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CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HOLDS A BRIEF PLENARY MEETING, FOLLOWED BY INFORMAL CONSULTATIONS ON A PROGRAMME OF WORK

5 years 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HOLDS A BRIEF PLENARY MEETING, FOLLOWED BY INFORMAL CONSULTATIONS ON A PROGRAMME OF WORK 13 August 2019 Meeting Summaries Also Hears Statements on the Situation in the Korean Peninsula The Conference on Disarmament this afternoon held a brief plenary meeting, following which it held consultations in an informal setting on document CD/WP.622 entitled “Draft decision on possible elements of a…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE

5 years 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE 13 August 2019 UN Geneva Press 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 Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), the World Food…

COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE CONCLUDES SIXTY-SEVENTH SESSION

5 years 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE CONCLUDES SIXTY-SEVENTH SESSION 09 August 2019 Press Release Adopts Concluding Observations on the Reports of Bangladesh, Greece, Poland, and Togo The Committee against Torture this morning closed its sixty-seventh session after adopting concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of Bangladesh, Greece, Poland, and Togo, on the implementation of the provisions of the Convention…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE

5 years 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE 09 August 2019 UN Geneva Press Briefing Alessandra Vellucci, Director, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the representatives of the World Food Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency, and the International Committee of the Red Cross. Seventieth anniversary of the Geneva Conventions Helen Durham, Director of International Law and Policy at the International…

COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION REVIEWS MEXICO’S REPORT

5 years 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION REVIEWS MEXICO’S REPORT 09 August 2019 Meeting Summaries The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its review of the combined eighteenth to twenty-first periodic report of Mexico on measures taken to implement the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. Introducing the report,…

Statement Attributable to the Senior Humanitarian Adviser to the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria on the Humanitarian Situation in Syria

5 years 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home 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…

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF PANAMA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA

5 years 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF PANAMA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA 08 August 2019 Presentation of Credentials Juan Alberto Castillero Correa, the new Permanent Representative of Panama 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. Castillero Correa worked as a lawyer,…

CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT DISCUSSES PREVENTION OF NUCLEAR WAR

5 years 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT DISCUSSES PREVENTION OF NUCLEAR WAR 08 August 2019 Meeting Summaries The Conference on Disarmament this morning held a substantive discussion on the issue of prevention of nuclear war, including all related matters. President of the Conference on Disarmament, Ambassador Duong Chi Dung of Viet Nam, welcomed the participants in the panel discussion on the prevention of nuclear war. Omar Zniber,…

COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION REVIEWS THE REPORT OF EL SALVADOR

5 years 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home 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…

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF SINGAPORE PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA

5 years 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF SINGAPORE PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA 08 August 2019 Presentation of Credentials Umej Singh Bhatia, the new Permanent Representative of Singapore 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. Bhatia had been serving as the Director-General for…