years 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE 29 November 2019 UN Geneva Press Briefing Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief, Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by spokespersons for the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations…

Press remarks by Mr. Geir O. Pedersen, United Nations Special Envoy for Syria

5 years 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home Press remarks by Mr. Geir O. Pedersen, United Nations Special Envoy for Syria 29 November 2019 Press Conferences Hi, good afternoon. We have just concluded the second session of the Constitutional Committee. It was not possible to call for a meeting of the Small Body of 45, because there has not been an agreement on the agenda. The two Co-Chairs have been speaking to you during the week and explained their different positions, but as you know in the core Rules of…

COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION REVIEWS REPORT OF CAMBODIA, ASKS ABOUT NATIONALITY, LAND GRABS AND CIVIC SPACE

5 years 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION REVIEWS REPORT OF CAMBODIA, ASKS ABOUT NATIONALITY, LAND GRABS AND CIVIC SPACE 29 November 2019 Meeting Summaries The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its review of the combined fourteenth to seventeenth periodic report of Cambodia on its efforts to implement the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial…

COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT VIOLENCE AND DISCRIMINATION AGAINST INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND AFRO-COLOMBIANS AS IT REVIEWS COLOMBIA’S REPORT

5 years 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT VIOLENCE AND DISCRIMINATION AGAINST INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND AFRO-COLOMBIANS AS IT REVIEWS COLOMBIA’S REPORT 28 November 2019 Meeting Summaries The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined seventeenth to nineteenth periodic report of Colombia on its implementation of the provisions of…

COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE REVIEWS REPORT OF NIGER, EXPERTS URGE RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN COUNTER-TERRORISM AND MIGRATION CONTEXTS

5 years 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE REVIEWS REPORT OF NIGER, EXPERTS URGE RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN COUNTER-TERRORISM AND MIGRATION CONTEXTS 27 November 2019 Meeting Summaries The Committee against Torture this afternoon concluded its consideration of the initial report of Niger on measures taken to implement the provisions of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, during which…

INTERNATIONAL DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE TO BE COMMEMORATED AT THE PALAIS DES NATIONS ON 29 NOVEMBER 2019

5 years 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home INTERNATIONAL DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE TO BE COMMEMORATED AT THE PALAIS DES NATIONS ON 29 NOVEMBER 2019 26 November 2019 Press Release A Special Meeting will be held at the Palais des Nations on Friday, 29 November to mark the annual observance of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. The Day traditionally provides an opportunity for the international community to focus its attention on the question of Palestine.…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE

5 years 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE 26 November 2019 UN Geneva Press Briefing Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief, Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by spokespersons for the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the World Health Organization.Secretary-General of…